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Originally Posted by gTen
sigh..as I said before...Norton is better then most make it out to be..the top 2 detection rates on AV are for Norton and Nod 32..no other software free or paid keeps up with the detection rate of these 2....
That said Norton includes a full package including a firewall and etc...and is free every year...as of 2009 as I said it is much less bloated. Nod 32 on the other hand is lighter but costs money...so 3 pcs for Norton = 0.00...Nod 32 = 90.00
The only weakness of Norton is spyware...but that can be handled with the 3 freeware I posted before...
And for the record I know what I'm talking about..
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I disagree comlpetely, wholeheartedly, and absolutley with this assessment. AS *I* sad, I've been a beta tester for many Norton/Symantec products. What used to be good products in recent years have become bloatware, uninstall nightmare issues, memory hogs, resource hogs, etc., and anon.
I would NEVER recommend Norton/Symantec products to anyone. Most, as someone else pointed out, who have them installed leave themselves open to many vulnerabilities. Norton/Symantec may have the reputation that they update their signatures more often than others, that too is not a true statement.
Their AV labs used to be amazing. Now, they're just irrelevant. They have been making their money by being the pre-installed applications on a lot of machines. I uninstall it (and then make sure that the crappy installer they use since it NEVER uninstalls properly, is also completely wiped out of all registry keys, all directories, even in the common directories that it leaves countless leftover running applications because apparently the developers are too lazy to properly uninstall the application).
I too know what I'm talking about. I've seen the demise of this company from good applicatin developer to schlock.