Is norton Essential ?

[kaylacrafts]

hi for years i have paid to have norton internet security on my computer it is now due for renewal and they are asking for £54
i do have addaware and malware which are free are these enough or should i pay to renew ? any advice most welcome

[Spyder1942]

no and i understand its a pain to get rid of

[Spyder1942]

Someone will come up with answer better then i can give

[kaylacrafts]

no and i understand its a pain to get rid of

oh well spider thats cheered me up lol
so even if i don't want it i may not be able to get rid

[Huddylion]

Norton is a pain here's a norton removal tool CLICK

Hope this helps

[bykimbo]

There are good free firewalls and anti-virus software tools out there. There's no reason why you shouldn't uninstall Norton and install your choice of free software.

[bittymatriarch]

No, Norton is not essential as there are plenty of freebies out there that do a much better job!

Although an eBay help page, some good info/advice here

Another good source of advice about free security software is here

HTH

Ann

p.s. I use Avast! Anti Virus, Spybot S&D, Ad-Aware, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, CWShredder & C_Cleaner

[craig7501]

I find the best antivirus/malware programs are

AVG 8.0 free edition and Uniblue's programs, with uniblue you do have to pay for them but its £29 per program and its a once of fee every year you just download the updates for free. They have spyeraser, registry booster, Speed up my PC and Driver Scanner

[DanTheMan3]

I use Avast, and its free.

[Fossy]

There is also Comodo Internet Security - Its free and comprises a Firewall and Virus Checker.

Ditch Norton straight away, but if you still want it, dont bother with the upgrades, buy the latest version it is usually much cheaper.