[Excuse_Me]

$3.95/year for LiveUpdate subscription from Symantec is correct. They try to keep it reasonable, unlike McAffee.

[Tunehead54]

Belated thanks for your answer. $3.95 is very reasonable for annual updates from Norton. They're aslo the PC Mag recommendation for best Anti-Virus program with the least overhead/drag on the PC.

McAfee does offer free updates for their AV 5.0 but they do a very good job of hiding its availabilty and try to suck you into online updates of numerous programs - way more than Symantec/Norton's $3.95/year.

One last thing - unless you're experienced - enabling McAfee email scan is difficult - for Outlook, Netscape and Act! I used to hate Symantec and Norton but their AV is OK.