Hello, Norton is good, But Bitdefender or Kaspersky is very good
Is Norton any good these days? Should I buy this antivirus?
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I'm still in the early stages of researching this all myself after not following any of this for the past several years, so I can't offer any recent personal experience with it and don't have a lot of knowledge about it. Here's what I do know:
- In PCMag reviews, Norton is one of their favorites based on lab tests and their (PCMag's) own tests
- It seems to have more users than most that find it to be a resource hog or have other issues
- Years ago, the one and only virus I've ever had was when I was running Norton/Symantec. After switching to AVG, I ran the same program again just to test AVG out and it immediately caught and deleted it. So Norton let me down big time. I realize that was a long time ago, and a lot can change in a year in this field, much less several years, but that was at a time when Norton was considered good as well. So I have a personal grudge against it.
- Norton is one of three (the other two being Microsoft and McAfee) AV companies that refused to respond to a request of whether or not they whitelist or would whitelist NSA malware (Do Antivirus Companies Whitelist NSA Malware?)
- Norton's reputation system is seriously flawed, resulting in developers having difficulty getting it to stop blocking their websites and software, and apparently Norton couldn't care less, despite some of their employees pushing for changes to the system (Symantec throws up hurdles to independent software developers | Hacker News)
- Feb 17, 2018
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Norton has been completly rewritten and can not be compared to the version from years ago.
Very light, fast updates and it runs pretty good.
In every test you find it scores very good : Symantec Norton Security Deluxe
- Jan 10, 2017
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ok it's an american software.....not everybody likes that ( NSA, etc.)
if we take a look at our malwarehub, we can see that norton is not a big fail.
we can see that if norton got infected, the other big players got infected too with malware (except kaspersky).
if people wanna have a light and solid product, they should norton give a chance
if people wanna have best protection, they should go with gdata or kaspersky
if we take a look at our malwarehub, we can see that norton is not a big fail.
we can see that if norton got infected, the other big players got infected too with malware (except kaspersky).
if people wanna have a light and solid product, they should norton give a chance
if people wanna have best protection, they should go with gdata or kaspersky
- Jan 8, 2017
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I do not use American AV, but if it were to choose one, it would certainly be Norton, good signatures, Sonar does a good job (aggressive mode), has a good Firewall and is super lightweight.
Agreed, of the American Ones, it's probably the best choice for full suites.
- Feb 17, 2018
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Well, i uninstalled Norton, it broke my VPN again went to G-Data ( keeping my data in Europe )
Really liked Norton. Well G-Data is awesome too, loads of extra functions.
went to G-Data ( keeping my data in Europe )Really liked Norton. Well G-Data is awesome too, loads of extra functions.
Well, i uninstalled Norton, it broke my VPN again
Really liked Norton. Well G-Data is awesome too, loads of extra functions.
G Data is very solid. Dial up the firewall to 'Maximum' and watch how it notifies you of critical file changes and such. 2018 has been a great year for G Data, it's light, the BB and Firewall were improved nicely!
- Feb 17, 2018
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Thanks, done that ! And sorry for yesterday, i really was a fan of Norton.
@Faybert Couldn't have said it better myself! Newegg had the 10 license premium version on sale for $29.99 the other day which comes out to be ~$3.00 a license! I picked up a few packs of that, because of how good the software is and that the normal price is typcially $89.99 + shipping + tax. $29.99 and free shipping is a very good deal in my opinion. Cannot get any better other than a free after rebate which they don't typically do with the premium version.
~Brian
- Feb 17, 2018
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Norton works good, but..... it broke my vpn connection again. Glad i switched to G-Data, took some tests and it out performs Norton in every single way.
For example, Norton downloads the file and then scans it, G-Data blocks it even before it downloads, thats the way protection should work.
For example, Norton downloads the file and then scans it, G-Data blocks it even before it downloads, thats the way protection should work.
- Jan 10, 2017
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Yeah i can confirm that. I'm using Norton and switched from gdata. The one and only reason why i dont go back immediately to Gdata is the absolut lightness of Norton.
- Jan 25, 2018
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and this is the worst thing about norton.
i hate norton because it can not block the malware before it downloads.
@L0ckJaw @Eslam Gamal
Yeah, the major down side to Norton is the fact that downlods go through first before Norton kicks in and stops the bad download. However, I say even though this is a fault the AV has come a long way from the days that it use to be so system heavy.
~Brian
Yeah, the major down side to Norton is the fact that downlods go through first before Norton kicks in and stops the bad download. However, I say even though this is a fault the AV has come a long way from the days that it use to be so system heavy.
~Brian
When Nortons VPN first came out, It was not working along side Norton either, i found after strolling into the firewall rules, that no rule was "auto-created" for the VPN, which happens sometimes with certain applications, after creating one manually, and allowing it through, it worked fine. If you find yourself having issues with your security and certain applications, it helps to look/ask around as someone close by may just have the answer you seek
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- May 16, 2013
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G-Data is light like the good old NOD32 2.5 . Tested on 2 systems same results.
- Feb 17, 2018
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The rules were there ! Just broke themWhen Nortons VPN first came out, It was not working along side Norton either, i found after strolling into the firewall rules, that no rule was "auto-created" for the VPN, which happens sometimes with certain applications, after creating one manually, and allowing it through, it worked fine. If you find yourself having issues with your security and certain applications, it helps to look/ask around as someone close by may just have the answer you seek
Im not seeing "which" VPN you speak of.. My point was that most applications that break from a software generally can be addressed. Norton forums have some intelligent guys volunteering and have tested and come across many issues they know how to resolve. It never hurts to stop in over there and ask before giving up.The rules were there ! Just broke them
- Feb 17, 2018
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Nevermind i ditched Norton. And the Chat Helpdesk is very bad, very bad English.
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