My security is Norton, Your?

[jevery]

Many seem to hate the Norton name. I've used Norton products on and off since the DOS days, over 20 years now and currently run NIS 2010. I've not read a review or seen a comparison that ranks it poorly. We use it on our network at work, something over 800 PCs. I'll ask IT tomorrow how much gets through.

 

[laznz1]

Many seem to hate the Norton name. I've used Norton products on and off since the DOS days, over 20 years now and currently run NIS 2010. I've not read a review or seen a comparison that ranks it poorly. We use it on our network at work, something over 800 PCs. I'll ask IT tomorrow how much gets through.

It seem almost unanimously that this forum hate Norton and every time ive used it its been absolutely useless we ran it on a smallish network maybe 200+ computer and they were getting hit left right and center and slowed all the computers soo much in the end we found that AVGs Free Virus Scanner was better then the Norton 360 Virus Scanner

 

[voyagerfan99]

I've got Avast on 2 desktop, 1 netbook, and 1 tablet. I have A-Squared on my other desktop and my main laptop. A-Squared is nice, but I got the keys for free when they were giving them out online last year, and don't plan on paying $100 to renew the two of them.

 

[Geoff]

I've got Avast on 2 desktop, 1 netbook, and 1 tablet. I have A-Squared on my other desktop and my main laptop. A-Squared is nice, but I got the keys for free when they were giving them out online last year, and don't plan on paying $100 to renew the two of them.

If you used the same program I use (common sense v2.0), you wouldn't need Avast

 

[voyagerfan99]

If you used the same program I use (common sense v2.0), you wouldn't need Avast

I've never gotten a virus before, but even if I do it's not like I can't remove it lol

 

[Geoff]

I've never gotten a virus before, but even if I do it's not like I can't remove it lol

Then why hog up extra resources and storage if you've never had to use it?

AV is great for most people to have, I just never found the need. If I were to get a virus I would just install AV afterwords and remove it.

 

[jevery]

It seem almost unanimously that this forum hate Norton and every time ive used it its been absolutely useless we ran it on a smallish network maybe 200+ computer and they were getting hit left right and center and slowed all the computers soo much in the end we found that AVGs Free Virus Scanner was better then the Norton 360 Virus Scanner

It would seem if it was such an inferior product there would be at least some reviewers that would expose it's weaknesses.

 

[linkin]

It would seem if it was such an inferior product there would be at least some reviewers that would expose it's weaknesses.

It would not surprise me in the least if it were found that Norton give out "incentives" for good reviews

 

[voyagerfan99]

It would seem if it was such an inferior product there would be at least some reviewers that would expose it's weaknesses.

It comes as a trial on a lot of computers, which makes people feel the need to buy it because they don't know what they are doing, or anything about the product they are purchasing. That is the only way Norton is still alive.

 

[deanj20]

I just got a "taste" of the newer Norton - I'm not sure what version it was, but it was on a brand new Compaq Laptop w/ a 2.5GHz single core AMD proc and 2GB RAM running Windows 7 a friend gave me to secure, update and "fine-tune" for him. It was amazing how much it bogged down the BRAND NEW SYSTEM - The desktop became unresponsive twice - once when I was installing Office from a CD, and again when I was installing the latest Windows updates - two relatively simple and non-resource-heavy operations. IE took forever to load and to surf with, with that god-awful toolbar running.

I was going to give Norton a chance in light of some of the positive reviews in this thread, but now I am convinced that it is a big a waste of harddrive space as it ever was. I scrapped the program in favor of MS Security Essentials - now the computer is running like a brand-new out-of-the-box computer should. I've installed/uninstalled many more programs since and got the rest of the system up to date without a hitch.

My official opinion of Norton AV, old or new: Total resource hog. Can't vouch for how it stands up against viruses, but if it slows the computer down more than the crap it's supposed to protect against, then I say "what's the point"?

I stand by AVG Free or MS Security Essentials. :good:

It comes as a trial on a lot of computers, which makes people feel the need to buy it because they don't know what they are doing, or anything about the product they are purchasing. That is the only way Norton is still alive.

+1

 

[jevery]

Strange that you had such a bad brief experience with Norton bogging down a brand new system. In contrast, I've used NIS continuously for a couple of years now and my experience has been nothing but very good. I've currently got 9 files in quarantine that have collected since January 25 when I last reformatted with a new SSD. I've yet to have anything penetrate NIS, and I test my protection on a regular basis if you know what I mean. Every benchmark and review I can find seems to consistently rank NIS 2010 (in comparing suites), and NAV 2010 (in comparing AVs),highly, if not among the best, in regards to in impact on resources, speed, and effectiveness. Here's some of what I've found, (Passmark Performance, AV Comparatives, PC World, PC Magazine, C-NET, Computer World, The Tech Herald). In the PassMark Performance Tests on system impact, NAV 2010 outperformed Microsoft Security Essentials in 9/16 assessments, AVG Free in 10/16, and Avast AV in 11/16.

 

[deanj20]

I know! It doesn't make any sense - all I know is that this is a brand-new computer, and all I did after it was freezing/becoming unresponsive is completely uninstall Norton/Symantec and install MS SE, and now it runs great... Just my experience...

I wish I would have checked the version, but it was so slow I just got aggravated and uninstalled it. Maybe if I can get access to a free fully-functional Norton AV I'll give it a go on my Win7 box and see what I can figure out about it.