"Semantic" is telling me to renew my Norton subscription. Is this

[Maraya1969]

a scam or do I have to renew the thing every damn year?

The cheapest renewal is $39.99

http://www.symantecstore.com/dr/sat1/ec_main.mstr?n=cur&v=840&n=cid&v=120804&n=renewalCurrency&v=840&n=SP&v=10250&n=PN&v=11&n=sid&v=27674&n=rc&v=N&n=pfid&v=16050007&n=daysDuration&v=2&n=lang&v=en&n=countryCode&v=USA&n=spefsku&v=10751683&n=vendorName&v=&n=os&v=WINDOWS%20XP&n=price&v=39%2E99&n=api1&v=90&n=api2&v=003&n=api3&v=0&n=api4&v=10741061&n=testCell&v=&n=rcSubSku&v=&n=loem&v=n&n=expDate&v=01282008&n=mediaType&v=ESD&n=udrpid2&v=842964&n=udrpid1&v=932014&n=return&v=renewalcenter&n=isku&v=10725797&n=pskupfid&v=16050007&n=subscriptionExpired&v=NO&n=udrpid&v=842964&n=udrpid&v=932014&n=udrpid&v=876564&n=renewalProductID&v=876564&n=renewalPrice&v=%2439%2E99&n=renewalVersionID&v=1529510&n=DSP&v=&n=PGRP&v=0&n=ABCODE&v=&CACHE_ID=120804

[Adsos Letter]

1. They do have to be renewed yearly....

...have you considered AVG's freeware for your anti-virus program? We have had great luck with it, and we just let Yahoo's security system handle the e-mail and other stuff...

[Maraya1969]

5. I'll check into that thanks.

[CatholicEdHead]

2. Avast is another good, free option

I had a free 3mo demo pre-installed on my laptop. I had Norton before (2004, 2005) and disliked it on my old laptop. I decided to run the 3mo period out of Norton 2007 and cannot wait to dump it this weekend for ZoneAlarm and Avast. It is slow, annoying, and almost takes over your computer worse than lots of the malware out there.

[Maraya1969]

6. Thanks I hope my computer goes faster with a new program.

[Mojambo]

3. Dump Norton. Get Nod32.

http://www.eset.com/

I don't think it's much cheaper, but it's WAY better.

[Maraya1969]

7. Thanks Mojambo I'll check it out

[Oeditpus Rex]

'Semantic'?

I think it's a scam, yeah. :crazy:

[flvegan]

4. Another vote for the AVG freebie.

[DS1]

8. Screw Norton

don't give them another dollar

[Orsino]

9. Your Norton isn't about to stop working.

It's just going to stop updating with new virus descriptions.

[LaurenG]

10. I don't like Norton at all (and yes you have to pay yearly for it)

The program might mess with you if you decide to un-install and go for one of the others so be prepared. It embeds itself into the registry and can take "years" (a while) to find it all if it does cause trouble. Did I say I don't like Norton.

Good luck with whatever option you go for.

[Generic Brad]

11. Twice they have informed me I have to renew

And twice I have ignored it. I use McAfee now and they don't send me those stupid renewal notices.