|
Donation/Premium |
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Survey |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Norton AntiVirus
Posted by swimmingcat on 2008-02-01 12:45:28
My Score: 
Norton is run by thieving pirates. One expects anti-virus software to protect against threats from the outside. There needs to be another product to protect from the greedy money grabbers at Norton.
I have been using Norton 2006. Works fine (as far as I know). The other day it downloaded some updates. After that my computer could not access the internet via LAN, Wi-Fi, or EDO. No google. No anything. When the internet security function in Norton is turned off - access to the internet resumes.
I suppose this does offer 100% protection against computer viruses from the net - but it is a trivial solution. It is as sensible as not turning the computer on. Again 100% effective - but renders the computer completely useless.
And Useless would be the appropriate word for Norton tech support. They do admit that there are some issues with access the net using XP and Norton 2006 with the latest patches. Their solution: upgrade for $69.95.
This makes me angry. Norton has deliberately altered their product via an update such that I a) pay the pirates $69.95 or b) use the computer with the virus protection turned off.
Norton has broken the covenant. They tell you that updates are so that you can have the latest protection - but quite apparently it also enables them to obsolete the product when they want to extract more ca$h from computer users.
I have opted for option B. I refuse to be black mailed and I think the world needs to now that the ethical standards of Norton are in the toilet.
I can further add that I used the computer for a year and a half with no virus software. My 12 year old son and I surf the net extensively. Norton did not find any virus in the 2.7 million files on the machine when it was recently activated.
The observation that I would make here is that during that year and a half Internet Explorer was disabled - only FireFox was used to access the internet. And we only use web mail - no Outlook.
Norton was activated as I take the computer to my client''s office and plug into their network. Having an up-to-date anti-virus package on the machine is a requirement for this to be permitted. A requirement for me to earn a living and now Norton thinks they should have a part of that. The answer: get your filthy dirty greedy money grubbing hands out of my pocket.
So be warned - Norton is run by thieves. At some point they will remotely obsolete their product and try and grab your cash. Its time for a world wide boycott of Norton and other such companies that are completely devoid of ethics and morals.
|
|
Norton AntiVirus
Posted by Piscesmale64 on 2007-02-04 22:58:40
My Score: 
Norton products prior to 2002 were decent but then they just started to not work properly and sometimes not at all they tended to cause more problems than they actually solved. As a power user I recommend the following to people out there that want a system with little troubles as possible. First off if your computer doesn''t need internet access don''t get it. Second if it does require internet or you prefer the access then follow the steps below.
Start with a good computer with decent parts ie Asus or Gigabyte Mainboards, quality video cards sound cards and lan cards.
Install your operating system and then before you update anything download and install the following software.
Aviva Antivir
Comodo Firewall
Mozilla Firefox
Total Commander (for Exporer replacement, FTP, File Management and compression utilities.)
Update your device drivers and then install all the updates for your operating system starting with service packs first then security updates and then the other updates as required. Check for updates often or automatically.
Spyware? Well the debate is that a properly installed firewall and AV program will eliminate most code that would be constituted as spyware. My feeling is that sometimes you may want to do an online check with some of the varied sites that do this online. Keep in mind that most of the stuff that they find is generally harmless as they want you to purchase their software. If the process shows a file that seems suspicious google the offending file and see what comments are made on it within the web community.
Never download files from sites or people you do not know and scan the files that you do download from friends and family as well as acquaintances. Just because you know them is not sufficient reason to trust that what they are sending is not the result of a malicious file from someone they knew.
If you know how to us msconfig...check your startup and make sure that unwanted or uneeded programs are not starting automatically on startup.
Common ones are yahoo and msn.
If you exercise some common sense and maintain your computer on a frequent basis your computer should supply you with enjoyable computer experiences but if you willy nilly download and install and accept every file people send you chances are you will not be a happy camper or you will be an oblivious carrier infecting others as you surf along.
Avoid anything Symantec puts out except for WinFax...still a great program...not sure why they haven''t screwed it up yet.
|
|
Norton AntiVirus
Posted by stevedallas on 2005-06-17 18:12:30
My Score:
Norton Antivirus is a bloated piece of crap. Not worth the money or the headaches. I am an IT professional and take care of a lot of PCs in businesses. Norton takes forever to load through several reboots. You never do know if it''s really scanning. I can repeatedly set it to scan at a certain time and go back and there is a message that the PC has not been scanned in XX days. It also arbitrarily stops active protection for no reason that I can find. It is a big resource hog! It is hard to remove from the PC. Other Norton products I have used are just as bad. I have been testing AVG for 9 months and that is #1 at this time. I am beginning to buy site licenses and AVG''s Enterprise solution for my customers. The score should be (0) zero, not even a one.
|
|
Norton AntiVirus
Posted by redwood on 2005-06-12 07:19:20
My Score:
After using AVG for several years and loving it, I brought my laptop to a repair shop to have the keyboard replaced. This shop turned out to be less than reputable, after asking several times the price of the work specifically is this the total cost parts, tax, + labor... everything? I go to pick up the laptop and was presented with a bill several hundred dollars higher than quoted. They claimed labor was not included in the quote. Needless to say I Paid only the price of the original quote.... Included as a gift in this bloated bill was Norton Anti-Virus. Gawd what a Junk program! We''ll call it a P minus 1 program!( P-IV - 1 = P-III, P-III - 1 = P-II etc.) If you''re running a P-I computer dust off that commodore 64 in the basement and start using it cause its going to run like a super computer compared to Your pentium I. I don''t know if I''m going to last until the renewal date before uninstalling it cause I can''t stand this slug of a computer much longer!
|
|
Norton AntiVirus
Posted by ots on 2005-05-31 00:00:56
My Score: 
Norton is NOT unreliable because Symantec has to make it work on a lot of different configurations. It is unreliable because it is poorly designed. There is not a single other respectable AV program out there that is as problem-prone as Symantec''s. And it''s because the program is a massive, scrapped-together mess. There is no intelligence in charge at Symantec these days, because most of their products get worse and worse each year. Unless you have a very compelling reason (and I can''t think of one), stay away from Norton. It''s less reliable and slower than the competition, not to mention harder to remove. It''s more expensive and supported less than just about any other product out there. Most people that visit here probably already know this by now, but STEER CLEAR OF NORTON.
|
|
Norton AntiVirus
Posted by Frogwrapper on 2005-05-27 17:37:00
My Score:
I have used this since the day I began and still am. Its a cracker (not of the Christmas variety though) and with its new psychic virus persuasion system beats all others hands down and feet up. The best thing is it is kind to the environment and will never cause any damage to either loved ones or pets. 10 stars shindigalicious y''all.
|
|
Norton AntiVirus
Posted by justwaiting on 2005-05-26 05:09:07
My Score:
Norton/Symantech products are a bear to remove(un-install) from your pc. After the usual methods of un-installing the program-add/Remove
the registry still holds alot of their keys, values, etc-altho program says it''s removing all of the registry keys & data. It doesn''t remove everything. I had continuous error messages relating to Symantech which, I believe was cauing major issues in my XP Pro.
I, too had NAV 2003 & their firewall. I had problems installing the NAV 2004 on another person''s pc-many error messages. After seeing the messes of 2004 NAV, I didn''t want to upgrade to NAV 2004 or 2005.
It was when my supposedly updated virus definitions(did weekly scans)- Norton didn''t catch the ByteVerify-where an online virus scan by Panda did. That when I decided NO MORE Norton. I will never recommend Norton/Symantech products again.
|
|
Norton AntiVirus
Posted by spiceman on 2005-05-22 17:21:49
My Score:
There are many who use Norton AV without any significant problems. I am using 2005 and can''t say that it has created any significant issues for me. It''s not the best, but not the worst either. It has caught most (but not all) viruses that have tried to get on my system. That''s always been my biggest complaint about Norton; that the detection rates aren''t as good as some other products. They don''t update the signatures often enough either. Panda, for example, updates every day. Sometimes Norton doesn''t play well with other things. I suspect the reason we hear so many bad reports on Norton is because it is so widely used. It has to work on so many different configurations. Many of the better, lesser known virus scanners aren''t as widely used, so there aren''t as many bad reports. It has been a lot of years since Peter Norton sold out to Symantec; the products were certainly better when he had sole control. I am surprised he still wants to put his name on mediocre products. I probably won''t renew Norton AV next time, but it''s not always the terrible product that people claim it is.
|
|
Norton AntiVirus
Posted by awsj on 2005-04-18 16:57:55
My Score:
edit to last post : this product(norton) should get a big fat zero
|
|
Norton AntiVirus
Posted by awsj on 2005-04-18 16:55:32
My Score:
norton sucks
the freeware antivirus programs that are available easily do the job that norton does and without the bogdown. it is one of the worst resource hogs i have ever run across and it will take you ages to get rid of folders files etc. that are installed with norton. the unistaller is garbage as it leaves all sorts of crap files behind and plugs up the registry. i will say it again ''NORTON SUCKS''
|
|
Norton AntiVirus
Posted by spliffyb on 2005-04-01 05:08:13
My Score:
i do not agree. norton does notwork well on a very ld pc, but on my pc,with a 1.5GHZ processor, 512 mb ram, and lots of other things running too, it is fine. the MSCONFIG module maybe of use for those who would like to regain RAM by ending unneccesary parts ofnorton, but otherwise, perhaps a new ram stick will solve all of the problems.
|
|
Norton AntiVirus
Posted by clean_freak on 2005-03-29 12:22:54
My Score:
Norton AV was a worthwile product up to and including 2002. But since then, it has been nothing but garbage. Symantec has done a wonderful job with their advertising, having duped so many, myself included, into buying their product. Last year I switched over to Kaspersky Personal for my PC and NOD 32 for my daughter''s slower PC. I''ve had no regrets whatsoever.
I give Norton a five only because it seems to perform its intended purpose of virus detection/cleaning quite well, but it wreaks absolute havoc on a PC''s resources, often crashes, and has to re-installed repeatedly just to resolve its issues. It has been well documented that it will bring even the most powerful PC to its figurative knees!
|
|
|
