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22-Jun-2009, 05:42 AM #1
Which antivirus
Half price norton antivirus 2009 for £19.49?

Should i buy norton antivirus 2009 or just get avast for 3 has anyone compared the pair of them?
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22-Jun-2009, 06:01 AM #2
The new Norton 2009 is exceptionally good compared to older versions. Easy to install, and very lightweight on system resources (suprisingly).

In my time with Avast, it failed to detect even the standard EICAR test "virus".

My recommendation would be Norton.
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22-Jun-2009, 06:05 AM #3
you should go in for Avast, its definitely better than norton 2009 according to me, its got excellent reviews. I have heard that there are multiple lawsuits filed against symantec corp. I have heard that they renew ur license without your consent.
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22-Jun-2009, 06:45 AM #4
Hi,
You might also like to consider the reviews of freeware security progs at (independent) Tech SupportAlert:
http://www.techsupportalert.com/pc/security-tools.html
Because of what I read there I went with Comodo, Avast & Sandboxie.
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22-Jun-2009, 06:54 AM #5
In fact, I'd go for neither and go with BitDefender.
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22-Jun-2009, 09:18 AM #6
Hi,

I would choose Avast. I have an "allergic reaction" when anyone says norton or symantec. Why pay for something when you can get it for free? Avast takes up around 30mb of space - ( i think)

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In fact, I'd go for neither and go with BitDefender.
Dear Nick Tompson,
Thank you! When i initially had to choose a Security Suite(long time back) for my default Vista, i did a lot of searching around and found BitDefender as the top one. Unfortunately, the BD guys had an incompatibility prob. with Vista at that time. So, i landed up with KIS2009. I have a boxed version of BitDefender waiting to be installed. Will let you all know how it compares, but don't hold your breath!
PS: Avast is very good and free to boot.
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22-Jun-2009, 04:51 PM #8
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Hi,
You might also like to consider the reviews of freeware security progs at (independent) Tech SupportAlert:
http://www.techsupportalert.com/pc/security-tools.html
Because of what I read there I went with Comodo, Avast & Sandboxie.
Richard

Thanks for that link.
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24-Jun-2009, 01:04 AM #9
Vera,
You're welcome!

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24-Jun-2009, 02:08 PM #10
From what I've seen helping various people, Norton can cause problems when you are trying to forward ports, so I would say not to buy it.
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