Norton 360 worth the price?

[bill]

Originally Posted by BullyARed

Is "McAfee Total Protection 2012 " good?

My thought (FWIW) it's as good as Nortons but don't bog your system down as much.

PCMag rates as follows

Pros
Firewall minimizes popups, blocks access to dangerous sites. SiteAdvisor Live creates safe links for sharing. Very accurate spam filtering. Network intrusion alerts. Improved parental control. File encryption.
Cons
Poor malware removal, especially rootkits. Average malware blocking. Poor scores in dynamic tests by independent antivirus labs.

My thought, Using Google Chrome with AdBlock installed will stop popups and block ad's on sites...for free
I control spam with my email.
A good firewall (software like Zone Alarm also free) will block attacks on ports and give you control what has access to the internet. If your not seen on the internet, then that just removes the thought of any intrusion.
Big issues are the cons listed.


You can test your security with ShieldsUp
http://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?rh1dkyd2

[NitroTexan]

I do not pay for an Anti-virus any longer. They lost me when I got a virus and contacted them to help resolve the issue. They wanted another $99 dollars to access my computer remotely to find and remove the virus. I refused since their product failed (Norton) and asked for refund instead, which they agreed to but I never received.

I found Malware and used it to get my computer cleaned up and running right. Norton can Byte me!

[Wiredhernandez]

+1 ms security essentials is free.. Yeah.. Running norton get virus.. Charge extra to clean it.. Nope.. Pay for I have had really good luck with AVG antivirus as well..

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...ity-essentials
http://free.avg.com/us-en/homepage

[spicyitalian]

I use MS Security Essentials on all my personal computers. I use Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection (enterprise version of Security Essentials) on all the computers on my network at work. I have had great luck with both versions (essentially the same engine) and recommend it to everybody that I like. If I don't like you I recommend Norton.

[skltex]

Never had a problem with AVG-Free

[ROBOWADER]

I have tried Avast on my laptop and desktop and I can't the internet to even come up. What was I doing wrong?

[bill]

Originally Posted by ROBOWADER

I have tried Avast on my laptop and desktop and I can't the internet to even come up. What was I doing wrong?

any chance you have windows firewall and avast firewall running?
if so, try to disable the windows firewall and connect

[ROBOWADER]

Thanks, I will try that.

[RayAM2007]

AVG 2012, malwarebytes, spybot,super antimalware are all very good anti virus programs.
And they are free with the free version
Go to www.download.com and get them yourself

[Russell B]

AVG all the way.