Antivirus Software?
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AVG by Grisoft
AVG is another free highly rated AV.
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.1.394 is the latest version.
AVG is another free highly rated AV.
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 7.1.394 is the latest version.
It's not hard to remove and reuse Norton.
Been usuing & reusing Norton 2002 since 2002......
True Norton is a bit of a resource hog, uses about 5% system resources for me, but I'm familiar with Norton and that doesn't bother me.
Back in 2002 the guys at AudioGalaxy told me about it and have been using it since then. You don't need any special removal tool.
1: First uninstall Norton using the add/remove feature in your Windows control panel.
This will take out most but not all of Norton.
Symantec leaves behind several folders and a few registry keys, so you can't just simply remove & reinstall Norton.
2: Then click on, Start>Find>Files or Folders.
In 'Files or Folders' do a complete search of your computer for all Norton, Symantec & Antivirus, and delete all folders you find. There will be several.
3: Get and run a Registry Cleaner, which is freely available on CNET or Download.com.
After running Registry Cleaner, scroll through the registry keys listed and remove all Norton & Symantec registry keys you find.
Once you have done these 3 things, just reinstall Norton for another entire year complete with auto updates and all their features.
AVG is another good free AV. Downloaded AVG a couple years back and was going to use AVG instead of Norton. Looked AVG over but stayed with Norton because I didn't want to take the time to learn AVG since I knew and was comfortable with Norton.
At least get AVG, it's free. There's lots of nasty stuff on the net that you could stumble upon that can in no time mess up your PC
Here's the trick to reusing Norton.Esco! said:
Been usuing & reusing Norton 2002 since 2002......
True Norton is a bit of a resource hog, uses about 5% system resources for me, but I'm familiar with Norton and that doesn't bother me.
Back in 2002 the guys at AudioGalaxy told me about it and have been using it since then. You don't need any special removal tool.
1: First uninstall Norton using the add/remove feature in your Windows control panel.
This will take out most but not all of Norton.
Symantec leaves behind several folders and a few registry keys, so you can't just simply remove & reinstall Norton.
2: Then click on, Start>Find>Files or Folders.
In 'Files or Folders' do a complete search of your computer for all Norton, Symantec & Antivirus, and delete all folders you find. There will be several.
3: Get and run a Registry Cleaner, which is freely available on CNET or Download.com.
After running Registry Cleaner, scroll through the registry keys listed and remove all Norton & Symantec registry keys you find.
Once you have done these 3 things, just reinstall Norton for another entire year complete with auto updates and all their features.
AVG is another good free AV. Downloaded AVG a couple years back and was going to use AVG instead of Norton. Looked AVG over but stayed with Norton because I didn't want to take the time to learn AVG since I knew and was comfortable with Norton.
At least get AVG, it's free. There's lots of nasty stuff on the net that you could stumble upon that can in no time mess up your PC
AVG is pretty decent, but it also finds a LOT of false positives.
AntiVir is decent of all the free ones.
Avast's interface sucks, but it's also very good.
AVG is just super user friendly, but again, shitty at times because it does find what they call, false positives.
NOD32 kicks ass, but you gotta pay for that, but incredible 24hr tech support, NORTON/MCCAFFE have NOTHING on NOD32.
AntiVir is decent of all the free ones.
Avast's interface sucks, but it's also very good.
AVG is just super user friendly, but again, shitty at times because it does find what they call, false positives.
NOD32 kicks ass, but you gotta pay for that, but incredible 24hr tech support, NORTON/MCCAFFE have NOTHING on NOD32.
