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| Thread ID: 129521 | 2013-02-26 12:17:00 | Norton 360 good? | fishbone (17020) | Press F1 |
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| 1330244 | 2013-02-26 12:17:00 | Im currently running norton 360 premier edition, is it true its the best anti virus software? | fishbone (17020) | ||
| 1330245 | 2013-02-26 18:26:00 | No. | CYaBro (73) | ||
| 1330246 | 2013-02-26 18:39:00 | what the best one u can reccomend? | fishbone (17020) | ||
| 1330247 | 2013-02-26 18:59:00 | ESET NOD32 Smart Security | nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 1330248 | 2013-02-26 19:31:00 | It's good at letting things through, if that counts? :D I'll second nedkellys sentiments, though I stick with just the AV, not the security suite personally. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1330249 | 2013-02-26 19:39:00 | NOD32 has been the recommendation around here for ages, and Norton has been possibly the least liked option even longer. When you read reviews and comparisons you get a different impression however so I sometimes wonder how objective these opinions are. A few techies whose opinion I value on this forum will tell you NOD32. Researching the reviews will tell you bitdefender, kaspersky, or Nortons. In the end you have to make a choice on who to trust. Me I just use the free ones, they are not as good but wiping everything and starting over doesn't bother me if it comes to that so I'm not worried. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1330250 | 2013-02-26 20:25:00 | http://www.av-comparatives.org/ Then make up your own mind. |
KarameaDave (15222) | ||
| 1330251 | 2013-02-26 20:33:00 | "Norton" and "best" do not belong in the same sentence, or the same universe. | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1330252 | 2013-02-26 20:44:00 | Only thing Norton is good at is slowing down your computer and getting work for people who repair computers. Just got a PC dropped of last night from a customer - had Norton INC - it was obvious when it starts up something is not right - removed Norton, just installed nod32 and as it was installing its picked up 8 active infections - and it hasn't even done a scan yet. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1330253 | 2013-02-26 20:57:00 | To be the contrary one in the thread, I think Norton 360 is a fine security suite, and I ran it on my system for a year without any system slowdowns on my 6-year-old system. (I tend to cycle between AV solutions to keep tabs on how they are doing, currently using Avira and about to switch over to Trend Micro this year). If you're happy with it, and it hasn't caused slowdowns on your system, I don't see any major reason to change. Most of the big name brands (f-secure, trend micro, eset, symantec, bitdefender, etc) have good (99%+) detection rates - as KarameaDave says, AV-comparitives is an independent test centre, but note that Symantec/Norton doesn't submit their products for testing there. AV-test is another independent testing organisation. Products differ in how easy they are to use, and mostly that comes down to whatever you find suits you out of those products that get good detection rates. A lot of the folks here love Eset and Nod32 (which is its lightweight antivirus product) for its speed and swear by its detection and cleaning capabilities. If you switch, and you needed any assistance, you'd certainly have people here happy to help you get the most out of it, which is a point in its favour. [Disclaimer: Eset advertises with PC World every month. We use AV-test for our security suite test detection/cleaning results. We do get advertising from other security companies, but only rarely - if I could remember any from the last 12 months, I'd list them here...] |
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