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- on Thu 07 Jan 2010
- 12:21:04 PM UTC
:) feel free to
:) feel free to comment...
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- on Thu 07 Jan 2010
- 02:57:28 PM UTC
Does not surprise me at
Does not surprise me at all.
Norton 360 is a whole new animal. Rebuilt from the ground up.
So many had complained and rightfully so about Norton being a resource hog and failure to detect issues. Now it one of the lowest in resources. I tried it and bought and very sold on its abilities. Something I thought I would never do.
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- on Thu 07 Jan 2010
- 02:37:21 PM UTC
Re Something I thought I would never do.
Me neither.I will stick with Avast.
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- on Thu 07 Jan 2010
- 08:43:43 PM UTC
as long as u have good
as long as u have good layers of defences like sandboxie, WOT, FF noscript, winpatrol, MBAM, SAS, backup & so on, plus a good AV, u should be quite safe...
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- on Fri 08 Jan 2010
- 01:08:08 AM UTC
Still, it's Norton !
I won't trust Norton even if it's the last one standing. Never did , never will. Bad for too long to have this kind of turnaround. Avira is still the only one for me and allot of other members , it seems.
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- on Sat 09 Jan 2010
- 10:45:40 AM UTC
I remember when Norton was top dog and beautiful
I remember when Norton was top dog and beautiful, then somewhere around 2003 it became more trouble than it was worth. I switched to ESET's NOD32 and am still using it today, it does a pretty good job of keeping me out of the soup.
I do customer computers so I'm always looking for a good free or low cost anti-virus. I think I will try AVIRIA. A free version or for $26.95 a 3 PC license. Only trouble with the multiple license versions of most anti-virus software is all the licenses begin their one year count down whenever you activate the first one.
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- on Sun 10 Jan 2010
- 01:12:02 AM UTC
free version of avira will
free version of avira will do, the detection/removal should be about the same, for top dog quality protection while serving net or testing software use something like sandboxie...
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- on Wed 13 Jan 2010
- 12:33:15 AM UTC
Turnaround
Norton has done very well in tests by Av-test.org in recent years as well:
http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/collection/1986/top...Still, Avira seems to be the overall winner. It consistently scores exceedingly well in detection tests, heuristics scanning, proactive tests, and performance tests. The only time it hasn't done as well in is rootkit tests, which is why I recommend a rootkit scanner to go along with it.
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- on Thu 14 Jan 2010
- 12:22:19 AM UTC
if u only count detection
if u only count detection rate then yes, but if u consider F/P, removal rate, scanning speed & so on then no...
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- on Wed 13 Jan 2010
- 12:49:16 AM UTC
Symantec blows
This does more to harm av-comparatives' reputation, in my mind, than help Symantec.
I'll never give Symantec another dime. Forget the product. The company is rotten from the inside.
(Using that many exclamation points just makes you sound exasperated)
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- on Thu 14 Jan 2010
- 01:41:41 AM UTC
well the new norton only use
well the new norton only use <10mb of ram, quick scan only took 45s & update every 5-15min, so apart from the test result, they does improve...
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- on Wed 13 Jan 2010
- 03:09:03 AM UTC
re: Norton
It's just a name...
Peter Norton sold out and retired many many years ago; long before there was an AV
He sold his name and brnaded Norton Commander utilities.
The only thiing I can say positive about "Norton" is that I still have my PC Programers Bible, boxed away somewhere, heh.
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- on Thu 14 Jan 2010
- 01:52:31 AM UTC
does this peter norton guy
does this peter norton guy really thats good? & also that john mcafee guy? i heard they sold their name & then take the money & run...
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- on Sun 17 Jan 2010
- 06:48:44 AM UTC
WTF?
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- on Sun 17 Jan 2010
- 07:14:39 AM UTC
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Show off, lol, been trying to find the PC Programers Bible for years :o(
As for Symantec, the only Norton product I like, is Ghost, and even then, I'm warming to alternatives such as CloneZilla.
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- on Mon 18 Jan 2010
- 02:23:57 AM UTC
Symantec's Not So Bad
Why is everyone hating on Symantec? But i agree with some of you, Avira is great.
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- on Tue 19 Jan 2010
- 01:15:26 AM UTC
Marketing 101
For years, Symantec pissed off a lot of people for various reasons, not the least of which was producing an ever bloated resource hog that did little else than present cosmetic enhancements, but very little improvement in the substantive areas of security.
Another cause for "hating on" them was that they had established a reputation for taking a good piece of software, like PowerQuest's Partition Magic, buying it, cannibalizing it for their other products and producing more cosmetic bloat, and then after ruining the original product, publishing a "new and improved" version that bore little if any resemblance to the original except for cosmetic bloat.
All this was their "marketing technique". Consequently, after a time, Symantec became synonymous with CRAP.
Now, apparently, they've had an infusion of common sense and reversed their ways. My understanding is, as some of the posters in this thread have stated, that they now produce a security product of some virtue.
But, to put it in biblical terms, "ye reap what ye sow". Just as it took years to establish a shoddy reputation, it's going to take years for some of us (myself included) to put our faith back in the worth of Symantec products. For some of us, it's going to take more than just a year or two of good products to convince us that there's been a turnaround. We're skeptical for good cause.
Whether that skepticism reduces to "hate", I don't know. "Hate" is a pretty strong word. But a year or two of good products is not enough to convince me, anyway, that Symantec is on a path to worth. While I don't "hate" them, I would not yet recommend them. They have a lot of "institutional memory" to overcome for those of us that can remember when they were "crap".
For new users who don't have any memory of them being bad, perhaps they can capture that market . . . as long as they stay on the straight path. If they go back to their old ways, my suspicion is that the cycle will repeat itself.
Marketing 101: Once you've "earned" a bad reputation, it takes years and years to establish a good reputation.
Moral of the story: Don't piss off the user base for even one year. Getting them back is hard.
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- on Mon 18 Jan 2010
- 09:32:49 PM UTC
becoz norton 2004-7 was
becoz norton 2004-7 was horrible on detection/removal rate, use alot of ram/slow, bad customer services (plus its not free) until 2008-9, they begin to improve alot here & there but many old customers don't care any more coz they've already switch to other brands & some of them even have free version that give u basic AV/AS protection which is good enough for peoples who just want basic not extra protection...
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wow, norton just won best av product of the year 2009 from av-comparatives.org!!!
Source...
http://www.av-comparatives.org/images/stories/test...
Summary of the Annual Awards (for more detail click the link above)...
On-Demand Malware Detection
• GOLD: Symantec
• SILVER: ESET
• BRONZE: McAfee
On-Demand PUA Detection
• GOLD: Trustport, G DATA
• SILVER: McAfee, AVIRA
• BRONZE: Symantec, F-Secure, Bitdefender, eScan
Proactive On-Demand Malware Detection
• GOLD: Microsoft
• SILVER: ESET
• BRONZE: Kaspersky
Low False Positive Rate
• GOLD: Microsoft
• SILVER: F-Secure
• BRONZE: Symantec
OveralI Performance - Low System Impact
• GOLD: AVIRA
• SILVER: Kingsoft
• BRONZE: F-Secure
On-Demand Scanning Speed
• GOLD: Kingsoft
• SILVER: Symantec
• BRONZE: Avast
Malware Removal
• GOLD: eScan
• SILVER: Symantec
• BRONZE: Microsoft
Whole Product Dynamic Protection
• GOLD: Symantec
• SILVER: Kaspersky
• BRONZE: AVIRA
Best Products of 2009:
GOLD: Symantec
SILVER: Kaspersky
BRONZE: ESET
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