Is Norton Antivirus Good?

Question

I heard it makes ur computer run slower, cuz its such a huge program...so is it worth it?

Answer 1

use Avast, it never EVER let me have a virus or Trojan when i was using it

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Answer 2

well it has many features thats why..

included in their advertisments is the saying "uses 82% lesser memory than others"

not sure if its true...

Answer 3

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO... please don't get norton. yes, it makes your computer A LOT slower and it doesn't even detect many viruses. you would be better getting something free like avg!

Answer 4

I got rid of it.  It never caught anything; it was a memory hog and it's firewall bungled my Outlook.

-MM

P.S. I now use M/S Live OneCare.  

Answer 5

From my experience with Norton, no way. It IS huge cumbersome, and the free ones are better, say AVG free

Answer 6

I've cleaned up many computers with Norton's installed on them. Norton's is popular, but does not have the best detection / removal rates, and it is known as bloatware and will slow your system to a crawl. I can no longer recommend it.

The top rated Antivirus/Spyware suite by those who test antivirus programs (av-comparitives, virus.gr, etc) is Kaspersky

(I have used this to clean up machines that nothing else would work on.

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Answer 7

It is a very large program, they are right about that. Another issue with Norton is that it considers itself more than just an Antivirus Program. It comes with a protection for your recycling bin, and a few other things that aren't really necessary for such a program. The other issue is cost, there are plenty of free alternatives to Norton that work just as well, if not better.

I have gone through McAfee, Norton, and Kaspersky, and found that Avast was actually as good or better than all three of those, and Avast is a free alternative. There is also AVG, another free antivirus that works just as well as its competition, although I can't personally vouch for it since I haven't tried it

Answer 8

it is a good antivirus!

check out the link for you download!

http://www.brothersoft.com/norton-antivi...

thank you!

Answer 9

its worth it. i have it, but its time to renew now. make sure you get the latest edition.

Answer 10

I have had no problems it has not allowed any viruses in over a year and I visit alot of dirty websites...VERY GOOD BEATS MCAFEE ANY DAY!!!

Answer 11

It's definitely not good.

It used to be the best, but it's c**p now... use AVG.  It's free, light on your computer, and it scans fast.  It also finds more viruses than many programs, even Norton.

I'm a Computer Science major at U of M and most of the engineers there use AVG.

http://free.avg.com/