Norton Antivirus

intel

I only want to get some kind of idea how many do and don't use it
and any pro's and con's and maybe list some fixes aswell
so that Norton Users may find this helpful as some problems
keep coming up again and again....

Thanks.

Ken68

I use AVG and Microsoft anti-....myself....free. Run 'em on a daily schedule and auto update for one and manual update for the other..My family report trouble often with Norton. Perhaps down to the configuration, don't think it catches more.

steve_r123

I have had Norton for a few years now, with no problems whatsoever. However, after reading quite a lot of negative views on here about them, I thought I would try something different....... I've now installed McAfee, and I've noticed little difference really.

One of the main things that was said that was Norton badly affected system performance, however, I've not noticed any gain in performance by using McAfee instead, which I had hoped for.

intel

steve_r123 wrote:

I have had Norton for a few years now, with no problems whatsoever. However, after reading quite a lot of negative views on here about them, I thought I would try something different....... I've now installed McAfee, and I've noticed little difference really.

One of the main things that was said that was Norton badly affected system performance, however, I've not noticed any gain in performance by using McAfee instead, which I had hoped for.

I have heard that Norton is Better if you have quite a large amout of RAM
would you say this is the case, or would some else say thats true..?

Thanks.

oldrimes

I don't use it any more - found it to be a bit of a 'resource hog'. It works well on newish computers, connected to internet via broadband, but not on older computers, especially via dialup.

Also once you've stopped using it, its quite a procedure to uninstall it completely, as (the version I've used) required you to boot into Dos and delete bits of it from there.

I use AVG, and find it works well on older computers & via dialup.

tinyrambo

I've always sworn by norton (system works) as long as you have a pretty good idea what you're doing for yourself. DO NOT be tempted to EVER ring the technical helkp line how ever....according to the web site they will charge you £18 per incident. !!!!!!!!!!

nads

HI,
Iused it several years ago but it was aresource hog, however I have heard its a lot better now.

Uninstallation still holds true for most Norton software, it can be a nightmare.

steve_r123

intel wrote:

I have heard that Norton is Better if you have quite a large amout of RAM
would you say this is the case, or would some else say thats true..?

Thanks.

I'm not really sure TBH. I'm running a 1.8Ghz AmD, with 512 RAM, and like I say haven't noticed any major performance gain by changing.

I would say McAfee is quite 'plain' looking compared to Norton, which I personally prefer, and when you want to do a unscheduled scan for example, it's a lot quicker opening the console etc.

I suppose I was just expecting a massive reduction in the amount of system resources being used. However, I do prefer McAfee user interface etc, and I won't be switching back to Norton, so take from that what you will

Any particular reason for enquiring about Norton Intel, or just a general interest?

intel

steve_r123 wrote:

Any particular reason for enquiring about Norton Intel, or just a general interest?

Just trying to gauge peoples opinions and to see if any ideas might crop up for
"common" problems and hopefully it may help people, as in the long term this thread may even become a reference point..

djohn2002uk

I've been using Norton Internet Security for about 5 yrs with no probs. Admitted I now have 1Gig of ram but last PC only had 512 Megs and Norton did slow it a bit but not to the extent that some people sugest on here.

1. I think some people who advise not using it because of it being a "resource hog" haven't used it for a while anyway. They all advocate the free ones, and ok everyone to his own but be honest and say it's because it's free not use outdated experiences.
2. I don't know what your connection speed has to do with Nortons performance apart from getting the updates.

zacspeed_2

I work in a computer shop & MOST of these machines we get in to fix with virus/trojan/worm/dialler problems are running Norton.
I wouldn't give it house room - utter !!!!!!!