norton

jaysonbarnett

hey i just bought norton security suite 2010 and i have a FREE extra license for anyone that needs it (i only have two computers). Please who ever wants it make sure you really need it. I will take everyone's names and put them in a hat this evening 9:00 so let me know by then. I will have the results shortly after and then i will send the winner the key. You will have to download the trial and just use the key i will give you. O and no one use this key for anything illegal PLEASE since it is on me. Not sure if someone can do that but i just want to make sure. Anyway good luck and hope all is well.
jason

Systems

Yeah, I'll give it shot, I'm in......

jaysonbarnett

right on it looks like people do not like norton or something. I tried my friends and no one has a PC they are all mac zombies LOL

cstmar01

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we'll see mine ran out like 5 months ago and never got it renewed.

tonyb

Hey...Ralphy Boy!

....sorry,wrong Norton.

jaysonbarnett

o yeah you guys might want to look at the web site and see if you system can run it.
http://www.symantec.com/norton/internet-security
i have windows 7 home premium and it works great.

Kex

jaysonbarnett wrote: »

right on it looks like people do not like norton or something. ...

No need for it. I used AVG Free for a while, and Avira (both were fine), but now I just use Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE, which I heard about from the thread linked below), and a firewall.

TBH, I wouldn't ever use anybody else's "free" family user license anyway.

http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/default.aspx
http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showthread.php?t=95061&highlight=Anti+Virus

jaysonbarnett

TBH, I wouldn't ever use anybody else's "free" family user license anyway.

why not? Its a great program for free you cant beat that.

Kex

jaysonbarnett wrote: »

why not? Its a great program for free you cant beat that.

Jayson, I don't want to seem sanctimonious, or **** on your thread generosity, but I personally think that family licenses are a wonderful idea (we have four non-corporate laptops at home), and I don't want to abuse the privilege because I don't want them to go away. It's like scamming your insurance: you pay in the long run, and I just don't want the bad karma either.

I may be naive, or stupid, or both ... but that's just the way it is. In any case, one of the laptops runs Xubuntu, and the other three run M.S.E., which has a very small footprint, so there's no need to "cheat" anyway.

Carry on!

jaysonbarnett

its not cheating i paid for them, but i did not think i would get negative comments for a free product. I guess the economy must at its peak for people putting down something for free. If people dont want it DONT POST. This is just like when i gave away a free draper 110 grayhawk for free. I got responses like "that screen sucks" and no one wanted it. i think giving away a product i paid for is not bad karma. If i buy a twix and give my friend the other half am i cheating that company??? No i already paid for it. Just so people know i paid (i had to save for) for norton 70.00 dollars and i am just trying to be nice and give to someone who does not have money for a program. Whatever i think people should be nice when someone is offering something for free and be GRATEFUL people still care.

Fongolio

You couldn't pay me to put it on my computer. Amongst other things I'm a computer tech, and I've seen Norton products slow a good computer to a crawl. To almost every client I strongly recommend three great free products: AVG Free edition, Ad-aware Free, and Anti-malware by Malwarebytes. These three free programs have kept my computer free from virus or bog for a long time with one recent exception that none of the anti-virus programs caught.

I think what you are doing is a cool gesture but I hope who gets it has lots of computing power, otherwise it will bog a weak system right down.

Kex

Jayson, calm down, would you?! I remained diplomatic in my first post, but since you asked "why?" in response to that, I answered your question, nothing more. You should have known the answer if you read the license agreement, so don't get upset.

No further comment.

jaysonbarnett

Why should i calm down all i tried to do is give something away to someone and all i hear is that product sucks or i am cheating that company, and your right before i give something away i should call a lawyer and read my receipt in full. I looked at other KARMA ads and no one is bashing their generosity. That is all i have to say about that and no one should feel bad for giving. I will be nice and wait until 9 and then deleting this account because i choose not be be in Place that bashes gift giving.

Fongolio

Fongolio wrote: »

I think what you are doing is a cool gesture

Hope you caught that part. You are right though, I should not have posted a negative comment, it's just something I'm overly passionate about. Sorry dude.

Kelvin

jaysonbarnett

Hope you caught that part. You are right though, I should not have posted a negative comment, it's just something I'm overly passionate about. Sorry dude.

No problem and im sorry for making a huge deal but i am almost getting laid off again from work and i am a little on edge. My industry is dying and i am scrambling to keep it alive. I do not think people should bash gifts, but i should not be rude either I am sorry to all i have offended. In an hour i will randomly pick a name (which is only two) and i hope Norton will work for you cuz it has caught a lot of things for me.
jason

jaysonbarnett

cstmar01 you win. I wrote your names in a hat and had the girlfriend pull a name. i am sending you a PM right now.

Fongolio

Congrats to cstmar01!!!

Jason, thanks for you generous karma and I hope your work situation stabalizes soon. Mine's been very shaky for a year or so but I'm still working. Hang in there man.

Systems

Dang...I guess Karma wasn't meant to be for me. Sorry your thread got so screwed up, things still haven't changed around here for the better....pretty sad....

jaysonbarnett

Thanx to all who commented and whats funny is this morning my dog chewed the names and the hat from last night. this dog will eat anything i touch. I will also have some dual white outdoor speakers as well which i will be giving to a polkie. i am going this weekend to clean out my storage unit and i will have them then. i will not ship them but they will be available this weekend for pick up, and i live in martinez ca.

bigaudiofanatic

Not to bust on anyone but there are many better anti virus programs than norton and ones that do not bloat your system as well.

Systems

bigaudiofanatic wrote: »

Not to bust on anyone but there are many better anti virus programs than norton and ones that do not bloat your system as well.

Not to bust on anyone that's not true anymore....

http://www.passmark.com/ftp/antivirus_10-performance-testing-ed4.pdf

Fongolio

Lorthos wrote: »

Not to bust on anyone that's not true anymore....

http://www.passmark.com/ftp/antivirus_10-performance-testing-ed4.pdf

Now that is interesting. I may have to re-think my view on Norton. The benchmarks give it a very high report card. Thanks Lorthos.

jaysonbarnett

I know i never used norton before this but i does not slow my system down one bit. i have tried them all and this version by far slows it down the least. IMO. The old versions of norton were the worst but now the program file is tiny and i can not even tell its running. One good thing they did was turn off any background processes off while you are using it (AKA updating scanning etc). Anyway i love and thats why i gave away one. cheers

maximillian

+1 to Fongolio. Stay away from anything with the words Norton or Symantec in it. Your computer will run terribly afterward.

devani

I use Microsoft Security Essentials. Free and got good rating.....backed by Microsoft..

bigaudiofanatic

I am with you max, and I can not trust microsoft to make a protection program when they can not even protect their own OS.