- May 3, 2015
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The bug with the square on notification also happens on Avast.
Anyone tried Norton V24?
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- Apr 16, 2017
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I used the Norton v24 for almost 2 weeks thanks to @nickstar1 , I liked it for the most part. It was slightly lighter than AVG, idk how since they both should be pretty much same under the hood (Norton does have some additional settings though).
I had two issues with v24 one was minor (notification bug) and another major (much slower P2P speeds with firewall turned on, nothing was blocked with no notifications). I hope they will fix both issues with an update or two.
PS couldn't test VPN as it refuses to work here in India (govt censorship related issue).
I had two issues with v24 one was minor (notification bug) and another major (much slower P2P speeds with firewall turned on, nothing was blocked with no notifications). I hope they will fix both issues with an update or two.
PS couldn't test VPN as it refuses to work here in India (govt censorship related issue).
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What is Norton Community Watch, is it as Kaspersky Security Network (KSN)?
- Jan 7, 2014
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yeah its similar
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lokamoka820
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I think this is because it revamps the product completely, not just add new features.
- May 3, 2015
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Lots of UI bugs but I didn't hit anything more serious... I expect we'll see an update every month like Avast.
just tried the v24, missing the good old IPS and SONAR, which make it the top in antivirus for home before.
but now, it is just a reskin of avast, network is so lag.
not the same norton, lost its soul
not worth the money
uninstalled and refund.
but now, it is just a reskin of avast, network is so lag.
not the same norton, lost its soul
not worth the money
uninstalled and refund.
- Sep 2, 2021
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I've just shot the comparison of Norton with its engine VS Norton with Avast's engine!
Many will be disappointed...
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Many will be disappointed...
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- Dec 12, 2016
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Massive KSN is the core of having such good signatures I wonder nowadays what people use for piracy instead as Kaspersky had very little false positives with piracy and when it does its because of the aggressive behavioral detections and only for methods used both by specific drm bypass and malware devs alike so it's actually good that it taken it as a risk
- Dec 12, 2016
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I really hope Brodacom and Norton keep sharing signatures else both user and business users should probably migrate to even windows defender
- Dec 12, 2016
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Basically a disaster avast with Norton skin and probably more expansive
- May 3, 2015
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- Nov 9, 2022
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No, Norton won !My bet is Norton won
- May 3, 2015
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all about money and business
they already sold their patent to Broadcom, lost the right to use Symantec IPS, SONAR, which you cannot find replacement in the customer market now
you can see Gen have many redundant product, Avast maybe the last one left.
I honestly can't believe what I'm reading, Norton using the Avast engine. A few months ago a coworker was hacked and almost had an account stolen. Because of this I started to investigate what the best options would be to help us avoid account theft. On the other hand I have become enthusiastic about AI and although I have not ventured into the dark web there are some suspicious sites, so in addition to an antiphishing I considered it necessary to hire an identity guardian and Norton was the best option. Now I feel that using the Avast engine and technologies is a step backwards, however, I think Norton is a solid and strong company. I would just like some Norton employee to explain the terms of the merger. For example, did they really remove SONAR or did they just change the name and now it is "behavior shield". Now I see that Norton offers many more services such as an email filter that works without installation since it checks the email through an access that is given to Norton. Also, their identity recovery advice seems to me to be a service that Norton has and Avast does not have. In addition, Norton has a promise of reimbursement in case of infection "Virus Free Guarantee". In this sense, how could Norton keep that promise if it used inferior technology? From my point of view, Norton evaluated the possibility of continuing to provide its guarantees and that is why it accepted this "merger with Avast". Otherwise, I can think that the company was on the verge of bankruptcy, it was sold to Avast. However, why do they continue to provide excellent customer service? For me, Norton as a company provides modern and quality products. They almost always offer remote support, 24/7 chat, telephone for identity restoration during very wide hours, a self-repair tool for the software, in addition to offering refunds, free products to retain you, which really compensate for the increase in price in renewals. In fact, I liked Norton so much that I wanted to change from the deluxe version to the advance version and Norton support reimbursed me very quickly and made the purchase for me, of course with my authorization. Norton makes life easier and I'm not a fan, rather it's the need of the identity guardian. I hope they will soon be transparent and communicate these changes and the reasons for these decisions because in the end they owe it to us as a community.
- Dec 12, 2016
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He should use a password manager and default deny based security (you can use hard configurator or use something like voodooshield cyberlock or just set any av you are using to be default deny , zerotrust )
Btw to reduce pishing setting enhanced pishing protection in google account and using a secure DNS service like DNS.eu , nextdns , quad9 etc would help a lot and especially training to spot pushing is useful or using extensions like Symantec Browser Protection, nextcraft etc
other more extreme measures could be enabling advanced protection in Google account and using a USB key to sign into accounts (physical USB key would allow him to survive advanced attacks like sim swapping)
Btw I personally see no use for Symantec endpoint protection as Windows defender with configured is much better in terms of security and uses less performance
But if you prefer old Norton without bloat you can still use Symantec here Unlimited Giveaway - Symantec Endpoint Unmanaged without time limit
So I would recommend to not use Norton and you can still subscribe for LifeLock without the bundle if you want their up to 3m coverage
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- Apr 4, 2021
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If you take tests from official labs, Avast is one of the best engines on the market, if you take Shadowra's tests here, it's pretty good too. Look for example at the latest AVG test and Norton V24 test - both passed well, AVG even perfectly. But reading your post, it seems that Norton has switched to Panda engine.
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