# Again with Norton Anti-Virus!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-norton-anti-virus/479438
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [January 1, 2009, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-norton-anti-virus/479438 "2009-01-01T03:46:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2009, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-norton-anti-virus/479438/1 "2009-01-01T03:46:43Z")
I know this subject has been discussed before, but could you please explain, or direct me to the proper thread, regarding Norton Antivirus? They have renewed our subscription automatically, and of course we haven’t used Norton in a loooong time. So how do we free ourselves of the Norton? Thank you for assisting this computer ignoramus.
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### Author:  [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2009, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-norton-anti-virus/479438/2 "2009-01-01T04:46:09Z")
You have to go to the symantic website, log on, and turn off automatic renewal.
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### Author:  [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2009, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-norton-anti-virus/479438/3 "2009-01-01T05:48:21Z")
[Norton On-going Protection Cancellation Form](https://lcwer.symantec.com/OngoingProtectionCancel/cancel.aspx?Open&docid=2005101215262846&nsf=custserv.nsf&view=0&seg=hm&lg=en&ct=uk)
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### Author:  [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)
#### Post date: [January 1, 2009, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/again-with-norton-anti-virus/479438/4 "2009-01-01T14:51:14Z")
Norton has become the virus that they claimed to be protecting you against.