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Free Upgrades for any users of Norton 2006 products
Posted: 14 Nov 2006, 14:33
by mik
If, like me, you use Norton Antivirus or Norton Internet Security (and please, no pointless mocking of said choice...) I've discovered that you can upgrade to the 2007 product for free providing you have an active subscription for updates - not that they're exactly shouting this from the rooftops as the upgrades page attempts to extract £35 for this upgrade - albeit with a 12 month updates subscription. Still; since I have another 6 or 7 months left on my current subs I may as well take advantage of the new features and 'Vista readiness'
Anyhow, see the following links for details:
http://www.dozleng.com/updates/lofivers ... 11515.html
http://www.symantec.com/home_homeoffice ... n_trollope
Posted: 14 Nov 2006, 15:11
by Badlander
...or you can switch to AVG free edition, which is just as effective (not to say much, much more so) and way faster than Norton.
Oh and btw it's free.
Posted: 14 Nov 2006, 16:40
by stefan moermans
AVG rules.
Re: Free Upgrades for any users of Norton 2006 products
Posted: 14 Nov 2006, 16:40
by mik
mik wrote:(and please, no pointless mocking of said choice...)
I knew saying this would make no difference....
The heads up was simply for users of the software know they could get a newerer betterer version free gratis and for nada
If (like me) they have a subscription with some time to go, they're unlikely to switch until the paid for updates expire.
Re: Free Upgrades for any users of Norton 2006 products
Posted: 14 Nov 2006, 16:54
by Badlander
Posted: 14 Nov 2006, 17:20
by mik
Badlander wrote:...or you can switch to AVG free edition, which is just as effective (not to say much, much more so) and way faster than Norton.
Oh and btw it's free.
...or you can switch to Mac OSX which is a grown up and inherently secure operating system which doesn't actually require any Virus protection as so far its proved impervious to all attempts to deploy an actual viral payload, and as such is far more effective so much more faster than any PC equivalent
Natch!
Posted: 14 Nov 2006, 17:35
by markfiend
mik wrote:Badlander wrote:...or you can switch to AVG free edition, which is just as effective (not to say much, much more so) and way faster than Norton.
Oh and btw it's free.
...or you can switch to Mac OSX which is a grown up and inherently secure operating system which doesn't actually require any Virus protection as so far its proved impervious to all attempts to deploy an actual viral payload, and as such is far more effective so much more faster than any PC equivalent
Natch!
That.
Posted: 14 Nov 2006, 17:41
by James Blast
Amen!
Posted: 14 Nov 2006, 18:35
by Pat
Let me be the first to say .... Thanks Mik
Re: Free Upgrades for any users of Norton 2006 products
Posted: 14 Nov 2006, 19:38
by Nic
mik wrote:If, like me, you use Norton Antivirus or Norton Internet Security (and please, no pointless mocking of said choice...) I've discovered that you can upgrade to the 2007 product for free providing you have an active subscription for updates - not that they're exactly shouting this from the rooftops as the upgrades page attempts to extract £35 for this upgrade - albeit with a 12 month updates subscription. Still; since I have another 6 or 7 months left on my current subs I may as well take advantage of the new features and 'Vista readiness'
Anyhow, see the following links for details:
http://www.dozleng.com/updates/lofivers ... 11515.html
http://www.symantec.com/home_homeoffice ... n_trollope
So it's out in public now, damn!
Current employer: Symantec
