Norton needs Renewing

arknor · 10 Jul 2011 at 10:41

i used to be a big fan of kaspersky but dont see the point in paying for an AV anymore i slapped AVAST! on all the computers in my house and its done a good job for us so far

izit · 10 Jul 2011 at 13:11

These payware are just bad, completely take over your pc.

Mark3h · 10 Jul 2011 at 13:37

Have used Avast for several years, can't fault it.
The best anti virus though, is good old fashioned common sense.

TheVoice · 10 Jul 2011 at 13:40

jbs said:
People slating Norton have not used it for a while. It used to be really problematic and resource hungry, but it is now an excellent product.

After all the trouble they caused with their crap products, I'd personally refuse to support them now anyway. Plenty of equally good/better alternatives anyway.

NuclearWinter · 10 Jul 2011 at 13:45

magick said:
My main concern is that she'll get another 1 years supercription for NIS2011 then NIS2012 comes out in 4 months or something.

I missed this earlier. Norton subscribers can always update to the latest version for free during their subscription period, so that shouldn't be a problem at all. The subscription isn't tied down to any particular version.

Nanobot · 10 Jul 2011 at 15:21

I know if you do online banking with Barclays, they are giving away KIS (Windows and Android) for free. You can definitely get retail NIS cheaper than paying for renewal - which doesn't make sense. You would Norton would give existing users cheaper renewals to stay. I have always managed to find retail NIS far more cheaper.
I still find the Norton world map home screen an utter waste of time, who really wants to know how many viruses around the world?

Kanpai · 10 Jul 2011 at 17:08

fluff said:
Ditch the payware and install MSE.

+1

Jaffar · 10 Jul 2011 at 17:15

I wouldn't recommend AVG free - been running it for ages, but decided to uninstall and try MSE. It found about 6-8 viruses, including 2 trojans, all listed as 'severe'. (the quick scan didn't pick it up - only the full scan, which took a while). All of which MSE successfully removed.

I then scanned with Malwarebytes, which didn't pick up anything else.

dante6491 · 10 Jul 2011 at 17:27

I use Avira. Pretty damn good. Rolls out new definitions every week. Picked up on the single virus I have had.

Macro · 10 Jul 2011 at 17:44

Avast or MSE are generally viewed as the way to go at the moment. Both are free.

kmufc77 · 10 Jul 2011 at 17:47

fluff said:
Ditch the payware and install MSE.

Though if i was paying for AV it would be Nod 32 which is excellent.

KotFM · 10 Jul 2011 at 18:27

Some banks provide free licences for AV, for instance Barclays give you Kaspersky Internet Security. Could be worth checking if your mum's bank does...

Deleted member 77746 · 10 Jul 2011 at 18:37

I hope after reading this thread that there are no Norton uses here. For it been a paid version it's pants. Might aswell go for something free like MSE.

exia · 10 Jul 2011 at 19:23

iDroid84 said:
I hope after reading this thread that there are no Norton uses here. For it been a paid version it's pants. Might aswell go for something free like MSE.

Yes, there's one here,

and no, Norton '11:
- is not 'pants'
- is not bloatware
- does not 'completely take over your pc' as some as saying?

Deleted member 77746 · 10 Jul 2011 at 19:32

Why pay for something which is worse than a free version I just don't get some people. Even if it came free it would be removed instantly. It's pants, it's bloatware and on slower systems it takes over the pc.

exia · 10 Jul 2011 at 19:58

What evidence do you have that it's worse than free versions, that it's bloatware and takes over slower PCs? It seems your only criticizing a product on pure ignorance.

I'd bet most people here used Norton 5+ years ago when the software was poor, and now think all the newer versions are the same. If I had the same outlook then I'd still be using XP.

Deleted member 77746 · 10 Jul 2011 at 21:27

exia said:
What evidence do you have that it's worse than free versions, that it's bloatware and takes over slower PCs? It seems your only criticizing a product on pure ignorance.

I'd bet most people here used Norton 5+ years ago when the software was poor, and now think all the newer versions are the same. If I had the same outlook then I'd still be using XP.

By clients bringing machines to me with it installed is enough evidence. It's bloatware for the simple fact that this product contains the following;

Backup Sets, Backup, Online Storage, Startup Manager, Registry Cleaners, Insight, Norton Tasks, PC Tuneup, Online Family, Parental controls, Task Scheduling, Firewall, ...... and more.... it's all a resource hog.

Andy_82 · 10 Jul 2011 at 21:39

iDroid84 said:
By clients bringing machines to me with it installed is enough evidence. It's bloatware for the simple fact that this product contains the following;

Backup Sets, Backup, Online Storage, Startup Manager, Registry Cleaners, Insight, Norton Tasks, PC Tuneup, Online Family, Parental controls, Task Scheduling, Firewall, ...... and more.... it's all a resource hog.

You're talking about norton 360, there antivirus and internet security suites have improved massively over the last few years. They have done a good job going from one of the heaviest on system resources to one of the lightest with very good detection rates and few false positives. I'd definitely recommend to inexperienced users.

The bad reputation was deserved in the past but not now, whether the price is worth it over many of the excellent free products is another matter.

Deleted member 77746 · 10 Jul 2011 at 21:44

Andy_82 said:
The bad reputation was deserved in the past but not now, whether the price is worth it over many of the excellent free products is another matter.

That's my point. I don't think any of their products are worth it over any other product out there. Even for free.

exia · 11 Jul 2011 at 00:03

iDroid84 said:
By clients bringing machines to me with it installed is enough evidence. It's bloatware for the simple fact that this product contains the following;

Backup Sets, Backup, Online Storage, Startup Manager, Registry Cleaners, Insight, Norton Tasks, PC Tuneup, Online Family, Parental controls, Task Scheduling, Firewall, ...... and more.... it's all a resource hog.

As mentioned above, these are individual applications of Norton 360, a software that offers much more than just an antivirus...

Plus I don't see how this results in Norton being a resource hog, unless you choose to run them all at once? And then if for some reason you do, in terms of resources it shouldn't be compared to MSE.