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Norton Antivirus Purchase
The free Norton Antivirus which came with my new laptop is about to expire. When I tried to purchase a subscription I was directed to a telephone number in India. I was told I can't do this online and I must send a check (which includes a $3 fee)to a company called Digital River who will then send me instructions on purchasing. What is going on here? I didn't encounter this process with Norton on my desktop several years ago. Why do they have such a convoluted process for doing business? With all the concern about phishing I'm not inclined to get involved with this unknown company (Digital River.) I'll use another antivirus program.
zbestwun2001
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January 5th, 2005 15:00
I have been using it for months and really do like it.
Full service program with updates etc.
Steve
Funkyfreak
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January 5th, 2005 16:00
You should be able to resubscribe online from here:
http://www.symantecstore.com/dr/v2/ec_main.entry25?page=RenewalCenterPage&client=Symantec&sid=27674&CID=157990
that is the symantec store link.. from there you can renew your subcription of upgrade to 2005... online
its a secure site...
Message Edited by Funkyfreak on 01-05-2005 01:05 PM
Texruss
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January 5th, 2005 21:00
Actually Digital River is legit:
http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=94762&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=488894&highlight=
But I'm burned out on Norton after 15 years of using their products... as far as I'm concerned AVG free antivirus is a great alternative to fee-paid products.
http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/
Still, all the AV products do great for what they defend against. But what they don't do very well at is stopping adware, spyware, and all the other scumware which are in my opinion a far more pressing danger now than traditional viruses. For that you need several more free programs to stop the threats. I use these on my all clean page and never get any malware:
http://russelltexas.com/malware/allclear.htm
Cheers,
Texruss
roy0381
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January 6th, 2005 03:00