spacewaste

Oct 23 2005, 07:40 PM

Thanks for the info Moody.

And I would personally recommend the Security Edition, because for only 25$ more...That's quite the bargain .

Though if you could just get the McAfee firewall for that amount of money, I think you'd be better off with that .

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saxsux

Oct 25 2005, 04:44 AM

Urrgghh...
I've had Norton Antivirus for a couple of years now (started off with Norton AntiVirus 2003 and upgraded to 2004 later) and I haven't been amazingly impressed, I think that quite a bit needed to be done to it. Of course, that was the older versions, so this new version might be up to scratch.

Anway, my subscription expired about a month ago, so I uninstalled Norton AntiVirus (it was really difficult, you wouldn't believe how much you have to remove. I had to download a special tool from Symantec to do it), and got Avast! AntiVirus Home Edition for free, and so far it's been great.
If you're interested, it's here - http://www.avast.com/eng/down_home.html

Also, the professional version is only €35,95 (http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_professional3.html) a year for a one-computer license which is quite a bit cheaper than Norton, hint hint

If you do get Norton, I'd be quite interested to see some screenshots, etc so I know what it's like.
Thanks in advance, and I hope this was helpful,

saxsux

 

 

 

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saxsux

Nov 10 2005, 06:58 PM

QUOTE(broli @ Nov 10 2005, 06:18 AM)

I've never heard of this AVAST or whatever.  It seems interesting, and my Norton does take up a lot of ram with it.  What's so special about avast though?  Not that I hate it or anything, I just don't know XD

I just read a good review about it and thought I'd try it out. For a free prodct I think it's great. Nothing's really that special about it, I just quite liked it and thought that others might find it useful, that's all.

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Levis

Nov 10 2006, 04:01 AM

QUOTE(Moody @ Oct 23 2005, 11:30 AM)

In the Netherlands Symantec introduced the new Norton a few days ago. I think they did the same in other country's.

For more information you can see: Symantec or dutch (it exist in more languages I think: Symantec Netherlands.

I not yet have it, but my father is going to buy it.... The latest version we have is Norton 2004. What do you think, should we buy Norton Antivirus 2006 for €54,95 or Norton Internet security 2006 for €79,95?

When I buyed it, I'll maybe post the difference and new functions.

Greetz,

Moody

Well they are using the same engine that is being used in Internet Security 2006, so you migth as well use that. But personally i don't like 2006. The 2005 edition seriies was the best one. Yet after becoming computer literate i realized that norton totally sucs. Their software completely hogs system resources. I would use AVG software or Avast or Zone Alarm software. Try them you will be impressed.

Also, i just posted my first tutorial. Check it out when it is verified. You will have more options to choose from. Sorry i forgot to add this earlier.

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talktime

Nov 10 2006, 12:51 AM

I dont like Norton Antivirus because it is vely bulky slow and consumes a lot of time loading. Also its one of the costlier one. I also dont like Macfee for similar reasons. I had a good experience with CA Internet security suite. I would not be too interested in Norton's new version. thanks for the info any way.

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Bano97

Nov 9 2006, 06:32 PM

When my parents first purchased a new computer in 2004, a 30 day trial of both Norton Antivirus and Internet Security were included (Windows Trial Software ). From that point forward, they have paid to renew Norton every year, for my computer as well. But now, after reading what most of you are saying, I feel like the stereotypical uniformed customer that buys expensive products without researching Thank you for your reviews, I will surely think twice when the Norton renewal time rolls around again.

On the other hand, I do also use Adaware, which always finds more than Norton. Several times I've gotten an annoyance on my computer and Norton couldn't remove, yet Adaware could.

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foolakadugie

Oct 25 2006, 01:16 AM

QUOTE(broli @ Nov 9 2005, 10:18 PM)

I've never heard of this AVAST or whatever. It seems interesting, and my Norton does take up a lot of ram with it. What's so special about avast though? Not that I hate it or anything, I just don't know XD

Although I usually have something like Ad Aware and Norton on, I haven't had any viruses break in yet. Spyware is different though...When I try to scan it with Norton, it detects none. When I try with Ad Aware, I get about 10 each time, and everytime I shut down the computer and turn it back on, I scan it and 10 shows up again. Oh well...I'll try to fix it one of these days >_<

I use Avast, too. I like it mainly because it is effective and FREE. To be honest, I like it much better than Norton , even though avast is free of charge. Avast requires less resources and seems to stay more up-to-date on virus definitions. Norton always slowed down my computer and it just seemed bloated to me.

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