Norton Antivirus resubscribing

Kuragari · 17-05-2005, 22:56

ok, so i'm about due to resubscribe for norton, just wondering, is it possible to buy norton 2k5 and install that, and will that count as resubscribing? i mean, i know it may not sound logical, but just as an option

Mal · 17-05-2005, 23:01

Well you get a year's free subscription when you buy the new version.

If you must get Norton and you've got an earlier version try the upgrade

Though I would recommend avast...it's free and miles better

Kuragari · 17-05-2005, 23:07

that looks kool, so that's really good? i might look into it, and then speaking of which, is there something like avast that's like norton firewall?

Mal · 17-05-2005, 23:16

I use Kerio, but there's also Sygate and Zonealarm

I forgot to mention, some of the free ones do not have the same features as their paid for versions.

Kuragari · 17-05-2005, 23:18

like what would be missing?

Mal · 17-05-2005, 23:19

They generally give you a comparison table between the free and paid for version.

ntl customer · 17-05-2005, 23:33

When I used to have Norton, I always found removing Norton completely and re installing it gave me another year's free susbscription. This was with the 2001 version though - I am not sure if they've closed the loophole in subsequent versions as I no longer use Norton due to the amount of problems I have had with it (the same problem kept on coming back again and again, and it was a pain in the backside to fix each time so I just cut my losses).

Personally I wouldn't touch Norton's 2005 range of products due to the severe bloat that comes with it.

MrBen · 18-05-2005, 00:13

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Originally Posted by ntl customer

When I used to have Norton, I always found removing Norton completely and re installing it gave me another year's free susbscription.

Still works with the 2002, 2003 and 2004 versions

Ben

nffc · 18-05-2005, 00:33

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Originally Posted by Mal

I use Kerio, but there's also Sygate and Zonealarm

I forgot to mention, some of the free ones do not have the same features as their paid for versions.

Is Kerio free? Is it better than sygate?

Mal · 18-05-2005, 10:59

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Is Kerio free? Is it better than sygate?

There's a free and a paid for version. You get the full version for 30 days, then it changes to the free version. The free has less features.

I paid for a license though as I wanted some of the paid for features. I like it, nice and simple to use and it "seems"

to do its job. It seemed at lot better than sygate, but I only tried Sygate for 5mins, so I can't really say (I didn't like the layout)

nffc · 18-05-2005, 11:52

How customisable is it? I like to have outbound protection, and like the "changed" alerts in sygate and the fact if another application fires up a web browser or something which wants to go on-line then it asks. I also like to have the ability to (easily) set up zones for altered access (like for LANs) or block access to certain IPs etc etc... I couldn't work out how to do that satisfactorily in zonealarm and sygate handles it quite well...

Mal · 18-05-2005, 12:25

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Originally Posted by nffc

How customisable is it? I like to have outbound protection, and like the "changed" alerts in sygate and the fact if another application fires up a web browser or something which wants to go on-line then it asks. I also like to have the ability to (easily) set up zones for altered access (like for LANs) or block access to certain IPs etc etc... I couldn't work out how to do that satisfactorily in zonealarm and sygate handles it quite well...

I can't say about the free version, but the paid for does all that.

If you're having no problems with sygate, why change?

nffc · 18-05-2005, 12:41

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Originally Posted by Mal

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Originally Posted by nffc

How customisable is it? I like to have outbound protection, and like the "changed" alerts in sygate and the fact if another application fires up a web browser or something which wants to go on-line then it asks. I also like to have the ability to (easily) set up zones for altered access (like for LANs) or block access to certain IPs etc etc... I couldn't work out how to do that satisfactorily in zonealarm and sygate handles it quite well...

I can't say about the free version, but the paid for does all that.

If you're having no problems with sygate, why change?

Cos I might like it better... dunno... well, I've had a look around the kerio site.

The main differences between the paid-for and the free version are the pop-up blocking, web browser stuff, which really FX with Ad-block does for free.

I may give it a try. Sygate can sometimes hog my CPU a tad more than I like.

Kuragari · 30-05-2005, 20:20

ok, so uninstalling norton antivirus and firewall 2004 and reinstalling them will allow me to not have to buy another year's sbscription? how do i uninstall them? just go through the add or remove programs list and remove anything norton-related?

Paul · 30-05-2005, 20:22

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Originally Posted by Kuragari

ok, so uninstalling norton antivirus and firewall 2004 and reinstalling them will allow me to not have to buy another year's sbscription? how do i uninstall them? just go through the add or remove programs list and remove anything norton-related?

Erm you may find that doing that will get you nowhere as you will probably have to hunt down and remove all traces of the software from your registry too.