Norton- worth re-newing??

[neil]

Hi Folks,
I have been notified that my Norton Antivirus is coming up for re-newal.

Is it worth renewing or is there a better animal out there?
:?:

 

[Rognvald]

have u been happy with it.Did it do what it said on the box. I have been ok with one exception that with hindsight was my own fault

 

[oatman]

I've noticed more people on Pitstop having problems with Norton recently.
I'm running Sygate and AntiVir.
http://smb.sygate.com/products/spf_standard.htm
http://www.free-av.com/
ZoneAlarm is getting heavier but still liked.
http://www.langa.com/newsletters/2004/2004-05-31.htm#2
AVG well respected http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php
Avast http://www.avast.com/i_idt_153.html

Found a bit of reading as well http://pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,115939,pg,4,00.asp

 

[Rognvald]

dt

that used to work but once u update to any of their latest stuff they have stopped the reinstall route and most will not (inc me) be a***d with the format option

 

[neil]

Thanks chaps - Useful info. from all concerned

 

[Euro_d]

I was a 100% norton user on 4 machines. Then I realised that it was slow and allowing naughties on my machine, not virus but popups and spyware.
Changed to Mcafee and I am much more satisfied. Clean and frequent updates.
If you uninstall norton you will need a good reg cleaner like jv16 power tools as the uninstall leaves all sorts of garbage.
Also McAfee handles Win XP SP2 firewall much better.
Anyway thats my personal experience.

 

[tradertim]

Used to have NAV on my old Dell laptop (installed by manufacturer), but once allowed a virus thru` which then managed to stop NAV from removing it. Had to go thru` long process of manually removing the virus, using advice from another source.

Now have Avast anti-virus on my desktop, which regularly picks up on & deals with potentially infected e-mails as they reach mailbox (NAV never did this). Also Avast has a free version (altho` this one requires you to manually run virus scans - not a problem in my view) and updates itself automatically (& very much more regularly than NAV). The On-Access scanner and the virus scans are easily adjustable, whereas I seem to remember NAV wasn`t. Whenever I`ve had any queries, Avast have answered them within a day by e-mail, whilst NAV either directed you thru` a usually useless FAQ section on their website or gave you a premium rate helpline phone number.

No contest!