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Hey everybody, my trial subscription of Norton that came on my computer ran out and I was wondering if I should get Norton again or if one of the others would be better. Any help would be appreciated.
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Hi and welcome to PCHF!

This is a matter of opinion. Personally, I would get Comodo firewall and AVG Anti-Virus (both free) and uninstall Norton. It is a fact, that Norton is a memory hog. It takes up a lot of RAM. AVG and Comodo will work fine for a normal user and they are free.

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Im using the same as EA, good choice. Works well and doesn't take up much resources. I switched to Comodo from Zonealarm, simply because ZA didn't work too well on Vista (it seemed), but really like Comodo now

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Zone Alarm turns into a Trojan if you try to uninstall it, so I hope you uninstalled it correctly & carefully. I know this because I used to use it. Though If enough people whined about that it might have been changed/patched.


Now I do not use a firewall anymore. My network router's built in firewall is very powerful.

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I've found that Norton have improved greatly over the last year or so.
*Prepares to be flamed* . lol

You need to hurry with this.....
Kaspersky !! good offers until 27th December = 50% off.

Buy Antivirus & Antispyware Software for your Home Computer or Laptop

Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0 is highly recommended

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Hi and welcome to PCHF!

This is a matter of opinion. Personally, I would get Comodo firewall and AVG Anti-Virus (both free) and uninstall Norton. It is a fact, that Norton is a memory hog. It takes up a lot of RAM. AVG and Comodo will work fine for a normal user and they are free.

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Im using the same as EA, good choice. Works well and doesn't take up much resources. I switched to Comodo from Zonealarm, simply because ZA didn't work too well on Vista (it seemed), but really like Comodo now
I use the same as the guys above.

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I've found that Norton have improved greatly over the last year or so.
*Prepares to be flamed* . lol

You need to hurry with this.....
Kaspersky !! good offers until 27th December = 50% off.

Buy Antivirus & Antispyware Software for your Home Computer or Laptop

Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0 is highly recommended
Noone will flame you. That is your opinion and thank you for expressing it.

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I've found that Norton have improved greatly over the last year or so.
*Prepares to be flamed* . lol

You need to hurry with this.....
Kaspersky !! good offers until 27th December = 50% off.

Buy Antivirus & Antispyware Software for your Home Computer or Laptop

Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0 is highly recommended
I heard the latest versions use less memory but still wouldn't touch it. Costs quite a bit too, if I was to buy AV it would be NOD32 for me

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lol i used to use Kaspersky full version but switched to Nod32 coz it apparently has a better virus signature base, lol...
i use ZoneAlarm Pro firewall and i've never had any problems with it, even when uninstalling....

i haven't tried Comodo firewall yet, but if ZoneAlarm Pro annoys me ill switch to that lol

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Zonealarm Pro costs so use that

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