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Thread ID: 81605 2007-08-01 20:33:00 Replacing Nortons Protection Centre bizzack (7739) Press F1
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575103 2007-08-01 20:33:00 What would be the best method (besides nuking my laptop) to totally uninstall Nortons Protection Centre? And also what would be the best replacement, free or paid for?

Thanks all!
bizzack (7739)
575104 2007-08-01 20:49:00 Morning. Uninstall everything from the add/remove programs (norton, symantec, live update, live reg) Download (www.softpedia.com) the Norton removal tool, run that, then Norton will be gone. For free a/v software, avast seems to be pretty good, while one you pay for, Nod32 seems to blitz almost everything else out there.

Edit: If you want a firewall too ZoneAlarm seems to be popular, although I havn't used it so can't give any first hand advice. Adaware, Ccleaner and Spybot are always good for getting rid of other nasties.
wratterus (105)
575105 2007-08-01 23:01:00 Can recommend Zone Alarm Firewall - have been using it for years with no problems. KenESmith (6287)
575106 2007-08-02 02:47:00 Ive used Comodo and ZA and I would recommend Comodo. Its easier to use I think and it doesn't slow the system down that much. And the updates are quite small and very fast so its footprint is quite minimized. beeswax34 (63)
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