Q&A: my Norton internet security runs out in 2 days?

December 4, 2011

Question by Magz: my Norton internet security runs out in 2 days?
are the free antivirus ones good enough, I’m worried about using it.The bank is offering macaffee free, any one help if its a good move. Norton is so expensive Thanks!

Best answer:

Answer by zara b
free ones are never good.they are only trial and they dont protect you computer properly

try pc guard its the best

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Tags: Days., internet, norton, runs, SECURITY

28 Responses to Q&A: my Norton internet security runs out in 2 days?

susie x on December 4, 2011 at 2:33 am

I use avg free edition..it works well for me!

dze on December 4, 2011 at 3:32 am

avast will be fine .. get rid of nortons ..

jed slade on December 4, 2011 at 4:03 am

DONT WORRY ,GET AVG FREE.

mikelid109 on December 4, 2011 at 4:27 am

McAfees good, so if its free, take it. AVG Free is good also, and dont worry about it being free, it doesnt mean its bad.

jet-set on December 4, 2011 at 4:47 am

I switched from Norton to McAfee last year, on my son’s recommendation (he’s an IT professional)
No regrets. It does what it say’s it does.

mark b on December 4, 2011 at 5:26 am

i have macaffee and its fine

zoe j on December 4, 2011 at 5:50 am

my norton only cost $ 60 and is worth every penny. dont let your norton run out, install a new anti virus before that happens.

Boiled Egg on December 4, 2011 at 6:38 am

It’s worth paying the re-subscription fee for. Better than getting a virus. £30 odd quid over 12 months is nothing.

richard_beckham2001 on December 4, 2011 at 7:36 am

Mcaffee is very good, but you will need to remove the full version of Norton before installing the new software.
Otherwise you will have conflicts running it.

william k on December 4, 2011 at 7:40 am

HI,
Dump Norton’s and just get “AVG” free version link http://free.grisoft.com/ this will help you.

chris j on December 4, 2011 at 8:15 am

some of the free ones are really good, i was never happy with norton myself, ive used avg free and found it good until i got a stubborn rootkit that i couldnt shift, after that i used threatfire and its amazing, and free

Mary F on December 4, 2011 at 8:34 am

that just happened to me when i clicked it i couldnt use my computer for 2 months my grandma had to come and take it to a specialist that costs more than norten, just go with norten or you risk getting all your info taken

william l on December 4, 2011 at 9:19 am

yes i use avg its free on line and i use spyware terminator its free too and there great i used to have Norton 360 and it was to run until the year 2017 but it was no good so i scrapped it and now I’m using these to and Ive had no trouble with them

beaniejo_2004 on December 4, 2011 at 10:18 am

I know of a free antivirus that works great. Either avg from this site: http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/
or avast from this site: http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html
I had McAfee and got trogans on my computer and it didn’t catch any of them. I found the avast to work great. It caught all of them.

Captain_Answer on December 4, 2011 at 10:40 am

If your subscription runs out, you can still use the product to the level of protection its at when it runs out. You just won’t be elidgeable for updates to the product, so no immunity to new viruses that come out as of the day the product runs out.

There is a free downloadable anti-virus called AVG, which is searchable through google. Its just as good as Norton or Mcaffee, but you have to perform manual updates on it, so if you don’t have time to update this shouldn’t be for you, as laziness would compromise your security.

Free ones from your bank would be absolutely fine, any anti virus you get, even if basic, will self update and will give you up to date protection against the latest viruses and trojans.

Hope this helps. Stay safe online.

Lucy M on December 4, 2011 at 11:40 am

macaffee is really good, its the only one we havent had problems with

Cylon on December 4, 2011 at 12:24 pm

Try Nod32.

http://www.eset.com/

Den B7 on December 4, 2011 at 1:05 pm

Make sure that the free programs will do what you want them to do and be aware of the trade-offs.

Free AVG is okay, but always annoying each time you start the computer. It goes through a update procedure that keeps popping up on the screen.

Also, don’t forget to note the features of anti-virus programs and what they protect you from as opposed to security suites like Norton Internet Security. There are more than just viruses to worry about.

Anti-virus programs are for viruses, but Trojans and worms aren’t viruses. You’ll need more protection.

Twisted_Ace on December 4, 2011 at 1:55 pm

Look at it this way – I’ve had a home PC for about 10 years, always running Norton. I have had just 1 (that’s right, one) problem virus in all that time.

Yet, everyday on forums like this you see, “My PC has a virus and and my FREE antivirus software can’t get rid of it – what can I do?”

I know which I’d rather have…

Anna W on December 4, 2011 at 2:07 pm

Have you tried to get an updated version of norton anti virus i would say that you could try putting anti-virus into google search engine and look at the results see if there is one until you find one there are some free versions that stop viruses we have avg 7.5 free addition it does work

lucee on December 4, 2011 at 2:54 pm

You got so many answers, I doubt if you can actually pick one. As far as the reliability of “free” ones is concerned, the person who answered they aren’t reliable, is full of something other than knowledge. I have used Avast 4-Home for 5+ years and never had a virus get past it. I have also used McAfee and Norton, and if there were any bigger space and memory hogs than these two, my 20 years on the internet hasn’t found them.

AVG 7.5 is free
Avast 4-Home is free

Solo Man on December 4, 2011 at 3:10 pm

AVG Free edition just great

stephen m on December 4, 2011 at 3:14 pm

I would really recommend Kaspersky, you can do a free 30 day and it costs about 30 pounds to download. I have been using it for two years and I find it to be excellent.

http://www.kaspersky.com

$so fresh so clean$ on December 4, 2011 at 3:18 pm

Yes. McAfee offers good protection.

Ricky B on December 4, 2011 at 3:49 pm

Take the McAfee its really good,or if you want get Kaspersky

Veritee on December 4, 2011 at 4:33 pm

I should not tell you this but I have found that if you completely uninstall Norton i.e uninstall from add and remove programs then delete any ‘symantic’ folders on your hard disk including ‘symantic’ shared and/or ‘symantic common’ then run the Norton removal tool – you can find this on symantic/Norton’s web site here: http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039

Then reinstall it – you can sometimes find you get another year free of charge
otherwise go for a free one like AVG/Grisoft.

Do not worry that a free one is not good enough -

Computer shopper and many other reviews recently tested anti-virus programs and found that AVG performed actually better than many you pay for – including Norton which did badly
The best one that is paid for was Kaspersky Anti-Virus which I have and it is cheaper than Norton and very good
I do not re’con |Mcafee at all

Hamed on December 4, 2011 at 4:34 pm

You are getting what you are paying for,
Bit Defender,Mcafee and Norton is in top.

http://www.toptenreviews.com/internet-security-suite-review/

Believe the Hype !!! on December 4, 2011 at 5:22 pm

This happen to me too, even I bought the product key from their website for $ 50.