My experience with Norton Antivirus - Page 2

I find Mcafee to be more stable, less of a system hog, better to work with for networking, and i got 1 virus with norton and 0 so far with mcaffee and both were up do date.

Ok then!

I've stayed with Norton Corporate for years...really like it and never had a single problem...keep it updated and it works flawless, in my opinion.

I booted Norton off my 6000D and McAfee off my rig. I replaced them with AVG and ZoneAlarm.....AVG has already cought 3 worms, and ZoneAlarm is on the ball with the firewall. As far as speeding things up, I have no idea. I know my other spyware programs and defags take a whole lot less time, and CPU useage is about 1/2 what it used to be. It seems to work fine. i'll let everyone know when I get a virus that cant be cured.

didnt someone mention an av called nod32 on another thread. thats seems to be pretty good too...when my nav runs out, might use that instead.

Exactly. No viruses ever.

It's all you need, plus SpywareBlaster of course.

Seems everyone has an opinion as to what's best and that's ok. If you want some objective analysis as to what's best, then go here and drill down to the most recent online review.
http://www.av-comparatives.org/

KAV and NAV are best for detection followed by NOD32 and McAfee. The top 4-5 are all pretty close and may boil down to personal preference and other features. Avast!Prof is significantly lower in detection. Of course, if you're running an older system or a system with not a lot of horsepower or memory, then you want something with a small footprint, so NAV may not be a good choice...NOD32 may fit the bill.

I've been trying Kaspersky Personal Pro v5 30-day trial this week and I really like it compared to my Norton AV 2005. Much lighter in terms of resource useage, does what I need it to do without taking the everything-but-the-kitchen-sink approach.

Wow that's a cool site. Does the Kav program cost alot?

Even those reviews aren't reliable. I've seen reviews that don't include Norton or McAfee in the top 10. Reviewers don't actually have to use these products in a production environment, so they don't encounter what sysadmins do. I read a glowing review of Norton that absolutely couldn't say enough positive things. They completely glazed over all the crap you have to deal with when it doesn't work 100%. 10 years ago we all complained about how poorly Microsoft errors were worded so that all you knew was that something was wrong, but had no idea what or where. There is still some of that, but MS has actually made huge strides in that department. Symantec is about 5 years behind where MS was then. There is no reason or excuse given as to why Symantec, Corporate version included, slows a PC down so much. There is no reason or excuse given as to why you need to be intimately familiar with the registry to actually uninstall the damn thing. There is no reason or excuse given as to why the so-called "Corporate" version almost completely lacks any reporting functionality. There is no reason or excuse given as to why, out of all AV packages we've tried, only Norton is least likely to co-exist with other software, even if said software does nothing that should be even remotely related to AV functions. There is no reason or excuse given as to why even a relatively inept user can easily circumvent the "password locking" that's supposed to prevent unauthorized shutdown of NAV.

The only reason I'm glad Corporate still exists is because every time we go to steal business from a competitor, we show a potential client just how happy our current clients are with the AV packages we install, and how happy our clients are that we select tools based on their capabilities and functionality, not on which company has the best marketing department and gets the most stands in Best Buy. That alone has gotten us more business than anything else. So, by all means, if you work for a consulting firm, please recommend Symantec. We'll be happy to take your business, and your former clients will be happy we came along.

"Mega Antivirus Test"

The above was a convincing study; "...The amazing thing is that Kaspersky Online Scan is my new champion - it found more than any other, including any of the desktop antivirus programs! ... However, the bad thing is that it only scans; it doesn't allow you to remove the viruses it found.

...and the best 'installed AV' was ..."AntiVir PersonalEdition Classic 6 found the most viruses..." (also FREE)

I use Norton (Kaspersky's OnLine finds no problems) mainly due to the other Norton Software;

WinFax Pro
GoBack
CleanSweep
Partition Magic

*what will Norton buy next...*

I did ditch a paid copy of Norton Personal Firewall just because ZoneAlarm (FREE) worked so much better.

Norton's renewal comes due in a few months...

I am sure that some of the other (than NAV) stuff like GoBack also really slow a fast system.

It's just that (unlike Win System Restore, now disabled), it ALWAYS WORKS and Norton has to take credit for no format/reinstalls for me.

Ok, I'm just sticking with what works for me.

avast, its free and works the best!

It sounds like a pirate....avast!