If I don't renew Norton Antivirus, will my computer still be protected?

You will be able to detect the threats that where in the internal data base the last time you updated the software but after that you won't detect new threats. Here is a list softwares so you can create your own security suite based on freewares, this not only will secure your computer but also boost its performance.

Browser:

Mozilla Firefox, http://www.download.com/mozilla-firefox/...

Anti virus:

AVG free edition.

http://www.download.com/avg-anti-virus.....

Anti spyware: You can run more than one.

Ad-aware

http://www.download.com/ad-aware-2007/.....

Spybot S%26D

http://www.download.com/spybot-search-.....

Firewall:

Zonealarm

http://www.download.com/zonealarm-fire.....

Registry cleaner:

advanced windows care personal

http://www.download.com/advanced-windo.....

Spywareblaster

http://www.download.com/spywareblaster.....

This is another combination recently posted at cnet.com

Comodo firewall+avira antivir+spyware terminator all of them are free and are excellent choices. I only add spywareblaster and advanced windowscare to that combo. you can download all of them at download.com Be patient because this take some time to get it done and do it at list once per month

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