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| Thread ID: 143880 | 2017-05-03 13:05:00 | Norton and Malware Bytes: are both necessary? | Eddie13 (17545) | Press F1 |
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| 1434887 | 2017-05-03 13:05:00 | I have had a lot of trouble with Norton Tech Support making harassing phone calls to get me to buy more security software. I recently downloaded Malware Bytes Premium and wonder if I can now eliminate Norton when it expires. Thanks for any advice. | Eddie13 (17545) | ||
| 1434888 | 2017-05-03 18:33:00 | Sounds like you are being scammed by scammers,if you look there seems to be a lot of scams involving Norton Malwarebytes 3 Premium so they say does take place of a Antivirus but I would like to see more testing before i use as a stand alone product Eset Nod32 is a preferred product |
Lawrence (2987) | ||
| 1434889 | 2017-05-03 19:55:00 | Norton and Symmantec are dirty words around here. I use Malware Bytes (paid version), and am pretty happy with it. I haven't had any bad stuff found on my computer. MBam tends to shut the door to compromised sites before you get to the threatening files within them. Can't comment on how it reacts with emailed malware, as I'm pretty cautious, plus my ISP filters most of the drek before it ever gets into my inbox. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1434890 | 2017-05-03 20:12:00 | Nortons is never necessary, it's to be avoided. Get NOD32 and whatever anti-spywares you want, you do need antivirus AND antispyware. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1434891 | 2017-05-03 22:29:00 | If you haven't paid for premium it's a 30 day trial then reverts back to the free version which doesn't do real time protection just on demand scanning and no that's not good enough. Whether premium now counts as a full antivirus solution I don't know, try googling some reviews and read up on it - feel free to report back so we don't have to do it :) In the past malwarebytes has just been a malware scanner and a good supplement to your anti virus not a replacement for it. If you are going to pay for something do what pctek suggested, otherwise on windows 10 I use defender and malwarebytes and NOD32's free online scanner - all free but requiring me to actually run the scans manually on 2 of them every now and again. Also to rehash the normal advice the best way to avoid malware etc is by your own actions: 1. Never Open Email attachments you don't know the origin of 2. Never click on pop up warnings or adds of any kind on websites claiming you have an infection or something needs fixing or offering to optimise something - you get the picture. If you can't exit them close the browser from task manager 3. If someone rings you about PC problems out of the blue - hang up on them the odds of it not being a scam are tiny 4. always pay attention to the options when installing software and untick any toolbars or extra software it's offering to install for you 5. If one of the above seems legit and you want to ignore the advice - don't. Run your own scans and do your own research. 6. be sceptical of anything and everything that wants to install on your PC without you having done it intentionally Some of these are kind of repeats of each other, but it bears repeating. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1434892 | 2017-05-03 22:58:00 | If you are going to remove Nortons, Use the special Norton uninstaller tool. You'll need to google it because I can't remember it. Just uninstalling Nortons will leave a lot of dross imbedded in your system and it needs a special uninstaller to remove it all. | Bryan (147) | ||
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