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Posted 19 January 2013
Norton Internet Security 2013 / Norton 360 - 1 year (3 PC) £10
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This deal is expired. Here are some options that might interest you:
Norton Internet Security 2013 / Norton 360 for download for £10/12. Use code NORTON60VK to get this price. Please don't vote cold because of free alternatives, for people who want to use Norton this is a good deal, only £3.33 per computer for a year.
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sorted byI agree! I've been using Microsoft Security Essentials for years and never had any problems.
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Yes, it is idiotic to pay for something you can get for free, especially when the paid-product is worse than the free versions.
Fools and their money are soon parted.
Um, might want to recheck your link there buddy...: 'CNET editors rating: Outstanding! (4.5/ 5 stars!)'
Also, check out any other review of Norton 2013 from any respectable website, and you will find that it is consistantly rated as the best antivirus you can buy.
For example check this out for a full comparison of all the main Antiviruses: pcmag.com/art…ite
Anyone who says that Norton is still horrible needs to get with the times!
lol far from it, Norton is one of the best at present and has been near the top for the last 3 or 4 versions.
Your ignorance is dangerous.
Firewalls don't typically protect you from malware. You're thinking of an IDS and even an IDS is only as good as the channels you route through it.
If MSE let you down and you want something else, that's fine, but why not get something actually good? You ask anyone who actually works in IT and they will actively advise you against Norton and so will I.
Again: E-Set, Kaspersky, and MalwareBytes are all high quality paid-for consumer products.
avast is good, but MSE is terrible - was good until i got my first virus in 20 years+, so ive gone back to avast - never had a virus
I didn't realise it had improved, may look into it again. About 4-5 years ago it was horrible, used to slow my machine down to a crawl, good to hear they've been making it less bloated.
If I was going to pay for AV this wouldn't be the one. In fact I would literally prefer to run with no anti-virus than Norton, 360, or PC-Tools. Bloatware and scareware of the worst kind.
If you want GOOD paid-for AV then go check out Kaspersky and or ESET.
If you want free then MSE (now called "Windows Defender" and included in Windows 8).
Did you just respond to a post where I am pointing out cold hard facts about an article and suggest I am getting emotional about it? Did you hit reply on the wrong thing?
Removed Microsfoft Security Essentials and installed this.
Straight away its found a threat running as a service on my computer, which MSE completely missed!.
Nice, thankyou OP.
NB: The whole process literally from removing MSE to installing Norton 360 must have taken less than a few minutes.
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Its a good price for some of the worst anti virus software out there - this is STILL one of the number 1 causes of slowdowns/problems on peoples PCs that I come across - and it's miles better than it used to be. Only last night I fixed a laptop that was crashing on bootup just by removing this rubbish.
Save yourself £10 - either use common sense (in which case anti virus is pointless) or use any of the other alternatives that are not bloatware.
edit: Note that many of the big name AV companies are just as bad - McAffee for example - they all seem to think they have to add so many features to differentiate themselves that they forget what we really want - simple, efficient, effective protection against viruses/stupid mistakes.
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There are 2 types of people in the world, the one's that listen to sensible advice and suckers.
That's adware, not a virus and you'll find every piece of AV software deals with adware differently. Many toolbars are adware but Norton won't flag the majority of them up because they have commercial links..
I often recommend Microsoft security essentials but Norton has faster updates and this includes an excellent firewall. You can't go wrong for less than £4.
Firewalls protect your network interfaces, to an extent. I'm not talking netgear SME rubbish,
Kaspersky? Thats one of the worse of the lot. Crashes loads and hogs resources. I work in IT and know many people others who do also. Our company trialled all the big products Sophos/Symantec EP, their old SAV product, Kaspersky I agree the Norton of old was a resource hog, but its improved immensely. Symantec are the market leaders, it just works. Anti virus is an emotive subject, everyone has their own experiences. Anyone who still harps on about Norton needs to relook at it.
This deal is not about free alternatives, it is about cheapest price for this product.
People who buy this do not care about you having free alternative!!!
Over 700 degree of heat kind of speaks for itself.
So do not waste your breath unless you have found this cheaper.
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I have my NIS as my active component, which i have had for many years, and it saves my **** at least once a month on average.
Every week i will run a full Norton scan, then straight after i run a passive scanner, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware (Free Edition):
Malwarebytes
The PRO verision which you have to pay for has an ACTIVE component so you are best to steer clear of that. The passive scanner is simply fantastic and has, on rare occasions, picked up problems that Norton did not.
With two reliable, well performing & independant AV installations, one ACTIVE, one PASSIVE, you will be covering all the angles.
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What's funny is Norton isn't that bad anymore. You seem to have to pre-2008 sort of view where Norton was a slow-ass resource killer.
These days it uses nothing, Idling at the moment on my machine using 0.1% CPU and 20mb RAM. Installs/Uninstalls in seconds too.
It's not the best thing, but it doesn't matter what anti-virus/firewall you use if your a Muppet - which your cutomers most likely are!
Personally I only use NIS over MSE for the following:
- File shredding (without additional software)
- More configurable firewall that works with my network setup
It also has a far better "smart rating" too, which matters to some people - personally I just don't go clicking on **** like freesofwarepr0n.exe... Common sense is the best anti virus
Totally agree, I use Norton, and always look for a good deal
Saturday morning. Lots of people who buy and fix their PCs at PC World must be on the forum.
Maybe you should only link articles you understand?
Other anti-virus solutions use something called heuristics to literally discover malware based on how it behaves rather than based on a signature. This technique when done well is very effective, but also results in false-positive (i.e. "detecting" malware that isn't in fact malware at all).
In the past such techniques have resulted in anti-virus software either detecting its self or worse detecting core parts of the operating system. So when the users got a pop-up and hit "quarantine" they were in some cases breaking their computer.
Microsoft with MSE has decided to be conservative. Which is to say "let's be sure something is malware before we go after it!" Now you can argue if this is the kind of anti-virus you want on your PC or if you want something that uses heuristics heavily (e.g. MalwareBytes, Kaspersky).
But claiming that people shouldn't be using MSE because it failed the 0-day test without explaining to people what the 0-day test is or how this impacts them is rather pathetic. At least explain it so people can make the choice themselves (i.e. "higher risk, but more effective AV" Vs. "lower risk, but less effective AV").
Anyway, Norton seems to do consistantly well, much better than MSE which Im using now, so this makes it a very attractive deal for me,
Thanks OP!