My Nortin Security Subscription Has Expired. Will Using My Yahoo Online Protection Be Enough To Keep It Safe?
No. I think your ‘Yahoo online protection’ only ‘protects’ you while you’re using Yahoo mail. It won’t do a thing when you’re anywhere else on the internet.
If you pay for an anti-virus program then it will give you pretty good protection against most other common forms of malware. The free AVs can be a bit limited in this area, so you’ll need an anti-spyware program, too. AVG Anti-Spyware and SuperAntiSpyware are reasonably good freebies, but are only re-active, i.e. they won’t stop the crap getting on but they should detect and delete most of it if it gets on. SpywareBlaster can help stop the crap getting on.
If your Norton Security includes a firewall, you’ll need one if you ditch Norton. OnlineArmor and Comodo are among the best (better than Norton) and are free.
Whatever AV, etc, you have, you also need to make sure programs such as Flash player, Adobe Reader, QuickTime, Java are kept up-to-date as this is where a lot of ‘viruses’ are coming in. Secunia PSI scans your pc and tells you what’s out-of-date and provides links to update it.
Anti-virus tests: http://www.av-comparatives.org
What you get
AVG: http://free.grisoft.com/doc/2/us/frt/0
Avast: http://www.avast.com/eng/av4_version_com…
Firewall leak-tests: http://www.matousec.com/projects/windows…
Checkout reputable anti-spyware programs here: http://www.spywarewarrior.com/rogue_anti…
Secunia PSI: https://psi.secunia.com/
good… your done with Norton.
DONT use yahoo
Use Windows as your firewall - you have already
Adaware SE = spyware removal (free)http://www.lavasoftusa.com/
Avast Anti-Virus Program - (free)http://www.avast.com/
Norton is crap all there money is spent on advertising. Go to a small local computer fixer store and ask them what virus protection to use not Geek Squad. Yahoo no you just fooled yourself into think the internet can portect you. PS: Get a mac
AVG Anti virus and McAfee virus scan are supposed to help a lot.check out http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-sAFtLsc8e… for more details.
you can also try AVG anti-spyware plus make sure you have windows defender up..and things should be all good. Make sure you run a scan everyday.
Check out AVG free if you want to be extra safe. Good luck and God Bless
I believe Yahoo uses Norton security. At least with my SBC Yahoo account it is offered for free. A word of caution, however. I had purchased Norton (waste of money) and then installed Yahoo Norton over it. It completely screwed up my computer to the point where I was forced to use the Windows firewall as my only security software. Thank you Yahoo, nice going.