Norton Antivirus

intel

Its not 100% upto date but you get the idea.

Installing Norton

bbruce

I got NAV corporate from work - they handed it out freely and it seems to update for free.
Seems fine with 1 Gig of ram.
Can't disable it though when installing software which says I should but "ignore" hasn't affected any installation yet.

intel

bbruce wrote:

Can't disable it though when installing software which says I should but "ignore" hasn't affected any installation yet.

Mmm that would be nice to find a fix for that,, does it affect NAV Home?

Rex_Mundi

intel wrote:

Mmm that would be nice to find a fix for that,, does it affect NAV Home?

I ran NAV Home for years, and this isn't an issue at all with the home edition.

It does make me laugh a bit looking at the NAV bashing going on here. So many people post against this product, but I've also many posters linking to the Symantec removal tool for particularly sticky viruses. If Norton is such a bad product, why are these links posted? Why don't we see links to the AVG company for removal tools for specific viruses?

intel

Rex_Mundi wrote:

I ran NAV Home for years, and this isn't an issue at all with the home edition.

It does make me laugh a bit looking at the NAV bashing going on here. So many people post against this product, but I've also many posters linking to the Symantec removal tool for particularly sticky viruses. If Norton is such a bad product, why are these links posted? Why don't we see links to the AVG company for removal tools for specific viruses?

I will also say that the Poll isnt a huge difference between yes and no
I also did state if anyone has sggestions about problems can they please post the resolutions.. And only a couple have it has somewhat turned into a
Norton vent thread... Its like me saying I dont like cake.. But Why?

I just dont.. In my eyes thats not a good reason, so I hope some problems and solutions will be posted to help user's out...

Also: Why don't we see links to the AVG company for removal tools for specific viruses?

Maybe they dont want bad publicity

wolfman

IMHO most of the bashing is where people have tried the product out only briefly, had one problem with it, or read that it's bad on other forums.

Norton Av 2006 is actually quite light on resources despite what people may post. And if they say otherwise I'd question if they'd tried it. It's lighter than McAfee by example, and AVG I believe. It does have its problems though, but is by no means a bad solution.

For me why I don't use it, it increases the time apps such as Word take to load, takes quite a while to scan, and has a poor installer/remover.

It's a good product for the average user, although if you're going to pay I think most people are better off with something like Nod32. It's much lighter, less intrusive, and just works. Ideally an av product should just work in the background without you noticing, which I think Nod32 acheives.

So to sum up Norton isn't a bad product but I believe there are better choices.

Rex_Mundi

intel wrote:

Also: Why don't we see links to the AVG company for removal tools for specific viruses?

Maybe they dont want bad publicity

I'm not having a go at you personally Intel (please don't think I was).

I think that people don't link to AVG for removal tools is because they don't do them.

Norton is a paid for product, they have people paying them for their service and this gives them the resources to pay a big team of developers. This means that they have far more money to spend on new/more difficult viruses than the free versions. This also gives them more leeway to release fixes for viruses than their free competitors.

intel

Rex_Mundi wrote:

I'm not having a go at you personally Intel (please don't think I was).

I think that people don't link to AVG for removal tools is because they don't do them.

Norton is a paid for product, they have people paying them for their service and this gives them the resources to pay a big team of developers. This means that they have far more money to spend on new/more difficult viruses than the free versions. This also gives them more leeway to release fixes for viruses than their free competitors.

Rex I didnt see it that way... :beer:

I thought they may have not of done links to
AVG problems maybe because..

1, They have a forum.

2, It may not be as good as the publicity it recieves.

Thus they dont want maximum exposure... if you see what I mean

gunneradt

the free version of avg is as good as the paid for version.

marksimpson

My Norton antivirus subscription is about to run out.

To extend it for another year will cost £21.99, plus 21% VAT because their European operations are based in the Republic of Ireland.

If I tell it I am in the US, the cost for the same product extension is $29.99 (£16.79) plus local tax.

Now presumably it won't let me use the US price because when I enter a UK address for my card it will reject the transaction, but I would ask why there is a 25% price difference between the two countries for an identical product, with no delivery cost.