It’s Over Between Me & Norton!

[Jonny69]

AVG and SP2 firewall for me, Firefox for dubious style surfing. I don't even bother scanning the computer these days even after dodgy internet use, there's never anything to find except for a few tracking cookies. Computers start to get expensive if you start buying software when there is a perfectly good free solution out there.

Save your £60 and put it towards something nice like a romantic meal with the missus and a good bottle of wine.

 

[VeNT]

tbh I'm getting sick of these antivirus programmes trying to do more, 2k5 NAV has some funky firewall going on and I've never realy liked mcaffy, if I wanted another firewall I'd get one, as is I LIKE having a hardware firewall on my network keeping all my systems safe.
I still use NAV 2k2 mostly and norton corp for most of my business clients.

 

[vince3]

Hi guys,

... I have been a regular user of both Internet Security and Systemworks, have seen a steady deterioration of both the quality and reliability of these products? It’s also becoming more of a resource-hog with each subsequent release!

I switched to AVG from NAV about a year ago. I never had NIS but ZoneAlarm is a nice informative but not intrusive Firewall.

I bought Systemworks 2005 on an offer mainly for Utilities, Clean Sweep and Ghost which were included. I never bothered to install the NAV as I was happy with AVG.

You should be able to keep Utilities when you remove NAV and NIS.
The Utilities do not depend on your subscription for updates - just click Live Update now and again. The Disk Optimizer, Clean Sweep and the various 'doctors' can be very useful.

 

[Fred_Or_Dead]

Symantec (Nortons) AntiVirus Corporate.v9.0.2.1000 Final = The Best AV .... period!!

Then again though it's a little out of your budget range (ie £150-£200)

tbh I'm getting sick of these antivirus programmes trying to do more, 2k5 NAV has some funky firewall going on and I've never realy liked mcaffy, if I wanted another firewall I'd get one, as is I LIKE having a hardware firewall on my network keeping all my systems safe.
I still use NAV 2k2 mostly and norton corp for most of my business clients.

Totally agree mate, hence why I have not bothered to update to Nortons Corp 10. I'm a separates man not HiFi if you know what I mean?!?

 

[Ratbag]

Outpost Pro is one of the very best firewalls on the market and if you "migrate" from a similar app you can get it half price at the moment!

An AV program that doesn't get the attention it deserves is F-Prot. It probably has the lowest footprint of any antivirus, its fast and has a good detection rate too.

If you are after freeware then check out AntiVir. Make no mistake, its a lot better all round than avast or AVG....

I'll be keeping my eyes out for the release of the much vaunted CyberHawk. Looks promising and its free!

 

[vodkacokebloke]

Strange i should read this thread today....Yesterday i doubled the speed of my pc. All it took was a couple of spare mins and the ability to uninstall Norton. Best thing ive ever done i think. Im better off with the spyware than i am Norton.

At least spyware usually stays in the background.

 

[vince3]

Strange i should read this thread today....Yesterday i doubled the speed of my pc. All it took was a couple of spare mins and the ability to uninstall Norton. Best thing ive ever done i think. Im better off with the spyware than i am Norton.

At least spyware usually stays in the background.

If you removed Norton AntiVirus, I assume you've replaced it with something...