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Would you TRY Symantec Norton 360 version 3?
« on: March 11, 2009, 01:08:15 PM »
if yes, why?
I may do it on a Virtual Machine to see what they have done in latest version what is new coming in the V3.0
I'm sure it would not be better than avast! but I like to see what they do :)
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Re: Would you TRY Symantec Norton 360 version 3?
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2009, 02:22:02 PM »
Go ahead, try.
We're very biased against Symantec products ;)
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Re: Would you TRY Symantec Norton 360 version 3?
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2009, 02:30:27 PM »
Go ahead, try.
We're very biased against Symantec products ;)
I don't care about company!! I try anything to find what's best, until today I found avast! as best AV ;)
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Re: Would you TRY Symantec Norton 360 version 3?
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2009, 02:46:50 PM »
I don't care about company!!
Me too... I've used Symantec, I talk about my personal experience.
Anyway, using in a Virtual Machine, *any* antivirus will run slowly and the machine itself will be slow.
Will you test it into Windows 7?
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Re: Would you TRY Symantec Norton 360 version 3?
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2009, 04:00:22 PM »
I would not have Symantec bloat ware if they paid me.Avast is light and reliable,if you find a good product keep it. ;).

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Re: Would you TRY Symantec Norton 360 version 3?
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2009, 04:01:04 PM »
I don't care about company!!
Me too... I've used Symantec, I talk about my personal experience.
Anyway, using in a Virtual Machine, *any* antivirus will run slowly and the machine itself will be slow.
Will you test it into Windows 7?
I know it would be slow and it's a good point, because you can feel how much resource would it use, you can feel it better.
I would test it in Sun VirtualBox and it's not slow like Microsoft VirtualPC or VMWare...
usually first I test in Windows XP and then Vista, but, this time maybe I test it in a Windows 7 too, and not Virtual, make my System Dual Boot with windows 7 and try avast! and Norton (and maybe avira and...) in that windows :)
after done it, I would share result in my computer security software blog: http://getrideofit.spaces.live.com/
it would be my first post that I've personally tested :)
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Re: Would you TRY Symantec Norton 360 version 3?
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2009, 04:06:06 PM »
I would not have Symantec bloat ware if they paid me.Avast is light and reliable,if you find a good product keep it. ;).
I was a Symantec Norton user from about 6-7 years ago, I know them very well, Yes, you right, avast! is very very better than Symantec and I never would not replace my avast! with anything else.
Norton has many problems, a lot of false positive and removing them in background by default, it miss a lot of risk and...
we cannot ignore that their product performance has improved and the 2009 products are light in system performance, but, still it's not friendly and usable like avast! :)
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Re: Would you TRY Symantec Norton 360 version 3?
« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2009, 04:31:20 PM »
if yes, why?
I may do it on a Virtual Machine to see what they have done in latest version what is new coming in the V3.0
I'm sure it would not be better than avast! but I like to see what they do :)
Not with all the bad press about PIFTS.exe belonging to Symantec that is snooping.

I might try it if they gave me a system to run it and an all expense paid trip to Barbados or Cancun for a week.

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Re: Would you TRY Symantec Norton 360 version 3?
« Reply #8 on: March 11, 2009, 06:35:41 PM »
Go ahead, try.
We're very biased against Symantec products ;)
Agreed, Symantec's products are resource hungry junk. Both their Mac and PC software.
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Re: Would you TRY Symantec Norton 360 version 3?
« Reply #9 on: March 11, 2009, 06:55:43 PM »
Go ahead, try.
We're very biased against Symantec products ;)
Agreed, Symantec's products are resource hungry junk. Both their Mac and PC software.
No! No! No! it's NOT! it's not junk, maybe it's not strong like avast!... also, 2009 products for windows 32bit is not resource hungry like old products... you can see I'm just talking about things that I've tested. I don't have any idea about their products for Windows 64Bit and Mac and Linux.. :)
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Re: Would you TRY Symantec Norton 360 version 3?
« Reply #10 on: March 11, 2009, 07:38:01 PM »
2009 products for windows 32bit is not resource hungry like old products...
A lot of people say this. I'm not a lier, just said we're biased...
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Re: Would you TRY Symantec Norton 360 version 3?
« Reply #11 on: March 11, 2009, 09:10:01 PM »
2009 products for windows 32bit is not resource hungry like old products...
A lot of people say this. I'm not a lier, just said we're biased...
Always I like all your responses!!  ;) ::)
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Re: Would you TRY Symantec Norton 360 version 3?
« Reply #12 on: March 12, 2009, 01:54:17 PM »
-= I can't get myself to Norton again.. There's a possibility that v.3 is 3 times heavier and will turn you over 360 degrees from your seat while waiting for your monitor to refresh.. haha..
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Re: Would you TRY Symantec Norton 360 version 3?
« Reply #13 on: March 12, 2009, 03:08:04 PM »
I don't trust Norton any more and I wouldn't go near any Symantec product on the market and they should go broke.
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Re: Would you TRY Symantec Norton 360 version 3?
« Reply #14 on: March 12, 2009, 03:32:09 PM »
Please try it before commenting about it (i say to the ones who talk about its resource usage). Norton AV is definitely lighter than Avast. If you don't wanna try, then look at the performance test result which was done by AV-Comparatives. Also i've found Norton 360 3.0 very light (the version 2.0 was very light too).

But i think Norton products have no web shield since they don't abort the connection when a virus is found. They react just like when a virus is found on harddisk. This situation may be not to slow the connection speed, however, the web shield of avast works greatly without slowing internet unlike the other av softwares do.

There is no option for archive files to be scanned by real time protection. I think this is also because of not to slow the pc performance. The settings aren't customizable enough. There should be more options for those who want to manage the program well.

And i must say that Norton Insight feature has a very important role on the lightness.
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