Another Antivirus Question, plz
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Another Antivirus Question, plz
My antivirus protection (with Norton) is due to elapse in FIVE days. Each time I turn on the laptop now, there is a RED Message telling me time is running out. ''Renew now''.
So I checked on the net if thee was any freebies going and came across this site: Free Norton TM Antivirus - New 2014 Version Available Now (I have not had the courage to click on the site yet as I am a bit suspicious?)
- the above is provided by: www.norton.com/uk
- while I believe the ''official'' norton site is: uk.norton.com/downloads
My questios:
- Is the free download for 2014 rael, or is it a fake site?
- How can I find out without gettiing my system ''messed up''?
Many thanks for your help
So I checked on the net if thee was any freebies going and came across this site: Free Norton TM Antivirus - New 2014 Version Available Now (I have not had the courage to click on the site yet as I am a bit suspicious?)
- the above is provided by: www.norton.com/uk
- while I believe the ''official'' norton site is: uk.norton.com/downloads
My questios:
- Is the free download for 2014 rael, or is it a fake site?
- How can I find out without gettiing my system ''messed up''?
Many thanks for your help
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Re: Another Antivirus Question, plz
I have been using AVG free version for years now coupled with Windows Defender firewall. It seems quite adequate and does not seem to have such an overhead on the system resources when you open up as Norton does. I do not think that McAfee or Norton are worth the money they charge. Avast is another free one that lots of people use.
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Re: Another Antivirus Question, plz
I have been using avg for years never had any problems with it
Wouldn't pay the charges that norton want
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Re: Another Antivirus Question, plz
Another vote for AVG, which you can download here..
http://filehippo.com/download_avg_antivirus/
You'll need to choose 32 bit or 64 bit depending on your machine..
Probably a good idea to remove Norton before attempting the download though...
http://filehippo.com/download_avg_antivirus/
You'll need to choose 32 bit or 64 bit depending on your machine..
Probably a good idea to remove Norton before attempting the download though...
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Re: Another Antivirus Question, plz
I used the free AVG version for a long time, but after one update a couple of years back it was slowing down my PC quite badly - I switched to Avast, which is free and does the job.
http://www.avast.com/en-gb/compare-anti ... tAodXh4Aug
http://www.avast.com/en-gb/compare-anti ... tAodXh4Aug
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Re: Another Antivirus Question, plz
I believe you are getting some what confused.kintangoman wrote: http://www.norton.com/uk
- while I believe the ''official'' norton site is: uk.norton.com/downloads
http://www.norton.uk.com/ is a website about the norton motorcycle.
The anti virus called Norton (made by symantec) is at www.norton.com
Anything that starts with (in this case) norton.com forward slash what ever e.g. norton.com/uk is owned by symantec, so no worries.
Look at the address you see in the address bar now, it says http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk forward slash (what ever page name you are looking at)
As for the anti virus it self, too expensive for what it is.
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Re: Another Antivirus Question, plz
Ditto gave it a try on mine last year and have since installed it on Mrs Canny's laptop and my nephewsayjay wrote:I used the free AVG version for a long time, but after one update a couple of years back it was slowing down my PC quite badly - I switched to Avast, which is free and does the job.
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Re: Another Antivirus Question, plz
thanks everyone.
just have to work out now which to go for?
Avast or AVG? hhmmmmmm
just have to work out now which to go for?
Avast or AVG? hhmmmmmm

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AVG slowed my machine down something terrible, I think they fixed the issue in a later release but I had already binned it (this was about a year ago).
The best I have found is Microsoft Security Essentials, its free and has no impact on the system.
The best I have found is Microsoft Security Essentials, its free and has no impact on the system.
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I'd second that. It's decent, does what it needs and doesn't nag you for money or get in the way.dandan wrote:The best I have found is Microsoft Security Essentials, its free and has no impact on the system.
Source: 10+ years as an IT tech
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Re: Another Antivirus Question, plz
I'm using a Linux OS now. No anti virus for 2+ yrs now and no viruses (although I may have unwittingly passed them on to Windoze users)




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Great geek skillz joinerjohn! Is it Ubuntu? Or Linux Mint? I used Fedora and Arch on my home machine for about 4 years until finally succumbing to OS X. The lack of viruses and more secure OS is great but in the end I needed software that either wasn't available or just wasn't very good on Linux.joinerjohn wrote:I'm using a Linux OS now. No anti virus for 2+ yrs now and no viruses (although I may have unwittingly passed them on to Windoze users)![]()
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Re: Another Antivirus Question, plz
Ok JJ.
I'm trying to reply but the missus keeps asking me to 'come to bed', so I think I better obey
I'm trying to reply but the missus keeps asking me to 'come to bed', so I think I better obey
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Running Ubuntu 12.04.03 and also dual booting to Ubuntu Studio (for my music, the low latency is bloody good)BlueC wrote:Great geek skillz joinerjohn! Is it Ubuntu? Or Linux Mint? The lack of viruses and more secure OS is great but in the end I needed software that either wasn't available or just wasn't very good on Linux.joinerjohn wrote:I'm using a Linux OS now. No anti virus for 2+ yrs now and no viruses (although I may have unwittingly passed them on to Windoze users)![]()
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Dunno about the geek skills, I tend to shy away from using the command terminal too much (have buggered it up twice in two years.

Have to admit, the only thing I miss about Windoze is my (now) inability to play my favourite MMORPG game "Eve Online". I've tried using Wine and Play on Linux, but it slows the game down so much it's almost unplayable. ( another player targets you and before you can do anything, your egged.



Anyway I haven't found Ubuntu, to be too geeky. Quite the opposite. Easy to use, fairly fast (and remains so. No need to defrag the HDD every few weeks/months)


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Re: Another Antivirus Question, plz
dandan wrote:AVG slowed my machine down something terrible, I think they fixed the issue in a later release but I had already binned it (this was about a year ago).
Agreed the 2013 version was pants....so I re-installed the 2012 version (Still had the set up files in a folder somewhere) Haven't tried the 2014 update, which is the latest version...
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