Virus Friendly Anti Virus! By Sidnee on - Updated Oct 15, 2011
With my new Acer laptop, I got a bunch of software including Norton AntiVirus 2009. I was happy, that I got a full version from my Acer dealer. I knew that it was a promotional giveaway and I will have to renew it after one year. Anyway I started to use my laptop as usual and soon I realized that Norton Antivirus is not for me.
Norton Antivirus claims to offer protection against virusese, spyware etc. And that's why it is an antivirus. But it failed to protect me from some sort of Trojan horses, that entered my laptop via memory cards, I think. Those scary things remained undetected for about one month, until one of my techie friend came down to rescue me. I called him, because I was starting to get problems during web browsing. I never thought it was due to a bad thing like a Trojan horse, as Norton Antivirus was running on my computer. But, my techie friend removed those problems just by uninstalling Norton and catching those scary things with free version of Avast anitvirus. Yes, he installed the free version of Avast and detected those Trojan horses with one full scan.
So, when a free software can protect me, why should I bother about a big fat, useless anitvirus software? Eversince I have never installed Norton on my computer. In my view it is a virus friendly antivirus!
One more thing that I disliked about Norton anitvirus is over use of system resources. I have 1GB RAM and when Norton was there, my computer was very slow. My techie friend told me that it was due to extra use of memory by Norton. I don't know whether it is true or not. But, now my computer is definitely faster.
Overall, I am not satisfied with Norton. I must say that it failed to protect me from malware. So, I will give it 1/5 points for protection and 1/5 for effectiveness. I am not giving it 0, because it detected a few minor spyware/cookie. It's interface was not that complicated. So, I will give it 4/5 for ease of use. Thus my overall rating will be 2/5. Don't use this antivirus software.
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Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2009
Yes indeed, Norton is a huge resource hog using a good chunk of memory for its "in residence" operation - when we recommend anti-virus for people, Norton never even enters the equation. Glad you got your computer running better again - removing Norton was a very wise move.
I agree with you. Norton made our computer's performance like 'old lady' :-)
Its true.I removed this software after two days usage.
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i agree Norton anti-virus is just a waste of time. I too had Norton provided similarly and my system slowed down drastically. I then removed and used free version of Avast and i found out many new viruses that Norton has not detected
My Norton 2009 has worked perfectly. I've been using Norton Internet for at least 4 years, and I'm quite happy with it. Personally, the "article" sounds like a shill for another product.