posted on January 12, 2006 05:52:17 PM new
I have an old Norton antivirus program on this computer and I would like to update it plus have it on another table top computer I own and still have it on the laptop that I take back and forth to work. I want to download it from the Symantec site. How do I get it on all three computers without buying three copies of it?
posted on January 12, 2006 06:33:18 PM new
They're getting pretty good about protecting it now. I'm of the opinion you'll have to get 2 additional copies and an update/upgrade.
Just my opinion though. Interested in others.
Wayne
Never explain -- Your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
~ Elbert Hubbard
posted on January 12, 2006 06:41:17 PM new
I just found on their site that they have a home protection packet for up to three computers. Gotta look into it.
posted on January 12, 2006 07:55:26 PM new
I bought the family pack at Best Buy - it's a little more expensive than the single version but not as expensive as three. I think they said that Norton does not recommend the downloaded update of the 2005 and later version because it was totally redone (maybe they just wanted to sell me one at the store but I don't think so because Best Buy clerks don't work on commission.
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posted on January 13, 2006 03:41:01 AM new
Comcast provides the McAfee suite free for its customers. In my case, I have 4 PCs connected at home, so it's actually a considerable savings over having to purchase annual renewals and such.
At some point, more responsibility for security should be assumed by the ISP.
posted on January 15, 2006 06:19:38 AM new
Ditto on the free Mcaffee software through Comcast. Check with your ISP provider and see if they offer free virus protection, many do.
posted on January 15, 2006 06:30:22 AM new
profe51,
What a snide and uncalled for remark.
NO, I don't think that someone should come by and lock my doors for me at night. I assume that you meant my outside doors. To make a (somewhat) strained analogy, it makes more sense to put deadbolts and keyed locks on my OUTSIDE doors, rather than having a deadbolt on each room's door, with a burglar free to walk along the halls, but shut out of the individual rooms.
My point had nothing to do with walking away from responsibility or accountability. It was based on the view that the more sound way to protect PCs is at the central point at which probably 99% of viruses, malware, etc. ENTER, and that is via the ISP.
But now it says 30 days. Either they changed things after I downloaded my trial, or it doesn't really expire. Dunno. Worth a try either way. I've had mine for eight or nine monts, and it still downloads updates every day.
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posted on January 15, 2006 01:34:45 PM new
Sorry for my curtness Claude, but it isn't going to happen. ISP's deny responsibility for ALL content, right from the get-go. It's in your agreement with them, whoever they may be. If you're a Windows user, and 96 out of every 100 people are, you're going to be incessantly bombarded with attempts to spy on and trash your machine. There are even viruses already written and waiting out there for the next iteration of Windows...it used to be named after a cow, Hereford or Brahma or something, I can't remember what they're calling it now...assuming it's ever actually released. Faced with that truth, ISP's are never going to do any more than pay lip service to security unless somebody legally makes them. It would cost them too much and they'd be bombarded with complaints about slow service and unreachable sites.
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posted on January 16, 2006 07:40:48 AM new
Profe51,
Apology accepted... to be honest, I'm a bit thin-skinned about the topic, as I consider myself to be very much responsible for my actions, safety, financial well-being, etc. and have great disdain for those who feel themselves "entitled."
Denying legal liability for content doesn't mean that they can't take steps to minimize malware. AOL makes it the centerpiece of their current ad campaign (not that I'm willing to use them because of that).
In my area, and quite a few others also, Comcast and Verizon battle it out for broadband . Because I want to minimize the odds of being completely out of business, I have Comcast at home and Verizon at the shop. Comcast's providing free McAfee is quite a bonus for using them. If they did more at the server end to minimize spam, it would be an even larger competitive advantage. When people ask me which I recommend (it happens often, as people see my network in my shop being used), I recommend Comcast, in large part because most homes in my area have 2,3, maybe 4 PCs in their homes, and purchasing McAfee for 4 PCs is a serious annual expense.
