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| Thread ID: 95301 | 2008-12-01 18:01:00 | Free Norton 360? | mabix (10146) | PC World Chat |
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| 724739 | 2008-12-05 18:47:00 | Check this site http://www.av-comparatives.org/ Look into the Comparatives section and scroll down to find out additional tests and reports. Have a look at the Online results for the following. On-demand comparative August 2008 Online results / Report Retrospective/ProActive Test November 2008 Online results These people are not idiots, they give NIS good marks, if a product did not work they would say so. So what is going on here. I had a quick look there. They may not be idiots, but they do not impress me. 1. AVG 8.00 free is not there, like it or not this is very popular world-wide. 2. Avaast Free is not there either. Yet they feature some programs that I have never even heard of. ! So where is their credability ? Surely they should test all popular av programs, not just paid ones ? Also their forum does not look very active - only 11 viewers on line when I checked. |
Digby (677) | ||
| 724740 | 2008-12-05 18:53:00 | Exactly . . . . . . I can't believe all the computer magazines and expert testers would rate a product highly if they were not satisfied with the results they were getting . . . . I can . I tried it . |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 724741 | 2008-12-05 20:46:00 | I am not sure that this forum takes a completely unbiased approach to some products and even when improved versions are available there is a tendency to discredit it by any means available because of a mind set and general long standing dislike of the product. you are right - not to many people in this forum like the products - and yes going from past experiences there may be some bias - but just because a product is altered doesn't mean its going to take a dramatic turn around in performance. If the product is good then people say so, if its not so good the same - When and IF Norton improves I will gladly say its better - but until that time .......... When ever Norton makes a mayor change I download it and see if its performance any better - sometimes it is - for example I have already mentioned it loads faster and is not so much of a system hog, so there is a GOOD improvement - this is actually the second time I tested NIS09, did it when it first came out, with similar results. While I wouldn't expect any AV to get every thing - its a real kick in the guts as I posted before - the infected drive, which does have SP2 installed wouldn't even allow NIS09 to load - it killed the program - Yet Nod32 went straight in. Even on a clean drive, and scanning a known infected drive, NIS09 couldn't do it. In my books if you pay for software, no matter what it is it should at least work to some degree - how would anyone feel if they brought NIS09, knowing they had infections, and the above happened - it didn't work because the bugs are smarter ??:mad::mad: All the "Lab" tests in the world mean nothing when its obvious the software is not working. Its a bit like me saying to someone go and slam your hand in the door - I tried it and it doesn't hurt a bit - if the person did it, and it hurts like crazy who would they believe. :) BUT back to the original offer of 360 - Post #53 & 805 looks at the thread - I notice no ones actually Jumped in boots and all and said - Yer - I'll take it from you - Thanks. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 724742 | 2008-12-05 21:31:00 | When will people learn to differentiate between "Common" and "Popular"? | R2x1 (4628) | ||
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