Question Anyone tried Norton V24?

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lokamoka820

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Avast's main problem is that the web side of protection is too prone to adding clean sites to the blacklist. There wasn't a single week I wouldn't have to submit a false positive report while I used it. Never got a false positive on files.
If they can at least add a button to continue to the website or add to it to exception list in the blocking pop-up, I can use it again, but I find it a hassle to add every website manually.
 

Vitali Ortzi

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Avast's main problem is that the web side of protection is too prone to adding clean sites to the blacklist. There wasn't a single week I wouldn't have to submit a false positive report while I used it. Never got a false positive on files.
what about having Symantec , netcraft , defender instead of a bloated extension with false positives at least in ram usage they all use less together then Avast although that's not the most important factor in terms of performance (time till elements load is more important but haven't tested )
 

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Avast's main problem is that the web side of protection is too prone to adding clean sites to the blacklist. There wasn't a single week I wouldn't have to submit a false positive report while I used it. Never got a false positive on files.
Chrome Extension Performance Lookup
Btw this is probably the most useful site for extensions benchmark and avast is one of the worst extensions tested


Oh and it breaks stuff inside chrome like back forward cache

"Among extensions with over 1 million users we find 6 that break the back/forward cache:

LastPass Password Manager (10 million users)
Avast Online Security (8 million users)
Avira Browser Safety (6 million users)
Norton Password Manager (5 million users)
Snap&Read (4 million users)
Microsoft Editor (2 million users)"
 

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Vitali Ortzi

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No, because the links I had for Norton v23 are dead...
I asked Norton to have v23 for testing purposes.
I really wonder if they use Broadcom (Symantec) sources in avast , avira, Nortonlife lock brands

If anyone is using one of their brands please tell me if this page is blocked Test Rating

If it's not blocked it will show the test Rating page And I provided an eaple of it being blocked and another where it isn't
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CyberDevil

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Has anyone tried Norton For Gamers? Has it moved to V24 as well? I wonder how they integrated the game optimizer into the new interface, and in general are there any differences in interface design with the regular version.

I downloaded the old trial version that gives 60 days free, but it didn't upgrade to V24.
 

Szellem

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Has anyone tried Norton For Gamers? Has it moved to V24 as well? I wonder how they integrated the game optimizer into the new interface, and in general are there any differences in interface design with the regular version.

I downloaded the old trial version that gives 60 days free, but it didn't upgrade to V24.
It does not look like there will be a separate Gamer Edition of the new versions.
But I can honestly say that I have a four year subscription to it and I might try version 24 today. It excites my imagination.
 

Szellem

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Norton Antivirus Plus V24 installed.
First impressions:
No system impact. Surprising. No noticeable impact on the machine.
The usual Norton niggles remain. Buy Norton Utilitiest, etc.
Apart from that, the program is fine for me. It's been up for 1 hour, still testing. However, it's true that it's really light as dirt.
 

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Comparative uploaded :)
 

Szellem

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New GUI displays "all the junk files on your PC on Norton's main UI now. This is very distasteful for a paid product with no way to hide it.
Yeah, that's disgusting. It played on my computer. I took it and deleted the hell out of it. I don't like Gen's business policy.
 
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vitao

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well.. i can not confirm its the same but the numbers... oh, and ive tested both and the results are the same too... and the functions avast has are the same as norton, so...

anyway... im going to finish the production of these two videos and i expect to publish both soon.
 

Nikos751

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The same story. It is exactly the same version.
The questions that arise are:
1. Which is the "base" product right now?
1. What is not the same? Is it?
2. Which is more refined and bug free, if there is any difference?
3. What about the extra features (vpn, updaters etc) compared?
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Vitali Ortzi

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The same story. It is exactly the same version.
The questions that arise are:
1. Which is the "base" product right now?
1. What is not the same? Is it?
2. Which is more refined and bug free, if there is any difference?
3. What about the extra features (vpn, updaters etc) compared?
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It's the same antivirus now same level of security is offered by both so people can just go for cheaper avast since it's the same except UI looks different but under the hood signatures, intelligence , modules are all avast

So if there are more bugs in one over the other it's probably a UI bug as the av is the same except the UI
About extra features no idea but if they aren't they same they will be soon anyway
 

nickstar1

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Norton GUI is now bloated with junk messages just trying to get you to buy more products. The GUI use to open very fast in the old Symantec versions it's now sluggish garbage that barely loads due to all the ads they have in it. I was so blown away at how horrible they made Norton to be it's almost as if they don't even care. Have you also noticed the sluggishness of the GUI? You're better off going to avast/avg at least they don't have scareware in the GUI telling you to delete those cookies lol. Norton has become trash unless they rebuild the GUI and stop putting so much trash into it they had the good idea of putting the VPN into the GUI but destroyed everything else!

Also what is going on with GEN's VPN's in different products norton VPN gets blocked by youtube but AVG VPN does not? GEN what are you doing????
 

Apoca·lypse

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Norton GUI is now bloated with junk messages just trying to get you to buy more products. The GUI use to open very fast in the old Symantec versions it's now sluggish garbage that barely loads due to all the ads they have in it. I was so blown away at how horrible they made Norton to be it's almost as if they don't even care. Have you also noticed the sluggishness of the GUI? You're better off going to avast/avg at least they don't have scareware in the GUI telling you to delete those cookies lol. Norton has become trash unless they rebuild the GUI and stop putting so much trash into it they had the good idea of putting the VPN into the GUI but destroyed everything else!

Also what is going on with GEN's VPN's in different products norton VPN gets blocked by youtube but AVG VPN does not? GEN what are you doing????
It is possible to remove ads from the GUI by disabling Norton 360(C:\Program Files\Norton\Suite\NortonUI.exe) networking, which will not cause Norton updates and cloud connections to fail, but networking must first be restored to NortonUI.exe when switching accounts or entering new serial numbers.
The best option is to switch to another better AV.
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