I pretty much echo Claudia's sentiments, especially in regard to AVG7 (free).
IMO, Norton and McAfee both moved into the "not on MY machines" column a few years ago and while I tried the "free one year then$10 per year/machine updates for life" version of CA E-Trust, I found that after a year they had "improved it" and it would cost $29.95 per machine for another year of updates. Since early last fall I have had AVG7 on the family's 6 machines and have been immensely pleased. If interested, get it here: http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/Get+AVG+FREE/lng/us/tpl/v5 Regards. - Bill Hatcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] - -----Original Message----- From: Windows Home/SOHO [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Phil Pluta Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 23:02 To: [email protected] Subject: [WINHOME] APPS: Norton Antivirus Renewal vs. BuyingNorton SystemWorks 2005 vs. Buying a non-Norton AV for a Home with 3 PCs? We have used Norton SystemWorks at my home for about 8 years. I read that Norton has not invested much effort in improving it's Utilities over the years. We have 3 PCs, all of which are close to having their V definitions subscription service expire in August. Does it make more sense to just pay for the renewal on each PC @$25/PC; or buy a 3-PC version of NSW 2005 for about $90; or just keep the Norton Utilities as they are (since not being improved by Norton) and buy a completely different AV program? I have read and read about the different AV applications on the web in reviews and get very mixed signals. One review says AV "X" is best; another says AV "Y" is best and so it goes. No consensus seemed apparent. All of them cost $25 to $40 to renew after a year, so it seems there is no really low cost way to have good, up to date AV definitions without ponying up the $. I am interested in hearing from the List. What advice would you give someone in my position...which is a common situation, because we all must have AV software! -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
