[kylake]

It is time to renew Norton. I am running 2005 and the cost to renew is $50
Upgrade to 2008 is $40.....I rounded up a few cents on both.
What I am thinking of is doing neither since the price keeps increasing and the upgrade is cheaper but I don't want to upgrade.

I am thinking Avast or AVG free anti-virus products and just simply do away with (uninstall) the Norton product line.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions or advice...

[dotty999]

I've used Avg but it didn't pick up trojans like Avast did, I find it to be the best free AV around after trying several others

[kylake]

Originally Posted by dotty999

I find it

Thanks for the reply Dotty. You mentioned both AV's and I assume that by it you mean Avast?

[dotty999]

Originally Posted by kylake

Thanks for the reply Dotty. You mentioned both AV's and I assume that by it you mean Avast?

sorry yes, I much prefer Avast to any other AV I've tried

[sup2a]

yup Avast is much better than AVG, AVG has a much lower detection rate, but as always its down to personal preference.

[kylake]

Thanks to all for suggestion and advice. I uninstalled Norton this morning and installed Avast which is scanning now.

Since Norton is gone I also installed Zone Alarm firewall. Windows defender has been on the machine for awhile for spyware/malware/adware. I usually run spybot as a backup check but it doesn't ever find something that has been missed lately.

[dotty999]

I too have Zone Alarm and the free version of Superantispyware, both programmes are good