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Story: Why you should ditch Norton AntiVirus

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Posted by: Dan (Sunday 4 June 2006, 6:42 PM)

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Seriously people, AVG sucks balls, its about 2 years behind the tricks that hackers know, the 2006 Norton Internet Security Suite offers the second hardest firewall to crack thats commercially available and is actually made by sygate (symantec fully aquisitioned sygate in 2005 as their firewall was too good and became very popular very quickly). AVG may be free but its rubbish, any 13 year old kid with any basic networking skills or a networking book can drop it, even basic direct port connecting for remote administration is easily done in about 10 mins or less if you're good

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Story: Why you should ditch Norton AntiVirus

  1. What about AVG antivirus as a replacement for Nort... Anonymous
  2. I use AVG and sygate as an antivirus/firewall... Neil McLeish
  3. AVG is very good and it FREE!!! I use th... AVG_user
  4. The problem with AVG at the moment is version... Anonymous
  5. I am worried by all this discussion. There s... Stuart Holmes
  6. Don't know how old this post is but if y... Mashed Spuds
  7. Anybody else tried bitdefender? Fantastic all... Claire
  8. Norton sucks your system resources to the flo... Andrew Woodhead
  9. Norton is a memory hog that halts your w... Anonymous
  10. I already DID ditch Norton. On the recommenda... Anonymous
  11. I ditched it in 2003 after many years as norton us... Anonymous
  12. Funily enough i had been having problems with my N... James George
  13. Why pay at all? AVG AntiVirus is Free and so are t... Allan Burton
  14. because avg is the best you will not go wrong... paul
  15. Seriously people, AVG sucks balls, its about... Dan
  16. Norton surely sucks the computer speed davidraj
  17. Recently I tried to disinfect my slepson's PC. He... Alec Bowman
  18. Did you try an online virus scan from the Tre... Neil
  19. I should have read this before I tried to upgrade... Nicola Carr
  20. I'd have to agree with a number of posts abou... cyphon
  21. I've consistently used Norton and had NO problems... Grayson Walkter
  22. www.free-av.com FREE and it works a treat. www.syg... Rory Truman
  23. As someone who actually looks into anti virus soft... Dean
  24. Are you insane? Symantec and McAfee run by t... Mcafee man
  25. have you tried the eScan from MicroWorld... Mohammed
  26. We've been long time users and VARs... Craig Powell
  27. You only seem to review toys and not proper soluti... Anonymous
  28. Don't forget FREE Avast anti-virus. Its great for... John Rollins
  29. If you think Norton Antivirus is dire you should t... Toby Downes
  30. I've experienced my share of Norton horror. H... Ray Boyer
  31. Their after sales service is awful. I spent two we... bill greig
  32. We couldn't agree more. As an ISP in South Africa... Bill Keenan
  33. AVG let the viruses in time after time so don... Paul
  34. http://english.mks.com.pl/products-descriptio... LOkii
  35. In 2004 I have ditched Norton Anti-Virus Toolkit d... Colin
  36. Firewall: "Tiny Personal Firewall 2" (last freewar... Anonymous
  37. I ditch Norton Antivirus long time ago. Iam using... Pierre Benoist
  38. Av's ,Anti-Spy ,etc. that's all fine to me BU... Chris M .
  39. Your reviewer says: " ...latest viruses and w... Disgruntled
  40. I totally agree witheverything you say. I fin... pop
  41. Another Reason to ditch Norton - a Norton update/u... Anonymous
  42. I've a Norton user from the beginning but when i u... Tony
  43. Norton is out of the ballgame. Their antiviru... Anonymous
  44. avast its free and suppotts p2p, got to admit this... Anonymous
  45. forgot to mention it also scans your hard dri... Anonymous
  46. Have used Norton for several years and a... Anonymous
  47. Not sure how old this post is but i will post... Anonymous
  48. How many AV programs offer protection to us x64 us... G. Telford
  49. Why pay for something that slows your computer dow... Chris Carter
  50. Is PC-Cillin still extremely parasitic? i.e., hard... zombie
  51. Agree Norton is dreadful - have had horrendous pro... Anonymous
  52. I could not agree more. I got up this morning... Anonymous
  53. I have used Norton for several years, but I had a... Anonymous
  54. I used to use avg and have no complaints but made... Anonymous
  55. I have a big problem with Norton antivirus.... Anonymous
  56. Trying to install a security software update for N... Joe Donoghue
  57. I completely agree. I'm an IT professional an... Anonymous
  58. where is peter norton? Anonymous
  59. Peter Norton os dead, as is his software. As... Raymond A Jones
  60. On the 15 oct 2005 I tried to renew my Norton subs... Anonymous
  61. Im trying to get rid of my Norton Anti Virus.... Antony Rothwell
  62. I have managed to get rid of my Norton A... C.Beasley
  63. Purchased NAV 2006 in May 2006. In October I... Alex Csendes
  64. My computer got slower and slower. It started shu... Bruce Fisher
  65. I WANT TO GET RID OF NORTON ANTI VIRUS AND I UNIST... Anonymous
  66. There are a vast array of products and many of the... Matt Newnham
  67. I would have to agree with the poster concern... Simon Rolfe
  68. My purchase of NAV has caused nothing but problems... John Young
  69. the program is an absolutel nightmare if you have... john shearer
  70. We use Windows XP 64 Edition, with which Norton (n... Colin D Moon
  71. guys all the norton users are complaining about th... JHON
  72. pc-cillin used it for 4 yrs nuf sed brill ! Anonymous
  73. where to download free AVG antivirus version? Anonymous
  74. WE DO NOT RECOMMEND NORTON ANTIVIRUS! Because of... Jim Pro. Computer
  75. I recommend Solo Antivirus, especially if you're o... Anonymous
  76. I was fed up with Norton Antivirus window popping... Yvette Medworth
  77. I'm delighted to say that all my programs are back... Yvette Medworth
  78. Further to my last comments. I decided to agree t... Yvette Medworth
  79. I ditch Norton as soon as i see it on a pc. I'm do... Grame
  80. Norton (and others) scan OUTGOING email, this cann... Mick Haskell
  81. It does appear that it is impossible to turn... Petri
  82. I spend every renewal tryind to download for the n... stephen french
  83. Has anyone had any experience with Fsecure system?... Anonymous
  84. i have been with norton antivirus ever since i fir... Anonymous
  85. Norton davyjones
  86. BitDefender 10 basca

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