Quill has
Norton 360 Platinum Antivirus Software (1-Year / 20 Devices, Digital Download) on sale for
$14.99.
Thanks to Community Member
CosmologicalConstant for sharing this deal.
- Note: This includes Auto Renewal so be sure to cancel before your 1-Year subscription is up to avoid paying full-price.
About this Item:
- Antivirus software defends against viruses and online threats with a combination of cloud-based online protection
- One 1-year subscription license protects for up to 20 devices the user owns
- Electronic download
- Advanced security protects against existing and emerging threats, including various types of malware such as ransomware, spyware, viruses, phishing, and more
- Empowers you with a variety of parental controls to protect your kids online and encourage good habits
- For use on Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, macOS, Android 6.0 or later, and iOS
Top Comments
Windows itself has antivirus and firewall. Just back up your computer every few months.
I reset my computers at least once a year.And it's like buying a new computer.
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Windows itself has antivirus and firewall. Just back up your computer every few months.
I reset my computers at least once a year.And it's like buying a new computer.
I do weekly backups to my NAS and the cloud though.
If you feel the need to supplement Windows Defender (which has come a LONG way since the days of it's inception), then get a Malwarebytes subscription so it auto scans as well. It (Malwarebytes) is literally the software that we use to clean corporate servers with when/if they get infected.
That said, I assume Windows Defender (comes with Win 11) + Malwarebytes is also an alternative to Norton.
As for my own experience, I've had zero issues with Norton and it has worked well for me.
If you feel the need to supplement Windows Defender (which has come a LONG way since the days of it's inception), then get a Malwarebytes subscription so it auto scans as well. It (Malwarebytes) is literally the software that we use to clean corporate servers with when/if they get infected.
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....if nothing else if you're forced to reinstall Windows anyways less of a chance of your files going bye bye (to be on the safe side also manually back the files up onto say an external hard drive that isn't connected to the PC all the time or if that's too much work use a cloud storage backup.. I think there's some sort of automated way to have Windows automatically back up your files on a routine basis to a different PC instead of manually doing it and/or relying on cloud backups, wiser heads than mine would know more about this
ahhh I see got it - thank you
There are limits even to Malwarebytes though (not knocking it, it's still a great program) unless of course it's just user error and I'm not using it properly to remove viruses
I have noticed that Norton is indeed "shady" in that Norton loves to try to terrify you with pop-up ads (even if you tell Norton "no thank you please stop tossing ads at me" in the norton settings) talking about horrible terrible things that can go wrong with your PC/Windows but for an added fee you can buy this product or that product ...even if you tell Norton "don't tell me about this again" it's normally a matter of time before Norton will pester you once more. Easily ignored you just edit out of the "nagware" each time it pops up and it pops up in a tiny corner of the screen lower right hand corner (hopefully Norton doesn't resort to gigantic versions of said nagware popping up over the entire screen say when a PC gamer is in the middle of an epic Call of Duty match or something
1) Credit card on file for auto-renewal.
Well after 2 days, just go to your Norton account and uncheck the box to auto renew. Problem solved. In any case at this $15 price, I purchased several licenses and just called Norton and stacked them back-to-back so I'm good for several years (must call a rep for stacking).
2) Nagware
It is not that of an issue as you make it out to be. Sure it tells you this and that, but I'm now used to just closing that when it appears.
1) Credit card on file for auto-renewal.
Well after 2 days, just go to your Norton account and uncheck the box to auto renew. Problem solved. In any case at this $15 price, I purchased several licenses and just called Norton and stacked them back-to-back so I'm good for several years (must call a rep for stacking).
2) Nagware
It is not that of an issue as you make it out to be. Sure it tells you this and that, but I'm now used to just closing that when it appears.
Of course we'd all love the old Norton that didn't used to do this but.. one might argue you get what you pay for and Norton tends to be one of the cheaper anti-virus products when on sale (just look at the current deal going on
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