NORTON or Free Avast?

[kona]

Hi - I'm buying a new pc and the sales person suggested that I go with Norton 360 rather than the Free Avast protection I have now. I don't do gaming - my pc is mainly for email, I'm on a few Forums, I watch video clips off YouTube and elsewhere and I store photos and video on my pc.

That's what I mainly use my pc for and Avast seems to be working okay so far. I've used the free version for a couple of years now.

Norton 360 is $55 now
Avast = Free
Is Avast good enough??
I'm asking here because the sales people where I'm shopping for a pc all say it's better to buy a good Antivirus and "don't just use a free one such as Avast."

thoughts please?


Gary

 

[voyagerfan99]

They're just trying to sell you another product. Skip it and just get the free version of Avast. Avast is leaps and bounds better than any Norton product anyway.

 

[johnb35]

Agreed. Salesman usually get commission off of any extra software they sell you. There is no reason to buy an antivirus program when Avast works just as well and not bloaty.

 

[Punk]

Avast is good enough for sure but if you're willing to pay for Norton, it's not a waste of money either. To be honest, I have Avast but had Norton and they both work fine.