Norton 360
Is Norton 360 all the same ?
They vary in price, just wondered if their all the same ?
They vary in price, just wondered if their all the same ?
Duck wrote:
As the old wise man said, The best is not free.
Don
Duck wrote:
As the old wise man said, The best is not free.
Don
RJsfishin wrote:
But I won't go w/o saying,......the free ones are not out there to be nice to you and give you something for nothing. There ain't a free one out there that doesn't mess up your screen, begging you to upgrade to a paid version. I been down too many of them ugly roads,....never an issue w/ Norton.
RJsfishin wrote:
But I won't go w/o saying,......the free ones are not out there to be nice to you and give you something for nothing. There ain't a free one out there that doesn't mess up your screen, begging you to upgrade to a paid version. I been down too many of them ugly roads,....never an issue w/ Norton.
cdevidal wrote:janstey58 wrote:
I've tried \"free\" and had virus issues. Norton all the way!!
I've tried Norton and had issues.
I've tried McAfee and had issues.
I've tried AVG and had issues.
I've tried Avast and had issues.
I've tried Bitdefender and had issues.
Etc.
No packages, free or paid, are 100%.
I used to clean malware professionally and where one package might work well on one type of malware it stinks on another. I once had a customer that I had to use eleven different malware cleaners on their system. (In retrospect, I wish I'd have just wiped their system and started over but sometimes you don't know that going in.)
That said, the free providers are motivated to upsell you to their paid software with more features. There's too much competition out there and they know they won't sell you paid software if the freebies won't clean the system at all. Thus you would expect the free versions to clean malware just as well as the paid versions, and this is precisely what the lab tests show. Paid software doesn't necessarily resist malware any better; It just has better/more features, or is required for business use.
What do I use? I went by PC Magazine's recommendations. I put on Bitdefender Free and Malwarebytes Free. Handles most everything that's out there. I use two because as mentioned, one has gaps that the other plugs, and vice-versa.
cdevidal wrote:janstey58 wrote:
I've tried \"free\" and had virus issues. Norton all the way!!
I've tried Norton and had issues.
I've tried McAfee and had issues.
I've tried AVG and had issues.
I've tried Avast and had issues.
I've tried Bitdefender and had issues.
Etc.
No packages, free or paid, are 100%.
I used to clean malware professionally and where one package might work well on one type of malware it stinks on another. I once had a customer that I had to use eleven different malware cleaners on their system. (In retrospect, I wish I'd have just wiped their system and started over but sometimes you don't know that going in.)
That said, the free providers are motivated to upsell you to their paid software with more features. There's too much competition out there and they know they won't sell you paid software if the freebies won't clean the system at all. Thus you would expect the free versions to clean malware just as well as the paid versions, and this is precisely what the lab tests show. Paid software doesn't necessarily resist malware any better; It just has better/more features, or is required for business use.
What do I use? I went by PC Magazine's recommendations. I put on Bitdefender Free and Malwarebytes Free. Handles most everything that's out there. I use two because as mentioned, one has gaps that the other plugs, and vice-versa.
downtheroad wrote:
Can't imagine paying for Virus-malware protection. There are a bunch of excellent FREE options out there.
downtheroad wrote:
Can't imagine paying for Virus-malware protection. There are a bunch of excellent FREE options out there.
janstey58 wrote:
Your choice, risky in my book, sherlock62.
janstey58 wrote:
Your choice, risky in my book, sherlock62.
