Should I pay for Norton or other security systems, when there are free one available?
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Don't buy Norton! It will slow down your pc! There are several free antivirus programs and some very good pay antivirus programs. The link below is a link to PCWorl.com that has ranked the top Antivirus programs pay and free. Pcworld.com says that BitDefender is the best pay antivirus. \nSource(s):\nhttp://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0...
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McAfee and Norton are about the same with McAfee being more expensive.  You can download either of them online.. but must pay to install them.  If you want a free virus scanner... AVG is free to download and install and does as well as the other two.
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What version of Norton are you using? are you using 2005? If yes, they you dont have to anything. It has an in built Anti spyware, which is heck lot better than Windows Defender. I would not personally recommend it to u coz it will make ur compture pretty much slow. Also, they may have some conflict with each, which may coz hard drive Crash, slow running comps, weird behaviors etc.
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Nope, it's free, but it might end up costing you your computer =P There's a lot of viruses that go along with it.  I'm not saying that they WILL happen; there's just a big risk.
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Well if you have some Money to spend you can choose between Norton and McAfee both of them are pretty good.\nThen there are others like quickheal.\nHowever if you dont want to spend money and want a good antivirus then try AVG antivirus.\nDownload it free from http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5\nThere are some others that you can get from download.com however I'll suggest you to go for any of the above mentioned ones as I've tried and tested all.
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norton wont load on a system that has viruses and why are you throwing money away?http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1/ works better than norton
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I used Norton for years until I discovered products that performed as well as but usually BETTER than Norton and they were free.\nTry some of these:\n\nSpyware, Adware, Trojans, Malware, Dialers, Keyloggers, Popups:\nhttp://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/3003-8022_4-10399602.html?tag=tab_rev\nhttp://www.ewido.net/en/download/\nhttp://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html\nhttp://www.download.com/Bazooka-Adware-and-Spyware-Scanner/3000-8022-10247782.html\nhttp://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sgdownload.html\nhttp://www.safer-networking.org/\nhttp://www.download.com/HijackThis/3000-8022_4-10379544.html\nhttp://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/download/\nhttp://www.superantispyware.com/downloadfile.html?productid=SUPERANTISPYWAREFREE\nOnline Scanners:\nhttp://www.webroot.com/consumer/products/spysweeper/freescan.html?\nhttp://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx\nhttp://www.pandasoftware.com/products/activescan.htm\nhttp://www.bitdefender.com/scan8/ie.html\nhttp://www.windowsecurity.com/trojanscan/\nhttp://www.kaspersky.com/virusscanner\nhttp://www.spywareguide.com/onlinescan.php\nhttp://housecall65.trendmicro.com/\nSpyware, Adware, Trojans, Malware, Dialers, Keyloggers, Popups Lists:\nhttp://www.softpedia.com/catList/104\nhttp://www.download.com/Adware-Spyware-Removal/3150-8022_4-0.html?tag=dir\nhttp://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads31.html\nhttp://www.filehippo.com/software/antispyware/setarea\nhttp://www.soft32.com/s/Windows/Security/AntiSpyware/3-9-0-0.html\nAntivirus:\nhttp://free.grisoft.com/doc/avg-anti-virus-free/lng/us/tpl/v5\nhttp://www.avast.com/\nhttp://www.free-av.com/\nhttp://www.bitdefender.com/PRODUCT-14-en--BitDefender-8-Free-Edition.html\nAntivirus Lists:\nhttp://www.softpedia.com/catList/1\nhttp://www.download.com/Antivirus/3150-2239_4-0.html?tag=dir\nhttp://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads29.html\nhttp://www.filehippo.com/software/antivirus/\nhttp://www.soft32.com/s/Windows/Security/Antivirus/3-1-0-0.html\nFirewall:\nhttp://www.zonelabs.com/store/content/company/products/znalm/freeDownload.jsp?dc=12bms&ctry=US&lang=en&lid=staticcomp_za\nFirewall Lists:\nhttp://www.softpedia.com/catList/97\nhttp://www.download.com/Firewalls/3150-10435_4-0.html?tag=dir\nhttp://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads34.html\nhttp://www.filehippo.com/software/firewalls/\nhttp://www.soft32.com/s/Windows/Security/Firewalls/3-5-0-0.html\nIP Blocker:\nhttp://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/peerguardian/pg2-050918-nt.exe?download\nBrowser:\nhttp://www.mozilla.com/firefox/\nEmail, News, RSS:\nhttp://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/\nSystem Cleaner:\nhttp://www.ccleaner.com/\nSystem Cleaning List:\nhttp://www.softpedia.com/catList/98\nhttp://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads12.html\nhttp://www.filehippo.com/software/cleaning/\nSystem Info:\nhttp://www.softpedia.com/catList/92\nhttp://www.majorgeeks.com/downloads9.html\nhttp://www.soft32.com/s/Windows/System_Utilities/System_Tools/3-50-0-0.html
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Yup.\nJust as long as you keep your norton up to date you will be fine.
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Trust NOTHING "free" on the internet.  Even if you get what they promise, you comprimise your security for it.  You'll get ads, spyware, pop-up, virues..\n\nNothing in life is free....  Pay a dollar and play the lottery.  I sincerley pray that you win...
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nortons not free nor does it work i recomend avg free www.grisoft.com/doc1
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Yes, I'd higly Recommend you with Norton 2006. They have made the software Faster than ever with even more security. And most of what i like is that it an intellegente software. Intellegent in the sence, it automtically detects what are good programms and what are bad.
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The link to take you directly to the free edition of AVG is below..I just installed it on my new computer, which HAD McAfee, but I dont like either that or Norton so I always remove them and install AVG and Ive always had good luck with them
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AVG anti-Virus is one of the best out there and they offer a free version at www.grisoft.com  You can also buy upgraded version, but it isn't necessary.  I have bought and used Nortons for years but now I use AVG free version instead and like it much better.  It was recommended to me by the company that does my network setup for my company.
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There is no one program handle all your requirements that is free, no free then symantec internet security, quite comprehensive but you have to learn it quite well to get full protection,\nfree program:\nFirewall vs hacker and intrusion from program or human:  http://smb.sygate.com/\npop-ups and cookies: http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/central.html\nSpam: most free or pay software need day to day manual update on your side, I see no good one\nHope this helps
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Both are decent security programs but may not provide the depth of protection by commercial programs. Programs that are sold are usually updated more often. They are pressured to provide optimum protection in order to get a renewal from you. The only drawback to using free security programs is exposure to advertising.
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Have you tried AVG anti-virus, it's free, and does a decent job.
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Personally, I like Norton System Works, but that is just me from past experiences. McAfee is wonderful but it made my new computer go extremely slow. I Had everything with McAfee, and it took forever to boot up and Norton just runs in the background and didn't make a whole lot of difference when my computer started up but did the same protection as McAfee. So I would say go with Norton System Works, it's about 60.00 but it's worth it, in my opinion. Hoep my advice helped! =) ~R