I bought a refurbished dell laptop with a freel lifetime Norton subsciption. Worth keeping?

Question

I never planned to have Norton running on any of my computers because of its space hogging features. But three years ago, I bought a refurbished laptop from a computer technician who has access to lots of software freebees including a free lifetime subscription to Norton, which he installed on my refurbished Dell when I bought it. It's the third year I'm using it, and I've never been asked to renew my subscription, so it looks like it's a real deal. Question is, it is still Norton, and still a large program. Worth keeping because it's free (until the computer breaks down), or switch to a freeware security program?

Answer 1

Norton is a good program. It's just a major resource monster. I used to to run it and when I uninstalled it I was shocked at how much speed my PC picked up after getting it off.



If you aren't noticing any major computer speed issues, then I see no reason to not keep using it. After all it is a free program based on what you've stated here.

Answer 2

norton is supposed to be a great anti virus program, and most free programs make u pay to have extra features such as ones u have to pay for have. so i meen if its free, why not keep norton.

itll most likely have much better protection, plus why would u go through all the trouble of getting a new anti virus software anyway??

Answer 3

Absolutely not. Microsoft Security Essentials (which also includes Defender) is free and rates very highly in comparative tests. It is whisper quiet and won't slow your computer down. I am not a Microsoft fanboy but I used to pay for ESET NOD32 on all ten of my home computers and have since completely switched to MSE and have no complaints at all.

Answer 4

free norton Wow !!! at least you won't feel bad when it misses a virus ...after paying 56.00 for it

Answer 5

3 years no problem... it seems ok to me.