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blunder1983 · Joined: 12 Apr 2005

Well I'm having a bitch of a time deleting Norton from my computer, and the last one still left loads of crap behind after I FINALLY got it uninstalled.

So wots worse, a virus or Norton?

Norton, slows my computer immeasurably opening new things and tries to block ANYTHING connecting to the internet (including Firefox and IE) until I fudged the settings.

I know you can get some nasty viruses but I think NAV ranks up there with best of them

Grr

Derrek · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

Norton sucks soooo much. We had that on our computer at school. Dumped it, thank goodness!

Avast! is the only way to go, and it's free! www.avast.com

I love that program, and you can set it so you hardly see it running.

Just let it run in the background and scan for viruses every so often.

christopher1magelli · Joined: 20 Mar 2005

In order to completely remove Norton AntiVirus from your PC, you'll need to download a free tool from Symantec! Confused

Real Reality · Joined: 10 Jan 2003 Location: Seoul

Average user rating: from 26 users
Average user rating: Terrible 2.7 out of 10
Norton AntiVirus 2005 user reviews - CNET Reviews
http://reviews.cnet.com/Norton_AntiVirus_2005/4852-3681_7-30998882.html?tag=uoreturn

"It works but slows down the computer greatly"
by lwalker - February 27, 2005
User rating Average 5 out of 10
Full user opinion
I installed Norton 2005 on three different computers. Each of them slowed down greatly and none of them are "slow" machines. I will need to increase memory on one machine or remove Norton due to the performance. All of these machines were using 2004 without this noticable problem. The performance is so bad that I will start looking for an alternative even though I just purchased Norton 2005.
http://reviews.cnet.com/4864-3681_7-30998882.html?messageSiteID=7&messageID=1002722&cval=1002722&ctype=msgid

Trend Micro PC-cillin Internet Security 2005
Editors' Choice
This excellent all-in-one antivirus/firewall solution won't break the bank.
CNET review
Editors' rating: 8.3 Excellent
Average user rating: 6.4 Good (from 56 users)
http://reviews.cnet.com/Trend_Micro_PC_cillin_Internet_Security_2005/4505-3667_7-31162897.html?tag=promo2

Bulsajo · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

It's funny-
Norton and McAfee were pretty much the only games in town 10 years ago (or at least the only ones worth talking about), and Anti-virus debates were always Norton vs. McAfee; I imagine they both still have their longterm corporate customers who are pretty much on the hook to continue with them, but it's funny that neither of these ever seems to make the top 3 these days at least as far as home pc use is concerned. I guess that's what happens when you rest too easy on your laurels.

jazblanc77 · Joined: 22 Feb 2004

I would say that having Norton and thinking you are safe (when you're actually still quite vulnerable), is much worse because when it comes up with nothing on a scan, you think you are okay and don't try to fix an undetected infection.

eamo · Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

I guess Norton have been around for a few years now. They have to make their product bigger and better with every version. I agree it's now too big and invasive. I still haven't deleted it completely from my comp (I'm with Grisoft AVG now. Works great).

How many applications are like that?

Programmers write a nifty program; It gets improved after 1 year; next they add features; next, it's a monster out of control!!!

MixtecaMike · Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 5:26 am Post subject:

Norton sucks, but viruses (viruii?) suck even harder.

Netscape Navigator, cerca 1998, now THAT was a beggar to remove.

Bulsajo · Joined: 16 Jan 2003

TJ · Joined: 10 Mar 2003

It's interesting how opinions differ from time to time and from location to location.

A few months back I looked into which anti virus software to install and most people/sites I queried recommended Nortons. So, that's what I installed. Now, popular opinion seems to be against Nortons.

Incidentally I'm having problems with my internet connection dropping out intermittently. Some people say that Nortons, in particular it's firewall, may be responsible. So I've disabled that.

Life sure wasn't meant to be easy, was it ???

SuperHero · Joined: 10 Dec 2003 Location: Superhero Hideout

My primary computer has norton and my secondary has avast. Depending on how I like Avast, I may switch over the next time I reinstall windows on the primary.

Wrench · Joined: 07 Apr 2005

Best firewall is a hardware firewall. At home I got M0n0wall as a firewall, here I got a linksys router. I also use Windows firewall it isn't great but it adds to the protection scheme. I download tons of stuff never get a virus, even when I do get one I can remove it in 5-10 minutes.

I think Norton retail is definetly a god damn virus. Norton corp is vastly supperior.

blunder1983 · Joined: 12 Apr 2005

Well I got the tool from Symantec and managed to get rid of Norton. Now I'm running Avast my computer is running approximately 300% faster. (it used to take 3mins to boot now it only takes 1!) huzzah!!!!!!

Derrek · Joined: 15 Jan 2003

schwa · Joined: 18 Jan 2003 Location: Yap

I went with avast too when my norton trial run expired. Based on recommendations here -- thanks guys.

Seems to be running smoothly now but it was annoying as hell at first. Evidently I picked up a bit of malware somewhere & damned if this noisy siren didnt go off several times a session informing me so. I followed their recommended procedure -- nothing changed. I tried to delete it umpteen times -- nothing changed. Adaware & spybot couldnt find it. I searched for it on my own & couldnt find it.

Eventually it seems to have just faded away.