Norton Internet Security

[Jantar]

For those on here who use Norton Anti-Virus or Norton Internet Security, I found a great deal yesterday.

My subscription to Norton Anti-Virus was due to run out, and I wanted to upgrade to Internet Security. As I'm on dial up I couldn't be bothered to do it on line so I called into Dick Smith to purchase a boxed copy of Internet Security 2006. Now here's the good bit. If you upgrade or renew by buying a boxed copy rather than doing it online, Symatec are giving you back $30 off the purchase price. That makes it much cheaper than re-newing or upgrading on-line.

This deal lasts until the end of the year.

[Madness]

What was the total price if you don't mind me asking. My subscription is due soon, bloody conspiracy I tell ya, everything all at once as usual.

[WINJA]

ive got a really bad virus on my puter that locks the wall paper , browser settings and prevents norton from accesing the internet , so i cant update it to get rid of the virus ,whoever wrote that virus needs a job at norton, people that write malicious software are on my list of people i could kill with no remorse , fucken puters

[Colapop]

I had the same sort of problem. I went to www.download.com and bought spysweeper online - I have had no problems since. It backs up Norton really well.

[Jantar]

The price at Dick Smith was $99.98, so with $30 back that makes it $69.98.

[twinkle]

If you've got a student handy there is an academic version of norton, same thing but cheaper

edit: I think it was around the same $60-$70

[RiderInBlack]

Thanks for that Malcome. My NAV subs are due in less than 30days. Just looked on Norton New Zealand. To upgrade from NAV 2005 to Norton AntiVirus 2006 was quoted as NZ$50.0* ( * stated that tax may apply) as a download or package. Norton Internet Security 2006 Upgrade + BONUS Norton SystemWorks 2006 Basic Upgrade Bundle as a download or package NZ$89.9* ( * stated that tax may apply).

[Titanium]

Ditch Nortons and go to NOD32 for anti virus, back this up by freeware- Ad-Aware from Lavasoft and spybot

Never have a virus problem again.

Peter

[bugjuice]

I went to MagnumMac and bought an iBook. It solved all my problems forever

[enigma51]

I went to MagnumMac and bought an iBook. It solved all my problems forever

Still dont make you atractive though

[GR81]

nortons is shit!
i use nod32 and a lil thing called firefox

[bugjuice]

Still dont make you atractive though

you tryin to come on to me..??

[SimJen]

Anything Norton is a massive resource hog and should be ditched.
The amount of people who ask me why their machine is running so slow when its a 3Gig+ with plenty of ram.....its always that piece of shit Nortons slowing it all down.
Run a low resource Antivirus like an early version of Trend PC-Cillin or NOD32 or whatever, use a different browser and email client than the usual shitbox Microsoft stuff. Say Opera, Firefox etc, and Thunderbird for mail. Also use Adaware for catching the odd thing and you should be set.

[dhunt]

Yip - Norton stuff is all bloat ware

If you want free stuff that is pretty good try
avg or antivir both work really.

For spyware try adaware or microsoft's beta antispy ware product they both are pretty good.

Moving from Internet Exploder to Firefox I think you'll help reduce the rate you collect spyware and plus it is quicky and has more features.

But for the ultimate fix put a copy of Linux on instead of Windoze.

[Blackbird]

I've thought about ditching Norton at various times but have heard a few horror stories about the difficulty in uninstalling it completely and what's left interfering with whatever new anti-virus platform is installed. Anyone have any comment on this?

BTW I shelled out a few bucks and upgraded to Ad-Aware SE Plus. Constant monitoring and auto updating is great.