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OK, my subscription is due for my Norton A/V & Firewall but with SP2 I no longer need a firewall(?) and I think I'll save myself some money by installing free AVG.
Any one out there have problems with that solution?Bob Mitchell.
Go For IT
Avg has been doing great for me for 2 years now and NO complaints at all
I had nortons also and found it was a resource hog" IF IT AINT BROKE - LEAVE IT ALONE "
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hi,
my nortons is from 2003 i manually update it by going to thier website.paying for a renewal subscibition only really give you tech support and live updates.me personally paying 40 bucks to have it update automatically or by pressing the live update button,not gonna happen for me.here is the update site,i download the 2 larger files daily and install them.http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/download/pages/US-N95.html
keltik
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Hey Guys, Thanks for that!
I think you just helped me to make my mind up!!
Regards to all.
Bob.Bob Mitchell.
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Yo u should keep it depending what u are doing, windows has a real crappy firewall
Mod it till it bleeds
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I just removed Norton, replaced with AVG.
Seems to be straight forward and user friendly.
Download Zone Alarm (free) as your firewall and save all around.
lucky1
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Or you could use Avast! 4 home edition
Sygate Personal Firewall which are also real good and FREEHow long a minute is depends on what side of the bathroom door you're on
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It also depends on which Norton. I have had much success with Norton 2003 but have found Norton 2005 to be a disaster and am now running AVG.
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You will ALWAYS NEED A FIREWALL. WinDoze XP SP2 leaves a number of gaping vulnerabilities in your machine and they're finding more every day. The XP firewall works fairly well (I prefer ZoneAlarm for the configuration options) so keep using it.
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Just to add that some folk have had trouble with email when using AVG. Shout back if you run into it. AVAST Anti-Virus is supposed to be good too (free version available).
Derek.W
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Norton is too bloated and slows down everything on most systems. For a free av I would go for AVG or AVAST, both are excellent. For a free firewall (and yes you NEED a firewall coz XP firewall SUX, even if you have sp2) checke out either zone alarm or sygate personal firewall.
If you're willing to pay, I would suggest Kaspersky Antivirus (kav). Its excellent. Good Luck!
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