Fishpond.com.au have Norton 360 v4.0 for 3 PCs for $89.95 with free shipping, sign up as a new user and use the code LONEFISH and receive it for only $79.95.
Norton are giving $60 cashback after activation and a free 4Gb V8 supercars usb drive so after all is said and done it will cost you next to nothing!
Maybe worth checking that fishpond have them in stock and ready to ship though because you don't want to miss out on the cashback which has to be claimed by 13/09/2010.
really？
No, not really. Further down he says he's only used the "corn flakes" reference as a metaphor to Norton's perceived value these days, considering there's some pretty good freeware products out there that can do just a good a job.
For instance, running Zone Alarm & AVG will give you an equivalent level of protection with no upfront or resubscription costs. Free doesnt always mean crap, like expensive doesnt doesnt always mean good.
But for those wanting Norton's product and trust the brand, this is a good deal.
seems like a good deal, but i haven't used norton since 2002, has it gotten better or still a resources hog?
Very fast since the latest update. :)
Avast Antivirus is not only free but excellent. (It's what we use.)
And even Evil Uncle Bill's free Microsoft Essentials has been getting rave reviews and top rating in some tests!
Re: Evil Bill - Is it possible to turn off Microsoft Security Essentials from auto behind the scene contacting & sending info to MS Basic SpyNet
Yes! We've done it.
You need to tweak the registry, but it's quite straightforward.
Laughably, Microsoft has emphatically stated that it can't be disabled, but this is just more evil MS nonsense of course.
Google:
https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&r…
Some, of many, How-To's here:
http://techsplurge.com/windows-7/disable-microsoft-spynet-wi…
http://lnx.web-burning.it/2010/03/07/how-to-disable-microsof…
I disagree, I've been using Avast for about 1 year now and thought it was ok, but recently my mum got a virus on her computer and Avast didn't do a thing to stop it. Now Avast just alerts her that she has a virus, but is unable to clean it. Looks like I need to rebuild her computer and look for a better antivirus.
It has improved dramatically but I stopped using it after Microsoft Security Essentials came out. I rest assured putting MSE on friends computers because they will never have to pay for subscription. Even if you get 1 yr free with Norton, people are reluctant to pay for it the next year and then they are unprotected.
It's a good deal no doubt, but thinking long term, I'm not sure. I favour MSE over Norton and would not pay even $1 for Norton.
Still a good deal though.
Erm, Im quite a novice in these AV stuffs.. Im more familiar with Kaspersky bcos I used their product for a year. They have 2 diff types i.e. 1) Kaspersky Anti-virus ; 2) Kaspersky Internet Security.
My question is, if you compare Microsoft Security Essentials and Kaspersky's products, which one is similar to MSE's? Is it the Kaspersky Anti Virus or the Kaspersky Internet Security?
My question is, if you compare Microsoft Security Essentials and Kaspersky’s products, which one is similar to MSE’s? Is it the Kaspersky Anti Virus or the Kaspersky Internet Security?
Kaspersky Anti Virus. The later includes firewall software, which is not included in MSE (as Windows already has firewall software).
@ash2000: Cool. thanks for that! :)
Btw, so its sufficient+safe if a computer only has MSE for any type of security?
@ZaFrOoNaLdO: Yes, absolutely sufficient. And safer than several other AVs. http://www.av-comparatives.org/ consistently ranks MSE A+ for protection and better than several paid solutions.
It's gotten better but still isn't as good as other competing AV's.
Here are some (positive) reviews on Norton 360:
http://www.cravingtech.com/norton-360-review.html
http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/review-norton-internet-se…
And note that many of the user comments don't quite agree with the reviews.
Personally I wouldn't use Norton even if you gave me a copy for free. Avast! is good enough for me, it's quite proactive in detecting malware and hasn't failed on me once.
Microsoft Security Essentials is also good too, but somehow it refuses to play nice on my Acer netbook. YMMV.
I get that a lot of people are not keen on Norton…I am not a fan myself but I thought I would post this for those people that are fans, as it is a good deal if it was something you were interested in buying anyway….
coz it's a resource hog.
what version are you referring to? 2005? have you even used it?
The biggest problem these days isn't viruses, it's more spyware and malware from web browsing. Unfortunately Microsoft Security Essentials (although free and fast and great, I use it at home, work, and put it on all my family's computers) completely misses those - it's JUST for viruses. I know because my brother kept getting re-infected with crap back when those Google Ads had a problem a few months ago.
Sigh. Funnily enough, he was running SOME version of Norton and it let it through. After I cleaned everything (took a whole day trying to clean boot from various free AV product CDs), I eventually removed Norton and put on MSE, along with a bunch of web spyware blocking apps. A few weeks later… same problem. Cleaned everything off, updated him to the latest Explorer, and Google fixed their ad problem, and it hasn't happened since.
Anyway just saying, MSE unfortunately isn't necessarily enough - even though it's all I personally use :) (Not that I'd necessarily trust Norton).
PS: Still +1 on the deal. A complete steal!
Yes agreed …. I recently switched my desktop system to MSE after my Norton subscription ran out. I have since had a number of infections from Malware (nothing serious, easily manually removed) that never would have been let through under Norton.
Norton is highly mediocre at preventing malware. Possibly better than other all-in-one packages, though.
A combo of avast/antivir/mse/panda/etc and MBAM ($30 for a lifetime subscription) is the way to go if you want to avoid ad/spy/rogue-ware.
also don't forget this deal on Spyware Doctor, they're under the same roof as Norton.
http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/29859
This is not quite true. MSE does catch malware. The point is that different software companies have different views on the "malware". Some software are categorized as "malware" by some companies while other companyies don't. That's why you saw those not caught "malware" by MSE are not serious ones. You may find the situation vice versa in other situation.
MSE is still the best go, if you are not using Windows servers.
Lots of malware that MSE doesn't catch is very serious, specifically the couple of endlessly rebranded fake anti-virus software that install through web browsing without user intervention. One of the names was AntiSpyware XP (I think), which I had to clean off of a bunch of different people's computers earlier in the year (and I believe was injected from the Google ad fiasco).
Some AVs detected it, fewer removed it, but MSE didn't touch it. Why? Because as part of the scam, a ridiculous number of people actually purchased it and raked in that company literally millions of dollars, despite the software being completely unwanted, irremoveable and fake. Microsoft didn't want to list it as malware and deal with a cash-laden company's legal backlash. So they just backed away from it.
As far as I know it's still not detected by MSE, but from memory Avast/Kaspersky/F-Secure/MBAM and perhaps others found it. If you do a search, you can find a couple really good articles on the whole fiasco. I have a strong opinion that MSE is really not intended or supported in any way for dealing with spyware in general.
I don't see any way we can debate it on hard facts though, unless there's some known spyware benchmark.
With all of that said, it's still all I run at home and elsewhere because it's free and fast and forever. I don't buy anti-spyware stuff because most of what I tried was crap (MBAM being an exception). But most of the time I'm on a Mac anyway so I don't think about these problems.
God, i thought this was a great deal. $20 for 3 PC's, plus a 4gb USB stick worth around $10, maybe sell on ebay for $8 or a tad more. So that's $3-$4 per PC for this software.
But most people are saying it's of no worth to them. I'm considering buying, but i'm not keen on having $60 tied up in cash back for a long time, cause i've been scraping the bottom of the barrell lately.
Think i will wait till next thursday pay day.
There's something i like about a paid anti-virus, i feel like they owe me a decent service/product.
"There’s something i like about a paid anti-virus, i feel like they owe me a decent service/product"
LOL!! Nice…..
did anyone claim the cash back sucessfully? I just saw the steps of instruction. It seems a little bit
complex.
I've claimed cashback from Norton many times (previous years), haven't had any issues, although they tend to take few months to send out a cheque.
Can you tell if cash back on symantec.com apply to Australia? Also $60 is USD or AUD?
I'm not a fan of Norton 360, but if you are, then this is a good deal! :)
Says $99.00.
What the, it said $60 like 2 hours ago.
whats the corn flakes deal?
I was implying that Norton seems to be worth nothing considering they are giving you $60 Cashback.
Clearly they are aware their free competitors do very well against them.
We might see Norton in cereal boxes in the future at this rate.
I use good old Sensible Behaviour 95 and it's worked perfectly for 15 years. Apart from false positives and "tracking" cookies some of the more paranoid scanners pick up, my system gets a clean bill of health every time. This is despite no resident AV, which shows just how powerful Sensible Behaviour is.
Contrast this with friends/family who rely on False Sense of Security 2010. Endless detections whenever full scans are run - it's a constant battle getting malware off their systems.
Tried this after Zonealarm IS failed to detect an obvious virus in an email. Found it was too smart for its own good and automatically deleted some of my files that it decided were viruses which I knew were not. uninstalled.
zonealarm is a firewall, not a virus scanner… and its still one of the best software firewalls you can get (free or not).
What happens after 1 year, does it all just stop?
The AV will still work however you will no longer receive updates until you pay for a new key.
This used to be the case for many years, but now at the end of the subscription NAV just disables itself, and windows reports you no longer have virus protection installed.
it stops working. no more system scans, no more updates.
my friend owns (owned) it, and once your subscription is up you cant do anything.
the most important part of a virus scanner is frequent updates.
Is the cash back valid - a NZ online store is not an Austrlaian Retail store as per the promo t&C's.
Well they are the ones marketing it with the cashback deal so if not I would say there is pretty damn good grounds for a refund….way to neg the post…
It was neg'd to let people know its not the bargain it seems, I have checked with Norton and the cashback is not valid, must be a retail store .
This item has been further reduced by $10 this morning: Now $79.95 for existing customers, and $69.95 for new customers.
So potentially $9.95 after cashback.
If they reduce it to $49.95, i'm sold!
Officeworks Pricematch?
I gave up on Nortons 2 years back after the latest updated version didn't detect a virus after repeated scans when others were clearly picking it up.
Does anyone know that Fishpond is eligible retailer to claim $60 cash back?
Norton is horrible bloatware, at best.
You can get completely free programs like Avast, AVG etc… that all do the same, if not better.
Even if they gave away Norton for free, it wouldn't be a bargain.
i agree with your opinion, but some people prefer Nortons because its a trusted name. they dont care about the hit to performance, they just want peace of mind. and at this price, it's still a bargain to those people.
unfair to negative vote because you dont like the product though.
There's other codes here:
http://www.thebargainavenue.com.au/interests/musicmovies/cou…
Somehow got it to $62 and you get free shipping anyway.
Bit sus about the cashback, but that's still cheap…
Alternatively pick up Norton 360 2010 in your Kellogg's Corn Flakes box this week, no coupon required.