Why is my norton security turned off ?

Question

Norton message status says license or subscription problem

Answer 1

Have you registered it?

Answer 2

If I were you I would get rid of Norton completely and don't even bother with it because basically it's rubbish. Norton takes up loads of disc space and slows your computer down. It's not even good at what it is meant for. Try installing one of the free antivirus and spyware programmes which are available. Try either AVG Free Edition Version 8.0 or Avast AntiVir for antivirus protection and Spybot Search & Destroy for spyware. Another good programme to have is CCleaner. All of these programmes are available from Download.com. Good luck.

Answer 3

Because you never pay.

There is a joke on the new version of Norton.

The joke is like this "Norton is the most effective antivirus because it suck away all the system memory from other applications and disable them. No applications and viruses can run as a result. Therefore your system are always free from viruses. However, the only application you can run on your Windows is Norton."

I would suggest that you get Avast Home Edition version 4,

which is free for personal use.

Avast is a very effective and free anti-virus program because it can do

a boot time scan in safe mode and it will remove the entire virus on your PC.

Even those viruses that hide inside the system restore folder.

Windows utilize a restore utility that backs up selected files

automatically to the System volume information /System Restore folder.

This means that an infected file could be stored there as a backup file,

and most anti-virus programs will be unable to delete these files. You

must disable the System Restore Utility to remove the infected files

from the folder if you use another brand of anti-virus. However, you do

not need to do so if you use Avast to do a boot up scan in safe mode.

Avast Anti-virus installation

http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.ht...

How to configure Avast ?

http://www.infodiv.unimelb.edu.au/soe/an...