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It's that time of the year where my Norton Antivirus subscription runs out and instead of simply renewing it I'm thinking of getting a different antivirus or maybe a whole internet security suite and stop using zonealarm for my firewall.


I've seen Pc-Cillin Internet Security 2006 for £25. Anyone know if this is any good? Or can people recommend any other good antivirus/internet security software?

try AVG free. Can be found at grisoft.com.

Never had any trouble with http://www.free-av.com/
Also it's free.

I personally use Sophos Anti Virus Protection .. you can get various packages for whatever level of security you require ... www.sophos.com

I could always upload my hacked copy of Norton with the key generator. Use the keygen to activate the software by phone, and when it runs out at the end of the year simply re-install and repeat the registration process...

Zonealarm is gay. Which router do you use? Does that not have a firewall?

All I use at home is the router & windows firewall and NAV

My dad pays for it so I'm not really bothered if it's free or not. That said, my dad isn't likely to pay more than £30 for it.

If you want Norton free you can get a 100year subscription hack (that's what my mate did) so he has had it free for years! Only trouble is my laptop is technically my dad's and he doesn't like pirated subscriptions so that was a no go.

Just reading pc cillin reviews now and they're pretty mixed. The free antivirus programs are nowhere near as good as their purchased counterparts (from pretty much every review I've read) so I'm not too keen on that idea.

I have McAfee. It never seems to find viruses, but then i don't have any infections either so i can't tell if it's good or not. :|

In that case I'd just stick with Norton then to be honest. I tried Mcafee internet security suite but it was shite and I went back to norton. Its only about £16 to renew the licence for a year isn't it?

PC-Cillin is OK - it's made by Trend and I use Trend for my corporate anti-virus - never have any problems with it and its running on ever 200 workstations and 30 odd servers....

Norton is £20 to renew I think.

Avast is good and free.  www.avast.com

£25 according to the website

well when I got mine it was free

I have Grisoft AVG...................its free and automatically updates with the latest patches etc. I have had no trouble at all

I meant my renewal, sorry  :D

i have Mcafee internet security suit at home and i have had no problems with it.

good value i reckon

i'd stick with norton.
the best there is and worth the money

Yeah AVG is free and is your best bet. It needs updating every week, but it does it automatically. Other very good protection progams that you could simply download are programs such as Spybot Search and Destroy, Microsoft AntiSpyware and Ad-Aware SE Personal. These are all very good and secure programs that you can download for free. I will try find the site.

I have spybot and adaware. What's the difference between AVG free version and pro version?

Not a clue, i just know AVG is very reliable.

Try:

http://www.mininova.org/search/?search=norton+internet+security

I'm actually using:

http://www.mininova.org/search/?search=zone+alarm++internet+security

Much less intrusive than Norton.

NMH

With Norton, when it runs out I just un-install it and then register it again under a different address, worked every time for me so far!

I'm surprised they haven't noticed yet though.

Hmmm, I might see if I can dig out the serial from somewhere then

I might go and get a copy of Norton 2006 cos 2005 has run out. :evil:

I can get McAffee internet security 2006 for £25

AVG Pro is more advanced than the free version. The free one does the job but obviously the pro one is more spohisticated.

Cool at least I know the difference, cheers  :)

 :nod:

uploading now. may take a while as 44mb

will do some install instructions...

http://www.sendspace.com/file/r506oh


Make sure you are not connected to the internet

run the setup program as normal

when asked for the serial no open the keygen.exe and generate the code

when asked to activate let it try the online method twice, it will fail then give you the option to activate by phone, choose this option

Use the key generator to generate the phone challenge code, it will then activate for 12 months

You can now connect back to the internet and run all the updates as normal - it'll take a few updates and reboots to get bang up to date

When it runs out uninstall and do the same

For Spyare HitMan Pro is the best on the market incorporates all of the other programs out there.

i've got a free copy of norton which i can post to you if you pm me your addresS?

Spankyou very much.

I tend to run spyware checks every so often just in case, but the best way of being safe is to just be careful of what you install. You'll always get a few tracker cookies, but generally they are pretty harmful, but you can avoid most of the major ones by not installing stuff like kazaa (although there is a klite version which is ok), getright, etc.

I also use hijack this which is ever so useful once you figure out how to use it (or get whits to explain)  8)

My norton was going to expire today. But I change my PC date to January 1st. And the subscription is ok again.

Is there any down points on doing this?

Not sure, but a damm good idea.

I keep on using a different address but I might try what you did next time.

Make sure you don't go back to the year 2000. The millenium bug is lurking