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| Thread ID: 53618 | 2005-01-22 09:23:00 | norton antivirus2005 vs avg free edition | petil (6119) | Press F1 |
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| 316986 | 2005-11-09 22:09:00 | Alright, alright, I'm in the minority. But I like Norton and I can't see any reason to change. And as for freeware. Some may be OK. but they are usualy only partly complete. Every freeware app I have looked at tries to sell you the complete version. Most freeware is just a gimick to get you to buy. So There. |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 316987 | 2005-11-09 23:01:00 | Alright, alright, I'm in the minority. But I like Norton and I can't see any reason to change. And as for freeware. Some may be OK. but they are usualy only partly complete. Every freeware app I have looked at tries to sell you the complete version. Most freeware is just a gimick to get you to buy. So There. If NAV works well for you, keep and enjoy it ! Re: "Incomplete" freebies - often the missing items are not all that worthwhile, e.g. cosmetic appearance or more user friendly features. Often the freebie version is for home use only, but will cost if used for commericial purposes. |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 316988 | 2005-11-09 23:14:00 | Alright, alright, I'm in the minority. But I like Norton and I can't see any reason to change. And as for freeware. Some may be OK. but they are usualy only partly complete. Every freeware app I have looked at tries to sell you the complete version. Most freeware is just a gimick to get you to buy. So There. Hey Jack I run NAV 2005, have no problems with it, have just renewed my update subs for another year. Use to use AVG until it started telling me I had viruses which I didn't have. Trevor :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 316989 | 2005-11-10 00:07:00 | thts' interesting it told you you had viruses which you 'didn't have' ......how did you ascertain that you dind't have it ?.......at least it's not like norton which often will come up with a clean scan then you install avg alongside it and find numerous trojans.......and belive me I've done this on several occasions.....and no - avg wastn' giving false positives cause other things were also indicating the presence of nasties..... | drcspy (146) | ||
| 316990 | 2005-11-10 00:11:00 | i have difficulty comprehending why people actually pay for a program which is so innefective........if you must pay buy nod32 it is not only the best a/v out there it's made by a kiwi ! | drcspy (146) | ||
| 316991 | 2005-11-10 00:23:00 | As usual forums on virus protection develop into slanging matches between members pushing their own preference.The question should really be what real benefit does one get from paying pretty good money to have a resource hog as against a freebee.Virus's are designed to get past protection that you had yesterday and so you must keep up with tomorrows update to keep ahead.I have a freebee (I will not name it)on my windows system and EVERY 1st time start up on any day I am updated and told so before anything else takes place. |
kjaada (253) | ||
| 316992 | 2005-11-10 01:12:00 | Just an aside here . I am not into flame wars over which Antivirus is best, but did anyone here notice or read where Symantic were, or have already, increased the subscription fees without telling consumers? Just a snip from an article I have read is as follows . "Symantec recently increased renewal prices for subscriptions to its Norton AntiVirus and Norton System Works software to $20 . That $5--or 33 percent--increase follows similar increases in previous years . But even as it raises these prices, Symantec is keeping the subscription renewal price on its Norton Internet Security suite flat at $30, just $10 more than the renewal fee for the stand-alone antivirus product . (Norton Internet Security retails for around $70, compared to around $50 for Norton AntiVirus . )" I have read on another website they did this without telling anyone, go figure . I myself prefer a free antivirus, and just as well it seems . |
intel hunter (6666) | ||
| 316993 | 2005-11-10 04:38:00 | Anything that slows down your computer as much as Nortons does, is a virus in itself. There are plenty of great AV proggy's out there, Nortons is not one of them, Id rather have half the viruses than run Nortons. If your into a slow piggy computer go for it!, and as for there security suite, OMG its like running A 386 emulator its so slow. |
Battleneter (60) | ||
| 316994 | 2005-11-10 04:47:00 | I love AVG and hate Norton to put it simply lol... Norton is a resource hog and like you said on the very first post, it missed 4 things AVG got... Also AVG is free... I always like free | CorbinH (37) | ||
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