Virus protection for PC
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02/28/21 11:40 AM
02/28/21 11:40 AM
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Law Dog
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Who runs what? Norton is getting out of hand they want to sell you 5 different coverages and suck you into life lock $150 McAfee is way less but how good are they?
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
Jerry Herbst
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Re: Virus protection for PC
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02/28/21 12:01 PM
02/28/21 12:01 PM
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Lugnut
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I run the free versions of Avast and Malewarebytes along with the Windows Defender that came with my old Windows 7 PC. They've caught about everything.
Eh...wot?
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Re: Virus protection for PC
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02/28/21 12:09 PM
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Like the new vehicle warranty Norton wants to charge you for every different aspect they can think of.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
Jerry Herbst
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Re: Virus protection for PC
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02/28/21 01:18 PM
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GritGuy
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McAfee here, happy with it for years now, that being said they all cost to up date when you expire, not getting around that. I always pay for a two year subscription with auto up dates, does not seem to cost as much next time around that way cause I'm mostly always updated !
As a side note sooner or later something will get by all of them, sometimes grand other times just a bit of a bug, best you can do is to up date, when addressed to do so, to me it's worth it as I feel they are the ones who make a living chasing protection for a living !
Sorry if my opinions or replies offend you, they are not meant to !
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Re: Virus protection for PC
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02/28/21 01:49 PM
02/28/21 01:49 PM
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QuietButDeadly
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Like the new vehicle warranty Norton wants to charge you for every different aspect they can think of. And when a virus get through their software that is supposed to prevent that from happening, they are going to charge you again to remove it. I dumped Norton years ago. Went to Malwarebytes and have upgraded to Malwarebytes Premium and also added Malwarebytes Privacy which is their version of a VPN. Between that and Windows 10 Security that is part of Windows 10, I have not had any problem so far.
Life Member: NCTA, VTA, NTA, TTFHA, MFTI Member: FTA NRA NWTF
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Re: Virus protection for PC
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02/28/21 02:16 PM
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It’s a real pain I’ve been getting these notices my protections about to end ( I’m sure it is) from McAfee and Norton both that must be spam but it’s tough to figure out. My PC says it protected now the notices say it ended earlier this week but I’m sure it’s about to end. Man I hate this tech BS.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
Jerry Herbst
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Re: Virus protection for PC
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02/28/21 04:00 PM
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Law Dog
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Looked it up I have several months remaining on my current subscription the spam filter guy must be napping this month a lot is getting through lately.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
Jerry Herbst
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Re: Virus protection for PC
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02/28/21 04:49 PM
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jeff karsten
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Windows defender here that came with the upgraded browser Pc protect before that no issues Had Norton Avast and Mcaffee Mcaffee was alright till they started charging my account every couple months for the same LOW yearly rate and was hard to get rid of
olden tyred
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