norton coming to an end

richyrichuk

i dont care. its norton! its just a no go. takes up so much system memory and doesnt protect u that well from anything. i would never put that thing near any of my systems.

BritBrat

i dont care. its norton! its just a no go.

Exactly, some people just follow the hype.

richyrichuk

no no, trust me i know my IT stuff. ur just trying to be cool and goin the wrong way and using norton. but there is a reason people dont choose it.

might of got better down the line now.

but

clogs up your system.
doesnt actually clean ur pc correctly
it costs you.
the firewall isnt any good.
and its norton.

dont be a moron. use something good.

unrich

... edited for sanity reasons

nullogik

Acutally, Norton's lastest products; 360 & 2008 are moving in the right direction.

Nortons previous products like 2005 & 2006 where heavily bloated, frequently crashed computers and had poor detection rates - and I'm talking from experience.

Symantec have learnt from their mistakes and customer feedback and have built 360 from the ground up to minimise system resource usage. Whilst 360 & 2008 are a step in the right direction, they are still someway off products like Kaspersky and NOD32 in terms of detection rates etc.

Give Norton a few more iterations (assuming they carry on moving in the same direction) and their software should be great.

richyrichuk

well it costs anyway. so antivir being a better anitvirus and free. its a hands down comp for antivir.

ill never use norton. just to many problems in the past. cant compete with others

motorguy

nullogik wrote: »

Give Norton a few more iterations (assuming they carry on moving in the same direction) and their software should be great.

Its not like they havent had enough time to get it right already.

everythingblogcast

I hate Norton they screwed me out of 100+ days and woudnt sort it out. I am on McaFee (sp?) now and it was free from Netwest.

superscaper

everythingblogcast wrote: »

I hate Norton they screwed me out of 100+ days and woudnt sort it out. I am on McaFee (sp?) now and it was free from Netwest.

Personally I'd change from McAfee to something else, if you want free then I've found both AVG and Avast to be better at using less system resources and the main thing, better at virus detection. Just because you can get it for free, doesn't mean you should use it. I used to use McAfee for years for free and I can still get it free (not through Natwest) but I still would never use it again with far superior products out there, even freeware.

I currently pay for NOD32 which I've found to be the best so far.

divadee

i use kaspersky and love it.

great firewall and anti virus.


i bought an oem copy when i built my pc from ebuyer for about £15