I’m mostly a Mac guy but I just setup my uncle’s old PC and it says that Norton is expired. I looked it up and it says it costs 30 bucks for a year. Is it worth it? I know very little about PC’s
Windows Defender only is fine.
No. Norton is trash.
You don’t need it it’s just bloatware, waste of money, and it’ll make your computer slower. Windows defender is enough.
Norton will actually make a computer significantly worse. Stick with Defender.
All of these security suites are complete garbage. It’s no exaggeration to say that they are worse than 99.9% of what they claim to protect you from.
Have any of you actually installed and used Norton over the last few years or are you all jumping on the bandwagon of " Norton’s really slowed my PC down" from the 80 and 90’s. That was true then but it’s certainly not true now.
Please don’t give advice that Microsoft Defender is the magic saviour that will 100% keep you safe as that’s not the case.
The only way to keep you safe is backing up your PC regularly.
Some of the worst malware out there
Bog no. Uninstall that garbage. If a software company resorts to paying to have their software pre-installed as a primary means of generating revenue, it’s not worth you paying for it. Windows hasn’t needed a third party anti virus in quite some time. The built-in anti virus is just fine coupled with not running your user accounts as administrator and using proper web filters (ad block, script block, etc), and of course – user awareness (don’t click shit you shouldn’t).
My take on these:
Norton. Hey you have a virus. No we can’t fix it. But now you know.
Macafee. Hi, I’m a virus.
Kaspersky. Hello. Everything is out to get you. But they now know I have you. Welcome comrade.
Avg. well, we said we were only average. Wtf you expect for free?
Windows defender is fine.
You need an antivirus for Norton
I’m new to the party here but iv been using Norton deluxe for a while and I have recently removed it. Some features are nice like the Norton driver updater. But honestly MS edge is fine my my computer feels snappy. But if you need a vpn or something there are better software to use then Norton.
Hell nah Norton is ass it said I had 13 viruses on the computer I got today and I didn’t even do anything on it
Pro tip make sure the computer has two accounts the one you use should be a limited user and the other one an admin account. This plus windows updating and windows defender is all you need.
Norton is the virus.
the general consensus nowadays is that Windows Defender is better than Norton
Free version of avast or any other somewhere recommended anti virus or so will do just fine.
The main questions is: Do you have the proper online hygiene to only work with limited free versions. Otherwise the added features can be usefull. e.g. Check for phishing sites, check your passwords agains https://haveibeenpwned.com/ …
no
if you want a av on your system use avast for free
also webroot internet suite can be had for ~ $20 for 3 licences
If it’s an older PC, (I’m assuming Windows XP?) go ahead and uninstall Norton it’s worthless and install Avast for Windows XP: Download Free Antivirus Software | Avast 2025 PC Protection
It’s free and will do everything you need it to.
No its not, get rid of it, even the free version version its worse than a virus itself uninstall everything about it