Not so much cheap as just fucking crap
Several years ago I thought I better get my computer protected from all the nasty viruses you get when looking at porn on Tinternet So I'd thought I'd go for the most popular being Norton. Don't bother!

Norton Anti virus or any other pay yearly crapy anti virus. £30 I payed for this crap, Norton anti virus blocks everything. Typing a letter in word...

D
Norton (oooo cant let you do that mate.)
e
Norton (Are you sure you want too?)
a
Norton (If you are trying to type dear please shut down all system software)
r
Norton (Right thats it I'm blocking you from using your computer ever again and no you can't uninstall me!)

Total crap just download Avira AntiVir® PersonalEdition Classic for free I've been using it for years and never had any probs or conflicts, actualy just stay off the porn sites. AVG is also very good.

Lenght 12 inches but Norton wont let you play.

Owned a Mac no games on it! Plus they're about as user friendly as monkey guided missle.
(3:16, Tue 8 Jan 2008, 14:29, 18 replies)

Know what you mean
it was free for a year on our PC but was uninstalled pretty quickly!
(TheWeeWitch hasn't been here much recently .., Tue 8 Jan 2008, 14:47, closed)

This is true
I never understood why people would choose to pay silly money for a crap intrusive programme over a free friendly to use programme.

Guess they just pray on the naive,

I use AVG anti-virus and haven't had a virus since installing it
( Adamsky, Tue 8 Jan 2008, 14:48, closed)

Get a Mac!
They don't even try to sell you anti-virus when you get it :-)
( greedyostrich Cheese is evil! Cheddar is VOODOO!, Tue 8 Jan 2008, 15:07, closed)

You already bought a Mac
they didn't want to push their luck. ;)
( Adamsky, Tue 8 Jan 2008, 15:11, closed)

You'd be surprised..
at how fast owning one turns you into that apple-loving bastard that won't shut up

~hangs head in shame~
( greedyostrich Cheese is evil! Cheddar is VOODOO!, Tue 8 Jan 2008, 15:13, closed)

Macs ^^^
Agreed. I have always had Macs and am now incurably smug and annoying.
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 8 Jan 2008, 15:30, closed)

Macs are great
if you want to do precisely one thing with them. Otherwise they are merely expensive and slower versions of a similarly specced PC.
( Kroney, Tue 8 Jan 2008, 15:32, closed)

How do you tell a Mac owner?
You don't, they tell you!
(Bear Pookie The Frankly Challenged. Halloween is coming to town., Tue 8 Jan 2008, 15:34, closed)

Linux
Just stick Linux on your box, and use WINE for the windows programs :)

(caution, above may contain elements of sarcasm)
(calamarain just invented dehydrated water, Tue 8 Jan 2008, 15:54, closed)

Working in IT.....
...people who buy a new comp and Nortons is pre-installed on there; 50% of the time it fucks up and prevents any kind of internet access as it has "not been activated yet". Funnily enough when people decide to use the crap it allows only slightly more access. Pure pain in the ass invention of the devil.

Had 5 jobs come in one day, all back-to-back, Nortons had downloaded an update and knackered every computer's internet access by detecting IE as a threat.
( Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Tue 8 Jan 2008, 16:11, closed)

BT Broadband
Yep, I managed to get Norton as part of my broadband package.

All of a sudden, my machine seems to have a number of tasks hogging the system resources.

Bastard.
(Bicycle Repairman "you're also a bit of a wanker", Tue 8 Jan 2008, 16:14, closed)

AVG AVG AVG
All the way.

Free, simple to use and reliable.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Tue 8 Jan 2008, 16:49, closed)

Or use Linux
Since installing Ubuntu I've become a total smug bastard. OK so it won't suit everyone but it does the job foe me, plus I get all kinds of eye candy on a machine that can run XP but not Vista.
(lolwhites, Tue 8 Jan 2008, 16:50, closed)

Having used Norton's AV in the past
I'd rather have the virus instead as it fucks up your system less.

I use Kaspersky, relieable, unobtrusive and easy to use.
(Chuckman, Tue 8 Jan 2008, 18:03, closed)

Avg free for me
I been using AVG for years now,plus thier spyware stuff.
My neighbour came to the house the other day saying he couldn,t install his software..yep norton 360,put it on for him when he then tells me he paid 60 fucking pound for it.
Still,he wouldn,t let me go till I had a tenner in my hand for 10 minutes work.
(andycrass loves two hats on, Tue 8 Jan 2008, 19:50, closed)

I *LOVE* Norton
There should be a law, backed by the United Nations, that every computer must have Norton installed on it at the factory.

To date, I reckon I've fixed well over a thousand PC's that had Norton on them. Well, when I say "fixed" I really mean "unistalled Norton and put on AVG and Zone Alarm."

Over the years I reckon I must have made over 20 grand out of Norton. The only bigger earner for me is Micro$oft - I've made a career out of fixing their stuff.

Gawd Bless crappy software....

Cheers
( Legless Mister Stabby - shanks for the memory, Tue 8 Jan 2008, 23:23, closed)

Aha Legless, you've unwittingly revealed the truth...
Norton is a company set up and run entirely by the computer repair industry as a way of increasing their revenue streams.
( chenobble rocking his explorer beard on, Wed 9 Jan 2008, 17:13, closed)

*sigh*
I have a sealed copy of Norton Internet Security 2003... PC world salesmen and my computer-phobic mother make a scary partnership :(
(Vusys Nothing to see here, move along, Wed 9 Jan 2008, 19:22, closed)