CNET Forums: Message List - Should I renew Norton? http://forums.cnet.com/ The latest posts in Should I renew Norton?. CNET Forums: Message List - Should I renew Norton? http://i.i.com.com/cnwk.1d/i/cobd/cnet/cnet_88x31.gif http://forums.cnet.com/ 31 88 CNET.com CNET http://www.cnet.com Get rid of it But if you are anything like me you are stubborn and just post questions to see what general opinions are. Some people d ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-2262827.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-2262827.html 12 Oct 2006 23:55:39 PDT Norton Customer Service Sucks I needed an Internet Security Suite in August, and was looking at Norton 2006 version. I was leery about buying it as I ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-2261949.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-2261949.html 12 Oct 2006 13:25:54 PDT Photobug Photobug, thank you for your reply here<br><br><a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/5208-6122-0.html?forumID=44&threadID=169 ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1876757.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1876757.html 14 Apr 2006 19:04:40 PDT Renewing Nortin Internet Security My current subscription runs out in July and I am seriously cond=sidering trying something else. We installed 2006 on an ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1876703.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1876703.html 14 Apr 2006 18:45:55 PDT More help Needed to quit Norton I have been using NIS 2002 since I bought this computer in 2002. I want to change now as Norton is too expensive and it ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1818799.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1818799.html 20 Mar 2006 06:20:34 PST avast, avast, avast,... exlente proteccion. $$$ 0.00 ,no problem with PC speed, auto updates. Great... ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1812626.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1812626.html 16 Mar 2006 19:44:53 PST hi some replies are correct : u have to change ! If u want to install freeware software , can choose AVG or AVAST ; otherwi ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1810458.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1810458.html 15 Mar 2006 17:04:14 PST Love Norton ... HATE Digital River I was a Norton user for many years. I bought almost everything they make and had fantastic results. THEN ... along came ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1807952.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1807952.html 14 Mar 2006 17:51:17 PST Uninstalling AVG revans61 said:<br>&quot;If you tried to uninstall AVG from the Control Panel then that may have been the problem.<br><br ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1806254.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1806254.html 13 Mar 2006 21:30:23 PST Uninstall AVG I used AVG for quite a while with no problems and good results and recently changed to avast! only because of a writeup ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1806252.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1806252.html 13 Mar 2006 21:24:00 PST I when to them too I renew my norton two months later I say no more when to trend micro my pc run A lot fast ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1805605.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1805605.html 13 Mar 2006 14:25:17 PST Uninstall AVG If AVG background services are running, you may have problems uninstalling. Shut the program down first. You may even ha ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1805198.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1805198.html 13 Mar 2006 10:24:59 PST No Norton's for me, either! Having used Norton's System Works(different versions), to include their anti virus protection for over 4 years, have gro ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1805104.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1805104.html 13 Mar 2006 09:35:19 PST Forget Norton I had Norton on 3 of my computers. It stopped working as soon as renewal of service became due. Even after renewing it f ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1805069.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1805069.html 13 Mar 2006 09:19:05 PST Nope, not anymore Norton simply got to clunky and intrusive. It slowed my machine down right in the middle of a project or at the worst p ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1804868.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1804868.html 13 Mar 2006 07:03:09 PST If not Norton...? I have no problems with replacing Norton with another product. I have experienced slowdowns also.<br>What is a good alte ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1804744.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1804744.html 13 Mar 2006 05:56:42 PST If not Norton....? I have no problems dropping Norton for another product of equal/greater quality.I have to agree with those that have exp ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1804742.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1804742.html 13 Mar 2006 05:52:51 PST Turn off AVG self-promoting messages You can easily turn off the messages attached to incoming and outgoing emails in AVG by unchecking the Certify incoming ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1804723.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1804723.html 13 Mar 2006 05:29:13 PST Avast, you can't beat the price I've tried several anti-virus softwares, NAV being one of them and I think Avast is the best. It notifies you of an atta ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1804684.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1804684.html 13 Mar 2006 04:59:14 PST No antivirus? It's more than a little nutty to say &quot;I wouldn't use any antivirus&quot; to anyone. I have been in the computer fi ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1804629.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1804629.html 13 Mar 2006 03:56:12 PST avast I did the same and I'm pretty satisfied using avast<br>Marcello ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1804603.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1804603.html 13 Mar 2006 03:20:27 PST Former diehard Norton user : Norton AV bad, AVG good! I used Norton antivirus from the time it first came out until a month ago. But every new version seemed to slow my PC d ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1793433.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1793433.html 07 Mar 2006 12:49:48 PST I can live with 89%.... with the small footprint of Nod32. My system's been runnin' smoothly since I switched from bloatware NAV last month. ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1792278.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1792278.html 06 Mar 2006 21:26:03 PST I recommend avast! (free) I converted 4 PC's from NAV to avast! (free) earlier this year. The reviews for avast! are better than NAV. Why pay fo ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1361091.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1361091.html 14 Aug 2005 18:48:45 PDT Good Question-let me know I would like to read the answer you get, please let me know what you learn.<br><br>Thanks, Earl ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1353807.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1353807.html 10 Aug 2005 21:40:05 PDT Norton 2005, how to uninstall I know that you go to add/remove program in the control panel, but my question is: what exactly are the 1, 2, 3 steps to ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1353776.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1353776.html 10 Aug 2005 21:08:44 PDT NO WAY! It is old code that does not catch current bugs, even the 2005 version. It also clashes with many programs. Get Trendmic ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1347046.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1347046.html 08 Aug 2005 05:28:38 PDT Now you've got me scared Am I reading this right, AVG only picked up just over half of the viruses? ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1346312.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1346312.html 07 Aug 2005 16:27:37 PDT AVG for me too I had Norton System Works and AV for years, and dumping it was one of the best things I've done for my PC, and my wallet ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1346300.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1346300.html 07 Aug 2005 16:14:32 PDT NAV 05 ain't bad IMHO NAV 05 ain't bad IMHO, altho other freeware/shareware AV programs are probably better. I've used NAV 04. Works well. ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1345378.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1345378.html 07 Aug 2005 01:24:39 PDT i like Trend Micro I switched to Trend Micro's PC-cillin last year for modest cost. Love it! I kept Password Manager from Norton and got ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1344656.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1344656.html 06 Aug 2005 12:25:22 PDT Just a Question These programs are they just virus scans or firewall & virus scan [Avast , AVG]<br>When on the net ! Will they auto dete ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1344622.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1344622.html 06 Aug 2005 12:10:47 PDT Don't do it. If you go to any of the other forums, you will find that very few like 2005. It's not like 2004. I've used Norton for ye ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1344462.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1344462.html 06 Aug 2005 10:21:49 PDT Not a fair comparison ''I just got an email from a friend who discovered how slowly his WinXP system was running with Norton. In upgrading to ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1344439.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1344439.html 06 Aug 2005 10:10:20 PDT Should I renew Norton?? Could you please explain in more detail (step by step) what you do here. And how do you get the Norton Internet Internet ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1344338.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1344338.html 06 Aug 2005 09:06:47 PDT Absolutly not It causes all types of small glitches and cost way too much. They are a rip-off company. They are over bloated and stu ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1344061.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1344061.html 06 Aug 2005 06:11:07 PDT NORTON RENEW OR NOT? I've got Norton2005 at present, but will look very seriously at &quot;NOD 32&quot; ; its been recommended by a couple of ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1343779.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1343779.html 05 Aug 2005 23:04:51 PDT Should I renew my Norton I have just renewed my Norton from 2004 to 2005 and was reluctant to do because of costs (I'm stingy as well as broke). ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1343596.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1343596.html 05 Aug 2005 20:00:49 PDT To answer your question .... NO!!!!!!!!!!<br><br>I have a long story on this matter.... But to make it short,I upgraded from NAV 2002 to 2005 and NAV ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1343476.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1343476.html 05 Aug 2005 18:26:34 PDT (NT) Their high rating of Norton makes them suspect at the least. ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1343430.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1343430.html 05 Aug 2005 17:49:47 PDT kagemi I've dealt with Norton over a number of years and with several incarnations of their &quot;protection ware&quot;.<br><br ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1343315.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1343315.html 05 Aug 2005 16:45:52 PDT Uninstalling AVG If you tried to uninstall AVG from the Control Panel then that may have been the problem.<br><br>Always look in All Prog ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1343309.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1343309.html 05 Aug 2005 16:42:40 PDT same here Same here. I bought the AVG, Kerio combo and they both never gave me any problems or slow downs. Great companies. ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1342917.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1342917.html 05 Aug 2005 12:51:42 PDT That's odd! In XP SP-2 it is listed in Add/Remove Programs and I never had any problem uninstalling the free version. Done it many ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1342832.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1342832.html 05 Aug 2005 12:10:01 PDT Uninstall AVG I use free AVG with no problem also EXCEPT that I also couldn't uninstall it, and that bothers me. Could it be that the ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1342802.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1342802.html 05 Aug 2005 11:55:31 PDT If you decide to remove Norton consider this I have to agree with most of the previous posts regarding 'bloatware'. I had Norton AV 2005 for about 8 months and decid ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1342526.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1342526.html 05 Aug 2005 09:31:50 PDT Free AVG and Avast better than Norton Wht pay for junk when the free ones work and work well ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1342249.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1342249.html 05 Aug 2005 07:38:10 PDT DO NOT Renew Norton!! I used Norton for years...then had a very serious problem with it a year ago. It crashed my system. Since then...I've ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1342216.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1342216.html 05 Aug 2005 07:17:15 PDT Kaspersky Rated #1 To see how 58 Anti-virus programs are rated, go here:<br><a href="http://www.virus.gr/english/fullxml/default.asp?id=69& ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1342184.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1342184.html 05 Aug 2005 07:01:50 PDT Reply to: Should I renew Norton? I just got an email from a friend who discovered how slowly his WinXP system was running with Norton. In upgrading to a ... http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1342177.html http://forums.cnet.com/7726-6132_102-1342177.html 05 Aug 2005 06:57:47 PDT