What do you think of Norton?

Brains · 7 Feb 2007 at 11:54

I currently have the Norton 2006 security package, a friend of mine who is a bit of a techy doesn't rate it all, just wondering people's oppinions, what are its faults etc. and what is reccommended in its place?

Cheers

InsomniaCalls · 7 Feb 2007 at 12:01

Far too bloated.
Use NOD32 and Windows Firewall.

csmager · 7 Feb 2007 at 12:12

InsomniaCalls said:
Far too bloated.
Use NOD32 and Windows Firewall.

Agreed. A horrific piece of software. I once persuaded a friend to remove it and use NOD32, and he was simply amazed his computer's increase in speed & responsiveness.

ace2109 · 7 Feb 2007 at 12:16

Kids use this site so i cant tell you eactly what i think

but you get my drift :eek:

Brains · 7 Feb 2007 at 12:18

ace2109 said:
Kids use this site so i cant tell you eactly what i think

but you get my drift

So it's best to use windows firewall? I already use spybot s&d. Is there a decent free anti-virus, AVG?

$anch3z · 7 Feb 2007 at 12:21

Avast is a lot better than AVG for a free av

TC1 · 7 Feb 2007 at 12:22

Nortons is rubbish. Use Windows Firewall and AVG, Comodo or Avast for AV.

4T5 · 7 Feb 2007 at 12:23

Brains said:
Is there a decent free anti-virus, AVG?

Avast. I've used it for over a year with no probs at all.
As for Norton it's bloated and crap.

My combination is as follows.
Avast and windows firewall backed up with Ad Aware + Spybot S&D + Ccleaner + regcleaner.

My system is for gaming and it performs very well for what it is. I am very careful with my online usage and clean/sweep daily.
As i said earlier for over a year i have had No problems whatsoever.

ringo747 · 7 Feb 2007 at 12:26

norton is a virus itself - i use kaspersky here. avast is worth a try as has been mentioned already.

Sp00n · 7 Feb 2007 at 12:27

Bloatware.

I'm a nod32 man myself

bitslice · 7 Feb 2007 at 12:56

I fixed three PC's this year just by removing it....

Norton has a special "uninstall" utility
why would a competently written program require a special uninstall utility ?

...it's a turd.

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FooAtari · 7 Feb 2007 at 17:44

AVG user here. I tried Avast a year or so ago and my system seemed to take a bit of a hit so I went back to AVG. I might give it another go just to see. Havnet tried NOD. I dont run a software firewall, have firewall enabled on router. Have had no problems so far.

Raymond Lin · 7 Feb 2007 at 17:47

InsomniaCalls said:
Far too bloated.
Use NOD32 and Windows Firewall.

NOD32 and Kerio here instead.

firewallblocked · 7 Feb 2007 at 23:32

ace2109 said:
Kids use this site so i cant tell you eactly what i think

but you get my drift

It's okay it's after 9pm

to Norton.

Lunatic Dreyfus · 8 Feb 2007 at 15:37

Bought it, installed it for about three/four months, grew steadily more disgusted, and then uninstalled it. Too much bloat, too much nagging, processes running left right and centre, and the PC took an age to boot.

I is now Kaspersky 4 Lyfe

bikes · 8 Feb 2007 at 18:07

Lunatic Dreyfus said:
I is now Kaspersky 4 Lyfe

You know it makes sense

arcamalpha · 8 Feb 2007 at 18:16

How much memory at processor does AVG use? (approx).

I've Symantec Antivirus at the moment, at it uses just under 30MB of RAM and a minute or so of CPU for every 30mins of system uptime.

OzyOly · 8 Feb 2007 at 18:24

I use mcaffee AV and FW. You can get mcaffee for £8 OEM and it is good. Only install the AV and FW though, it's all you need and the performace hit is not noticable tbh.

hardc0re_tid · 8 Feb 2007 at 21:20

bloatware, used to swear by norton system utilities, then i found AVG and ZoneAlarm, one of the best combo's imho

TheVoice · 8 Feb 2007 at 21:47

I hate Norton. My step-dad insists on using it on his PC. Had the misfortune of having to install it for him while he was away - couldn't believe how long it took. Then needed two restarts (lengthy ones), and proceeded to fill the tasbar and IE toolbars with Norton-related rubbish.

Caused a lot of people a lot of problems in Halls (Uni) too. Norton's firewall seemed to hate network and would block people's MSN access. Really odd.

Even Norton for Macs is rubbish; when I first met my housemate (also in Halls), he had it and it blocked him from getting onto secure websites or from using software that uses HTTPS to conenct (such as Messenger). Removed it, and everything was fine again.