Any suggestion to replace norton 360 with better protection ?

ycl1688 · Post by **ycl1688** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 6:06 pm

I have decided to get rid of Norton 360 to use other comparable product to protect my PC any suggestion ? TIA

lalander · Post by **lalander** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 3:59 am

Can you tell us why you want to get rid of it? I use it and it consumes a lot if cpu cycles but it really works. Couple of times it recovered from virus attacks. In my experience it is better than Symantec.

dbs · Post by **dbs** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 4:52 am

I have been using AVG for several years, no virus attack yet.
It is also on my dearie's computer and she is obviously not very careful, but no problems yet.
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mudramantra99 · Post by **mudramantra99** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 5:38 am

I have tried several free antivirus programs and have been using AVAST free for the last couple of years.Avast is not a memory hog and the scans are extremely fast.It also has automatic updates which is rare in free software.Very satisfied with this freebie.I also use Superantispyware free edition and spywareblaster for extra protection.Try these .you may like them.

jbor1 · Post by **jbor1** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 7:05 am

Try Microsoft Security Essentials. I uninstalled my McAfee and have installed it. It work well. It is also free, the only thing to note is that you need a genuine copy of Windows. http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/

r2i_in_2yrs · Post by **r2i_in_2yrs** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 8:40 am

dbs;305518I have been using AVG for several years, no virus attack yet.
It is also on my dearie's computer and she is obviously not very careful, but no problems yet.
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Same here.. I use AVG for the last one year, and no problems so far. It is free and doesn't hog the system at all unlike the expensive commercial products (they consume lot of CPU cycles as well as money).

ycl1688 · Post by **ycl1688** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 5:55 pm

lalander;305511Can you tell us why you want to get rid of it? I use it and it consumes a lot if cpu cycles but it really works. Couple of times it recovered from virus attacks. In my experience it is better than Symantec.

Has been attacked by virus on my computer IE messed up, so called norton they want $100 just to remove the virus, what good is the anti virus ? reformatted my computer and see what happens from here on.

Thanks for all your help.

moneyIsNot_funny · Post by **moneyIsNot_funny** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 7:31 pm

I have been using Comodo for the past couple of years. Its a free antivirus/malware/firewall.Been pretty happy with it. Download it here. I did hear good things about Avast too, but havent used it.