Now, that said, if you are to uninstall Norton , there are certain procedures that you MUST follow if you are not already aware of them. I'll tell you anyways.

First: Uninstall using the Add / Delete in your OS.(operating system)

Second : and this is very important if you want to completely rid yourself of Norton. You Must use the "Norton Removal Tool". You can download it directly from Norton's site or an easier way to access it is here:

http://www.majorgeeks.com/Norton_Removal_Tool_SymNRT_d4749.html.

You should run the Removal Tool at least twice to make sure nothing is left on your PC.

Now, for your Alternatives. If you would still like to use a suite from a security provider , you could take a look at these,

http://www.bitdefender.com/

OR

http://www.eset.com/

The last one is from eset, the maker of NOD32.

On the other hand , if you would simply like Free security, there are very good ones and sometimes better than the paid for products.

It is the general consensus on this forum that these free apps. work well together at protecting you (your PC) . It is also agreed that a tiered solution is best. Meaning that a variety of security apps. rather than, from one company. Always only ONE Firewall. Only ONE Antivirus, and as for your AntiSpyware, Only ONE with Real Time Shields. Here are some recommendations :

Avast AntiVirus : http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html . FREE

OR

AVG AntiVirus : http://free.grisoft.com/ . FREE

ANTISPYWARE:

SUPERAntiSpyware : http://www.superantispyware.com/ . FREE or PAID FOR

Avg AntiSpyware : http://free.grisoft.com/doc/download-free-anti-spyware/us/frt/0 . FREE

Auto Detection .

SpywareBlaster : http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/sbdownload.html . FREE or PAID FOR ($10.00) well worth it.

Prevention .

WinPatrol : http://www.winpatrol.com/

All of these security apps. work well together and won't drain your PC of it's resources .

These are my recommendations . You should , however , visit these sites to read about them.

I hope this will help in your quest to be better protected.

FLASHORN.

Although I favor the FREE Avast Antivirus Home Edition, IF you are interested in Test Results I

recommend the INDEPENDENT http://www.av-comparatives.org . Particularly important are their

latest "Retrospective/ProActive" in Nov 07 which showed the clear "Winner" was the pay-for-it

NOD32 from Eset Software at 71% ; the FREE Avast had 37% . My primary recommendation for

antiSPYWARE/antiTROJAN protection would be "SUPERAntiSpyware" . Software Firewall

Recommendation(s) should be made ONLY IF you tell us the SPECIFIC Name of your

Operating System !?

I would recommend AVG (anti virus) and super anti spy. I Have been running these 2 for a while and my computer is safe and nothing has been able to get into it, not even me. So i would recommend these two.

Regards

Vlad

Thank You for this new and informative site. I have Bookmarked and will continue to monitor this very interesting site.

If you have more to contribute , we all would welcome your efforts.

FLASHORN.