Is Norton good?

Our family just installed Norton Internet Security.Is it good compared to out previous Anti-virus, McAfee?

They're both bottom of the barrel. Like on a scale of 1-10 they're at around -3. They don't protect worth shit and just slow down your PC.If you want a paid anti virus because "well paid means it's better right?" then these guys make a good anti virus: http://www.eset.com/home/

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Oh.
Well we just lost a bit of money then...:(
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That's your opinion.
Anyone else have a suggestion?

I've heard good things about Avast. Also i've heard AVG is still good too, although i havnt used it in years.If you find something that you feel is better than norton, remember that norton will sit in your PC until you reformat, the thing will sit in it forever. I consider Norton itself to be a virus.Consider this lesson learned, always research before you purchase.

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Really? Well that is just great :(
What about un-installing, removing registry files etc.?

I wouldnt know where to begin, best bet is googling it but are you sure you family wants you to remove it? Just let them have their false sense of security.

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Great idea.
I'll add a suggestion when it expires that I found a cheaper and better one...

I'm filled with amazing ideas

Eset nod32 is consistently the highest performer in the paid category of AV suites. Kaspersky isn't far behind (and is quite a bit cheaper)Free wise, AVG is very highly ranked but in recent years has become a bit bloated and now visibly slows down my parent's computer compared to kaspersky (but they are only running a 1.8 sempron)Avast is also supposed to be good, but has a bit of a reputation for taking a long time to scan.Norton can be completely removed without a reformat, but as littlekill said, its a huge chore.

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Just downloaded from tpb.
I trust the scene, so I expect it to work as if I paid for it.Will it work the same?

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until eset block the update username+password.

I ain't seen anything better than mse2 used in conjunction with mbam pro(when their both jazzed up to run with each other properly).
.And I thought Norton had a special removal tool.....

Loonylion · #11until eset block the update username+password.

It has a crack and all the comments say it works... but I thought I was ask someone just-in-case.

that won't help. Nod32 uses a username and password to access the update servers, and ones that get shared eventually get blocked.

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Could you explain a little more.

whenever nod32 updates its virus definitions, the update server asks it for a username and password (which are supplied to you when you buy it). If the servers detect multiple people (more than the license allows) using that username and password, it gets blocked, with the result that everyone using that specific username and password can no longer get virus definition updates, and rendering their Nod32 install useless within about a week (AVs are useless if they aren't updated at least once a day)

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I see.
I am unsure how the crack works, haven't tried it myself before.But possibly it patches that process to avoid the username / password protection?

it can't, its server side. Only way around it is to use third party update servers, which is a big risk because you don't know the updates are legitimate, it might not get updated very often and it could go offline at any point.

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Third party updates...

Nod32 should've have come with a license finder, use that for getting licenses it worked for me until about 6 months ago when nod stoped working, so i replaced it with avast, and i found it to be much reliable than nod, nod took 20+ hours to scan my hard drive, the latest version of avast took about 2-3 hours, nod is good, but if you dont want much of a hassle get avast much more userfriendly plus it's upgraded version doubles as a firewall