norton.. i'm f...ing sick of it

[jeffhaskeft]

does anyone know of a good anti virus/ firewall package?
my norton subscription has run out and i am sick to the back teeth, what with it popping up, with it's 'security alert update has run out window'
many thanks in advance

[Guilbert]

I have security on my PC and pay for none of it.

AVG Anti-Virus is excellent and there is a free version for home use.

Zone Alarm firewall is also excellent and has a free version.

Adaware for finding spyware is also free

[Welshman]

Good tip, AVG is free and does a good job. Another free firewall is Comodo Personal Firewall (www.personalfirewall.comodo.com) and another good spyware program is Spybot (www.safer-networking.org). Install these and you should have no worries.

[Deuce Bigolo]

Norton is a pain in the ass...like a giant dinosaur...consuming all in its path

Even microsoft in their XP mag mention AVG(anti-virus) & Zone Alarm(firewall)
as preferred freeware

I've used both and found zone alarm PAINFUL....almost as bad as norton

AVG has never let me down

Theres a list of the best in both categories with links to the programs

[mart]

I used to have AVG but I now prefer Avast! because it updates automatically.

Mart

[davewells]

Agreed but does anyone know how to get rid of Norton and it's stupid security alert ?

[ash]

can you not just untick where it says warn me when theres 30 days left
as for getting it off system apparently its really hard to as its embedded so deep in windows so i heard somewhere

[Deano!]

Another vote here for AVG.

I use it and unlike Norton, it does its work without taking over your computer. Norton caused me to do a complete re-install of XP just to get rid of the fucking thing which kept closing down my machine with no way of stopping it from doing so.

[laralatex]

Try it's free and good.

[Cenobitez]

AVG updates automatically ?

Least it does on my 2k file server ?