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Well, I did not vote. And if you say it is that good, I would consider it. I just have bad thoughts when I hear Nortons...

Plus, it is not free. For some reason, I get really cheap when it comes to software. Will blow all kinds of cash for borgs and gaming stuff, but get miserly when it comes to the antivirus stuff. :-D

Do they have a free 30 day trial? If so, I would try it and buy it if it is as good as you say.

 

I will give it a shot this weekend MA. I am currently using Avast, and have had 0 problems with it. I love how it just spouts out on the speakers that my virus database has been updated. Especially if I was gaming the night before with the sound cranked up... :-D

I will post back with my thoughts on it.

 

Ok, the install was painless. Kinda creepy for me to acually install a Norton product! But I will try it for a week or two, and if I like it, I will buy it.

Jeez, installing the Nortons... I am usually uninstalling it. :-D

 

100 downloads and 5 gave it a below-average rating says to me that 5 people wanted to whine and 95 were too busy gaming with satisfaction

Is that $40/annum MA or a one-off cost?

 

Norton 2009 was one of the Black Friday offers today at BestBuy, Office Depot, Staples and Dell.

Thanks for the positive tip MA.

 

Lets face it Norton's past versions were pretty bad. I did see the new version was supposed to be better. I still refuse to put it on my machine. Don't trust it and there are Lots of free versions of anti virus out there. Microsoft is getting ready to give out a free one, You can do online scans.

Just can not see paying whatever norton wants a year when you can get the same protection for nothing. Just my 2 cents.

 

My question is what is the difference in the gamer ed & regular AV?
I mean if you can make the AV faster do it, why label it "Gamers Edition"? Are they just looking to sell to gamers who spend the big bucks building the latest and greatest platforms? I game and do everything on each of my PCs, so what do I use?

Rewrite: PC Users are an extremely demanding audience that simply won’t tolerate anything on their system that detracts from performance.

If Norton knows there AV is untolerate they should fix it across the board, eh?

Maybe Zonealarm that has a gaming option should repackage their software.

BTW - I use only Norton products, so I am not being a hater.

 

MA, I always used a paid AV. Norton was always favoured, nine out of ten times for numerous pc's.

I thank MG, and it's members recommendations, so *NOW* shall stick with AVG v8 free. Update issues or none it's doing it's job. Till Avast, Avira or Avg8 (free) get flack on this forum and members .. Or other boards.. I'm good with free or will shuck up the $$...
Cheers....

 

How long has the gamer edition been out? A week?
I dont see how anybody can have any substantial basis of voting on, including you.

At 40 bucks a year it better be brilliant compared to the free alternatives before I recommend it to anybody. After seeing how much trouble the Norton Firewall is causing people it will take a good while before I'm giving any of their security products a shot.

 

Well so far no problems with it. It does use around 2% more RAM. :-D I am sure I could tweak it and get the usage down, but this is just a web browser so a couple of % either way is not an issue.

I do have one complaint. And this is really a pet peave of mine with software these days. It automaticly put an icon in my toolbar, no problem there, but it put a Gadget in the sidebar by default. Sure, I just removed it, but I hate when programs try to 'advertise' on my desktop. Again, no big deal, just aggravates me.

 

Yeah, 2% more than Avast. No big deal. My RAM was at 38% with Avast and Opera open, now it is at 40% with Norton and Opera. No big deal. This laptop has too much junk running on it, I have not tweaked it like I do my main computers. With all the programs running in the background, it is still a fast little sucker!

Just posted so people could see the actual % change. I love the CPU and RAM usage meter on the sidebar.

 

I went to the page you listed and downloaded the software, and although I am wary of anything by Symantec I may give this one a try and vote afterwards. But to complain about votes is absurd, unless the vote corresponds to a comment. If I vote 1 without the ability to say why, or others the ability to read why I voted the way I did, the voting process becomes less an informitive function and more just random noise. So don't complain about your own device, improve it instead.

 

Used Norton Internet Security until '04, went back to '03 for the remainder of '04. Then went with Trend Micro's offering until the middle of this year, uninstalled it after 6 months of a 12 month subscription, on three machines. Windows is a real money pit, as in she is high maintenance. I am using a free Linux OS to post this, Avast AV and Shorewall FW were freeware as well, and installations went w/o a hitch, w/o a reboot. Also purchased Norton's Save and Restore a few years back, used it about a month , wasted cash we could have bought groceries with. I did not vote on it, and will not try it, not even on our free dual core desktop with its 1.5G of RAM. Twice bitten, thrice shy. Just my rant on what I once considered quality products from a quality organization. Hope that the worm has turned for Symantec. My baby is American Made...

 

Well, I am starting to like this Norton thing. And I won't lie, I have thought anything Norton was a POS no matter what. And honestly MA, I tried it so I could list all the faults and problems it caused. I have not been running it very long, but it has a lot of configeration options, virus scan is quick, and I see no real world performance issues with my laptop.

Dang you for having good software for me to try! :-D

I am going to run it for the next week or so and see if I can find anything wrong with it. So far I am impressed. My only complaint is the gadget it installs by default on my sidebar. But a right click and remove gets rid of it, so I mean, I am looking hard for faults...

Oh yeah. My one complaint. It is not free.

 

Very interesting. I personally do not vote on anything I have not personally tried myself. By 'tried', I mean I have used the app in question. That doesn't mean that I installed it, played with it for 5 minutes, then said "this sucks" or "this rocks", and then voted for or against. It means I used the app thoroughly for an amount of time, usually at least a few days. I don't see how an informed opinion can come about unless the app has been completely tried out in different circumstances for which the app was designed to see if it works as described, and how effective it is at doing what it's supposed to do. A while back I jumped the gun with a new AV app here at MG (no need to mention the name). I raved about it because, at first, it seemed like a great app, but after using it for a couple of days, I saw my original opinion was wrong; the app was pretty lame for what I needed at the time. Like Fred G, I'm a big fan of freeware. Anything free. If I can get a good app for free, I'll do that over paying for something. However, I have paid for apps that are worth paying for. So if this paid version of Norton does what it should, and does it better/faster/easier/etc than its free competitors, I'll probably buy it. (Did I just say I might actually buy a Norton app?!?!?! LOL)

Anyway- thanks for the heads up MA. Because I honestly trust your opinion, I'm actually going to try the Norton version you linked to. I'll uninstall my current AV (which is Avira) and try the Norton. If I find it to be better than Avira, I'll buy it.

[dlb]

 

"(Did I just say I might actually buy a Norton app?!?!?! )"

LOL! I had an internet slowdown half an hour ago, and I instantly blamed the dang Norton. My other computer was just as slow. Perhaps Norton has removed their head from the dark smelly place and made a good product.

The only 'fault' I can see so far is it is not free like Avast. But, it seems to have a lot more options. I love freeware, but if it works, I don't mind paying for it.

 

Maybe those that rated a "1" should look here, rated Adv+
http://www.av-comparatives.org/seiten/ergebnisse/report19.pdf

I used Norton SSs till 2005 and never had a problem but I'm not a power user or a gamer. I recommend Norton Suites to family/friends because it's user friendly and does the job for them. If I installed Comodo on their PCs they would be calling me dail. I like Comodo but not friendly for some users.

Ranking it a "1" is just unfair and bias, can you remove the ranking if just silly? I looked at other reviews 3.5-4 range.

 

I was Norton user for the best part of a decade, on a least some computers.

I like(d) the fact you could log on to Symantec and find details /removal instructions of most suspicious objects.

Then in 2006 things went horribly wrong. I had to keep reactivating my protection, for no good reason. Finally it wouldn't even do that, just before the subscription became due.

After wasted Email and phone calls I wrote a real letter to the Symantec CEO. Asking what I should do and what I should say say to customers who were in a similar position.

Two years on and I am still waiting for an acknowledgement, let alone a reply.

Meanwhile I changed to alternative protection and got on with my life and my business.

So my first question is

I am told (yet again) that Symantec has a wonderful new version of Norton. Mebbe so but does anyone know what will happen come renewal date? or if a user simply needs help?

I would say that I average two or three pcs a week that work perfectly again once some version of Norton has been removed.

So my second question is

What would I say to the owners of these pcs that might persuade them to shell out for yet another version of Norton?


No I haven't voted, I will wait till 2010 to see if the product stands the test of time. If so users will be demanding it by name.

 

To those who believe Norton 2009 is a good thing.

Read first page 22 of the latest issue of Personal Computer World (March2009).

If unconvinced then read

page 26 of the same rag.