Comments on: New Norton 360 Arrives as a Beta (and How’s Norton Treating You Lately?)

By: Stilgar

Stilgar — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:41:42 +0000

I’m one of the people who dumped Norton for becoming bloatware. There was nothing quite like having my gaming experience wrecked by a system tray toaster notifying my that my AntiVirus definitions were up-to-date. I’ve heard Norton has changed their ways, but I really don’t have any incentive to go back.

I’ve been using Computer Associate’s AntiVirus and have found that to be much more light-weight than Norton was. I’ve also found I can get a decent price on CA’s software around Feburary-March if I bought it along with TaxCut. I also remember ten years ago when you were able to get unlimited virus updates and not this renew every year crap.

My current short-term plan is to jump ship with the payware and try out the free Microsoft solution (Avast and AVG are not to my liking).

My long term plan is to buy a 16:9, 27″ iMac with an i7, but I’ll either need to either get a divorce or buy my wife something really nice for Christmas before I can pull the trigger :)

By: cm

cm — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:34:24 +0000

I chose Norton Internet Security 2009 for my Windows PCs after MS packed it in with Windows Live OneCare. I have used old versions of Norton, AVG, avast!, and of course MS OneCare. I have hated them all for being intrusive and a pain to manage, but Norton Internet Security 2009 is the first one that is non-intrusive, and I have never had a situation where it uses lots of resources or generally makes itself unwelcome. I also use the Family safety features, and they have been pretty good as well, but not as complete as similar free function available via Open DNS.

Hats off to Norton, and I will upgrade when the time comes.

By: Darrencardinal

Darrencardinal — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 04:29:51 +0000

I removed Norton from my machine and use Avira which is a good free version.

It works well, check it out.

By: Bouke Timbermont

Bouke Timbermont — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:29:41 +0000

I left Norton in 2006 because back then it was a serious resource hog. Ever since I have been using Kaspersky and I don’t even feel the urge to try Norton again, since Kaspersky is as I think and antivirus should be: quite and invisible until you actually need to give some input.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 22:17:02 +0000

This line perfectly expresses my feelings towards Norton, “But computer users have memories like elephants, and I suspect that some will continue to look askance at Norton for years to come even if Symantec’s cleaned up its act.”

Maybe Norton has cleaned up its act. But why would I blow $40 to find out? I’ve been perfectly happy with Microsoft Security Essentials lately. I wa so irritated at resource-hogging and irritating programs like Norton that I went for a couple years without an anti-virus program.

By: Ron

Ron — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:16:39 +0000

I returned to Norton after some conflicts with other security software and I haven’t looked back. It installs quickly and runs efficiently on all the PCs and laptops in my house, whether on Windows Vista or Windows 7. I recommend their latest products to all my friends.

By: Keith H

Keith H — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:41:24 +0000

Been running 2010 in both Vista and Windows7 with no problems. Its not a burden on the CPU either.

By: AboKevin

AboKevin — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:28:14 +0000

Due to positive reviews I returned to Norton Internet Security 2009, and I am very happy with it. It is no longer a resource hog. It’s features are easy to understand and modify and everything is presented in a clean, nice interface. Highly recommended.