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1330254 2013-02-26 21:01:00 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
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Not sure if trolling or ..... :O 		Chilling_Silence (9)
1330255 2013-02-26 21:09:00 :O

Not sure if trolling or ..... :O

You may notice how carefully I worded everything as my experience with it. I've purchased it for myself, for friends and for family before now. I eat my own dogfood in that regard.

I'm aware of how folks view Norton on here, don't worry. I've even had people accuse me of taking money from Norton.

I won't change my opinion based on being shouted at here, just like I won't change my opinion if manufacturers shout at me. :D 		Zara Baxter (16260)
1330256 2013-02-26 21:11:00 Another couple of examples in the workshop just this week.
Two laptops, one running the Telecom supplied McAfee and the other Norton 360.
Both fully up to date and ran full system scans - Nothing found.
Both laptops had fake registry cleaner / booster programs installed.
Removed the two current AV programs and installed NOD32.
It immediately started finding infections before it even had a chance to download the latest definitions!

After updating and running a full scan on both, one found and removed about 30 infections and the other 69! 		CYaBro (73)
1330257 2013-02-26 21:34:00 I'm not shouting, just disbelief / amazement it's worked for you! Still, if you're happy, then good for you :D

Out of curiosity, how much would I have to pay you to run an eset online scan on that machine of yours and see what it picks up? ;) 		Chilling_Silence (9)
1330258 2013-02-26 21:35:00 I'm not shouting, just disbelief / amazement it's worked for you! Still, if you're happy, then good for you :D

Out of curiosity, how much would I have to pay you to run an eset online scan on that machine of yours and see what it picks up? ;)

Pay? Nothing. More than happy to run Eset's online scanner over it, and post the results here. Drop me an email reminder, though? my work brain and home brain don't talk to each other. :D 		Zara Baxter (16260)
1330259 2013-02-26 21:41:00 my work brain and home brain don't talk to each other. :D

Oh its not just me then 		nedkelly (9059)
1330260 2013-02-26 22:00:00 While not every PC that has Norton will have infections, there a quite a few that do in one form or another.

Lab tests cant replicate real life usage, no matter how hard they try. They cant replicate a user clicking on something that they shouldn't or when a pop up or site they visits may cause problems.

As for Norton Not slowing down a PC -- Haven't seen one yet that goes better when Norton is removed.

Example working on a brand new Laptop hasn't even been on the internet yet, the person let the trial Norton install :groan: - They already had a Full Licence for Nod32 which will be used - the instant Norton Was removed there was a noticeable difference in performance - and this things no slouch i7-3630 (2.4 GHz) 6GB memory.

Nod may not be perfect, no AV is, but its sure a lot better than Norton.

BTW: the other PC was scanning earlier Had Norton, Now Nod32 - about 3/4 of the way through, 49 and counting ;) ( and Norton Said it was clean) 		wainuitech (129)
1330261 2013-02-26 22:36:00 OK deal, I'll do it tonight!

Does the online scanner also detect PUPs? I run linux at work and can't check... 		Chilling_Silence (9)
1330262 2013-02-26 23:04:00 OK deal, I'll do it tonight!

Does the online scanner also detect PUPs? I run linux at work and can't check... Good Question - Didn't know so I rang Eset - according to them yes it does.

The install version has the option to enable or disable.( knew that one) :p 		wainuitech (129)
1330263 2013-02-26 23:08:00 I see nobody mentioned Kapersky PeterQ (16315)
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