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Being comcast customers we get Norton without charge, but it's obtrusive and takes up plenty of resources.
We have a new computer with Win 8.1 arriving soon, and I'm thinking not to put the Norton on, but free solutions instead. In a PCmag review they rated AVG as the best free, but a bit obtrusive trying to get you to purchase the full version and extras. Bitedefender was rated as almost as good but very stealthy, I'm quite attracted to this option. If I get one of these two do I need a separate Firewall, or is the one built into windows OK? Zonealarm seems to be the winner in this category. or is Norton OK, since I'm not paying directly for it? |
Interesting. I've been running Avast for the last few years and lately it has been getting annoying, popping up and offering to improve the performance of my system if only I would download their latest service, or buy the upgrade, and stuff like that.
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Avast and AVG used to boast about the millions of the casual users they were protecting for free, as a way to prove their expertise to potential paying customers who were serious about security. But after a few years of good reviews, and tech blogs singing their praises, they've both become aggressive, and in some cases down right sneaky, trying to get their free customers to buy.
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I've used AVG for years and have never been nagged to buy the pay-for-it version.
As far as I'm concerned, AVG rocks. It's very unobtrusive, and doesn't hog resources. I never know it's there til I scan a file, or do a full computer scan. |
Also, AVG works.
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If you get a new PC and download AVG, I think you'll find it still works well but has become a nag.
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That's unfortunate.
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Avast SUCKS Just installed a few days ago on an old xp box and it's much slower. IMHO.
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I still use AVG here
AVG is still sneaky.
It still works, however. I have it at home with a Win7 PC and put it on my niece's Win8.1 laptop and my wife's as well. No issues here with it. |
Did you download from AVG online for those two installations, or do you have a disc?
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I ended up buying Norton (and I can never hear that in my head as anything other than Jackie Gleason saying NORTON) because I'd been through every free anti-virus on earth. I always liked AVG but it seemed intrusive, kept telling me what a bad person I was for not buying the full thing. I've liked NORTON's services.
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The reviews i read said AVG was very good, the best for free, but the ones you pay for, Kapersky, Norton and another, do score better, but not much.
But since I would be getting Norton at no charge I (I won't say free because I'm still paying comcast) is there any reason not too and go with one of the free ones instead. |
Hi Beest. Since you're asking about Norton versus others, I'll mention that I received an email from Norton just today that raises concern about them. It seems I'm still on their mailing list from registering a free trial that came with my notebook PC; but, I dropped Norton because it was annoying. The entire text is copied below with the part that concerns me in bold and followed by my related post-quotation note:
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Heartbleed. Ugh. What can you do about it, besides changing your password(s)?
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Not much is my guess.
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