Norton or Avast

I have Comcast as my ISP and they offer the Constant Guard Protection Suite
and
Firewall and antivirus services are provided by the Norton Security Suite
bundled with the program for no additional cost.

I am presently using the free Avast and am happy with it. I also run
SpyWareBlaster , Script Sentry and the pd MBAM in real-time mode.
No problems yet. Is the Comcast free offering worth it?

Pros and Cons !!!!!!

Thanks,
Buffalo

"Buffalo" wrote in message
...
I have Comcast as my ISP and they offer the Constant Guard Protection Suite
and
Firewall and antivirus services are provided by the Norton Security Suite
bundled with the program for no additional cost.

I am presently using the free Avast and am happy with it. I also run
SpyWareBlaster , Script Sentry and the pd MBAM in real-time mode.
No problems yet. Is the Comcast free offering worth it?

Pros and Cons !!!!!!



Norton? pfft You couldn't pay me to use it. My ISP offers McAfee for free
and I feel the same about that. Neither has been Windows friendly in ages.

As far as MBAM goes, real time protection with any security program could
cause conflicts so keep that in mind.

Just my opinion.

On 10/7/2014 8:41 PM, Buffalo wrote:
I have Comcast as my ISP and they offer the Constant Guard Protection
Suite and
Firewall and antivirus services are provided by the Norton Security
Suite bundled with the program for no additional cost.

I am presently using the free Avast and am happy with it. I also run
SpyWareBlaster , Script Sentry and the pd MBAM in real-time mode.
No problems yet. Is the Comcast free offering worth it?

Pros and Cons !!!!!!

Thanks,
Buffalo

I wouldn't want to change something that's working well.
Avast Free is also the one I'm running, and seems to do a
fine job. Norton is also very good. Either way you're fine.

Buffalo wrote:
I have Comcast as my ISP and they offer the Constant Guard Protection
Suite and
Firewall and antivirus services are provided by the Norton Security
Suite bundled with the program for no additional cost.

I am presently using the free Avast and am happy with it. I also run
SpyWareBlaster , Script Sentry and the pd MBAM in real-time mode.
No problems yet. Is the Comcast free offering worth it?

Pros and Cons !!!!!!

Thanks,
Buffalo

Keep what you have.

It never made sense to me to involve a middle man for AV/AM protection.
Imo, if you wish to change to Norton then purchase and install the
retail Symantec version.

Norton products today (unlike prior year versions 2010 and earlier) are
no longer as invasive and bloated as some age-old advise might indicate.

--
....winston
msft mvp consumer apps

On Tue, 7 Oct 2014 19:41:48 -0600, "Buffalo"
wrote:

I have Comcast as my ISP and they offer the Constant Guard Protection Suite
and
Firewall and antivirus services are provided by the Norton Security Suite
bundled with the program for no additional cost.

I am presently using the free Avast and am happy with it. I also run
SpyWareBlaster , Script Sentry and the pd MBAM in real-time mode.
No problems yet. Is the Comcast free offering worth it?


NO! As far as I'm concerned, Avast is much better than Norton. I would
definitely not change.

And SpywareBlaster and MBAM are also good choices. I know nothing
about Script Sentry, so I won't comment on it.

"Ken Blake" wrote in message
...

On Tue, 7 Oct 2014 19:41:48 -0600, "Buffalo"
wrote:

I have Comcast as my ISP and they offer the Constant Guard Protection
Suite
and
Firewall and antivirus services are provided by the Norton Security Suite
bundled with the program for no additional cost.

I am presently using the free Avast and am happy with it. I also run
SpyWareBlaster , Script Sentry and the pd MBAM in real-time mode.
No problems yet. Is the Comcast free offering worth it?


NO! As far as I'm concerned, Avast is much better than Norton. I would
definitely not change.

And SpywareBlaster and MBAM are also good choices. I know nothing
about Script Sentry, so I won't comment on it.


I was just curious since I am paying a lot of money to Comcast for Internet,
landline and TV with DVR.
Perhaps ScriptSenty is out of date. I also use the pd version of WinPatrol.
Thanks,
--
Buffalo

On 08/10/2014 02:41, Buffalo wrote:
I have Comcast as my ISP and they offer the Constant Guard Protection
Suite and
Firewall and antivirus services are provided by the Norton Security
Suite bundled with the program for no additional cost.

I am presently using the free Avast and am happy with it. I also run
SpyWareBlaster , Script Sentry and the pd MBAM in real-time mode.
No problems yet. Is the Comcast free offering worth it?

Pros and Cons !!!!!!

Thanks,
Buffalo

To me it has to be Norton or McAfee anytime. I am using McAfee because
it came bundled with my laptop and I got 3 years extension for £20 so I
took it.

It is the best Anti Virus product I have ever used. I have decided never
to use free versions ever again unless it is from Microsoft.

I have LiveSafe so it allows me to install on any machines I own so it
is almost free you can say.

On 08/10/2014 02:41, Buffalo wrote:
I have Comcast as my ISP and they offer the Constant Guard Protection
Suite and
Firewall and antivirus services are provided by the Norton Security
Suite bundled with the program for no additional cost.

I am presently using the free Avast and am happy with it. I also run
SpyWareBlaster , Script Sentry and the pd MBAM in real-time mode.
No problems yet. Is the Comcast free offering worth it?

Pros and Cons !!!!!!

Thanks,
Buffalo

here is some useful information:
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/s...t-201202174911

"Tim w" wrote in message ...

On 08/10/2014 02:41, Buffalo wrote:
I have Comcast as my ISP and they offer the Constant Guard Protection
Suite and
Firewall and antivirus services are provided by the Norton Security
Suite bundled with the program for no additional cost.

I am presently using the free Avast and am happy with it. I also run
SpyWareBlaster , Script Sentry and the pd MBAM in real-time mode.
No problems yet. Is the Comcast free offering worth it?

Pros and Cons !!!!!!

Thanks,
Buffalo

here is some useful information:
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/s...t-201202174911
If you believe what is said in that link, you are totally clueless. This is
a joke? Right!!!
--
Buffalo

On 08/10/2014 22:27, Tim w wrote:

here is some useful information:

http://www.thedailycrap.co.uk/news/s...t-201202174911

Some

people seem to get the information from really reliable sources. No
wonder they can't make any sense on new windows 8.1.

On Wed, 08 Oct 2014 21:20:45 +0100, Good Guy wrote:

To me it has to be Norton or McAfee anytime. I am using McAfee because
it came bundled with my laptop and I got 3 years extension for £20 so I
took it.

It is the best Anti Virus product I have ever used. I have decided never
to use free versions ever again unless it is from Microsoft.

Microsoft discontinued their free version for XP when they discontinued XP
support.

So I looked for a new antivirus thingy and someone recommended a comparishon
site, whose location I now forget. I went there, and it reco0mmended Avira,
which seems to work.

--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm
Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk

On 09/10/2014 00:10, Buffalo wrote:
"Tim w" wrote in message ...

On 08/10/2014 02:41, Buffalo wrote:
I have Comcast as my ISP and they offer the Constant Guard Protection
Suite and
Firewall and antivirus services are provided by the Norton Security
Suite bundled with the program for no additional cost.

I am presently using the free Avast and am happy with it. I also run
SpyWareBlaster , Script Sentry and the pd MBAM in real-time mode.
No problems yet. Is the Comcast free offering worth it?

Pros and Cons !!!!!!

Thanks,
Buffalo

here is some useful information:
http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/s...t-201202174911

If you believe what is said in that link, you are totally clueless.
This is a joke? Right!!!

“The installation process itself takes around 19 days. When this
inevitably goes wrong, the user discovers that the support helpline
number is not on the box ...thus begins a demented quest for closure
that ends with the consumer naked in a forest, eating his own arm.”

doesn't sound like a joke to me.

Tim W

On 10/9/14 12:15 AM, Steve Hayes wrote:
On Wed, 08 Oct 2014 21:20:45 +0100, Good Guy wrote:

To me it has to be Norton or McAfee anytime. I am using McAfee because
it came bundled with my laptop and I got 3 years extension for £20 so I
took it.

It is the best Anti Virus product I have ever used. I have decided never
to use free versions ever again unless it is from Microsoft.

Microsoft discontinued their free version for XP when they discontinued XP
support.

So I looked for a new antivirus thingy and someone recommended a comparishon
site, whose location I now forget. I went there, and it reco0mmended Avira,
which seems to work.

Was it Virus Bulletin's site?
https://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/latest_comparative/index

AIUI, companies have to submit their products for testing, so they'd
better have faith in it. :-) I never saw MS Security Essentials rate
as high as I see people say it is. Even now the Microsoft entry is in
the back of the pack.

There's an AV company here in the US called PCMatic. They've been
running a lot of commercials touting their #1 standing in the April
tests at Virus Bulletin. True, they did score #1, but they also
generated 1600+ false positives. And they aren't even tested in this
latest round.



--
Ken
Mac OS X 10.8.5
Firefox 25.0
Thunderbird 24.6.0
"My brain is like lightning, a quick flash
and it's gone!"

On 09/10/2014 17:46, Ken Springer wrote:


AIUI, companies have to submit their products for testing, so they'd
better have faith in it. :-) I never saw MS Security Essentials rate
as high as I see people say it is. Even now the Microsoft entry is in
the back of the pack.

There's an AV company here in the US called PCMatic. They've been
running a lot of commercials touting their #1 standing in the April
tests at Virus Bulletin. True, they did score #1, but they also
generated 1600+ false positives. And they aren't even tested in this
latest round.




The ratings are based on who pays who for advertising and all that.
Traditionally, Microsoft has never advertised its MSE or Windows
Defender and so I am not surprised it is not highly rated. Microsoft has
always thought itself as top of the top!! Now who would argue with them
when everybody uses their products of some kind to run their lives.

On Thu, 09 Oct 2014 10:46:19 -0600, Ken Springer
wrote:

On 10/9/14 12:15 AM, Steve Hayes wrote:
On Wed, 08 Oct 2014 21:20:45 +0100, Good Guy wrote:

To me it has to be Norton or McAfee anytime. I am using McAfee because
it came bundled with my laptop and I got 3 years extension for £20 so I
took it.

It is the best Anti Virus product I have ever used. I have decided never
to use free versions ever again unless it is from Microsoft.

Microsoft discontinued their free version for XP when they discontinued XP
support.

So I looked for a new antivirus thingy and someone recommended a comparishon
site, whose location I now forget. I went there, and it reco0mmended Avira,
which seems to work.

Was it Virus Bulletin's site?
https://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/latest_comparative/index

AIUI, companies have to submit their products for testing, so they'd
better have faith in it. :-) I never saw MS Security Essentials rate
as high as I see people say it is. Even now the Microsoft entry is in
the back of the pack.

I don't think so. It was a site where you entered your systerm, the kind of
things you used your computer for and your level of expertise and it made a
recommendation.


--
Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa
Web: http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm
Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com
E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk