Re: Norton 2004

Sensitive New Age Thug wrote:
Hi, Norton Internet Security 2004 was installed on my XP machine when I bought it. I've paid for two annual subscriptions and update regularly. I assumed I was upgrading each time I renewed the subscription, bit it looks like I still have the 2004 version installed. The Norton website says this product is no longer supported. I'm surprised, don't know what to think.

Will the 2004 version still give me reasonably good security? I hate to pay for an upgrade if I recently paid for an annual subscription. (I installed SP2 and all other Windows security patches promptly.) The Norton website doesn't have much to say on this topic.

Please advise. Thanks in advance.

SNAT


You'll get nearly as many differing opinions as you will responses.

I don't think any security "suite" is a good choice. Use smaller, less-resource-draining stand-alone products.

I used, and recommended, Norton Antivirus and then Norton Internet Security, for many years, on Win98, WinNT, Win2K, and WinXP, all without any significant problems. I had used McAfee prior to that. But it's been several years since I've been tempted to try McAfee products. Their quality seemed to take a steep nose-dive after they were acquired by Network Associates.

However, when my subscription to Symantec's updates for Norton Internet Security 2002 came up for renewal (at a cost substantially higher than the preceding year's subscription), I decided to try less expensive solutions. Also, because Symantec only supports a product version for a couple of years before trying to force customers to buy an entirely new version, I downloaded and installed the free version of GriSoft's AVG (http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_dwnl_free.php ) and the free version of Sygate's Personal Firewall (http://smb.sygate.com/free/default.php ). Both have proven to be easily installed, easy to use, and quite effective. Additionally, I was pleasantly surprised to see a small but very noticeable improvement in my PC's performance, once I'd replaced the Symantec product.

Of course, since then, Symantec has purchased Sygate and ended the distribution of the free firewall. Fortunately, there's still ZoneAlarm, Tiny, Kerio, et al.


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