Re: Thinking about buying Norton's AntiVirus

Brian A. wrote:
"HeyBub" <heybub@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Brad wrote:
Hi,

Note: I have used NAV (Norton's AntiVirus) 2001 on a Windows 98se
computer(s) in the past.

Over a month ago, I bought a new Dell laptop with Windows XP home
edition. It came with Trend Micro PC-cillin (30 days trial)
pre-installed. I am thinking about buying NAV, assuming it allows
me to control (preferences) how it "behaves" as NAV 2001 did. I
don't want NAV always running in the background. I want to be able
to "run" NAV to check folders, etc. when I want, the same way I did
using NAV 2001.

What is your experience with the new version of NAV?

I doubt anyone on this group would recommend Norton, or, to a lesser
degree McCaffee.

There are several problems with Norton:

1. It is a resource hog, burning up to 15% of available CPU cycles.

Huh? As I currently look, not a single Symantec I have installed is
using any at all.

You didn't install it properly is my guess. Google "Norton+resource+hog"
yields 226,000 hits.



2. It is difficult to remove. Very difficult. You have to run the
secret Symantec removal tool several times then manually scan the
registry for detritus left behind.

There's nothing secret about their removal utility, it's been around
for years, no different than any of the other applications and
Symantec isn't the only one that has registry entries that are not
removed.

It IS a secret. It's not mentioned in their documentation nor is it part of
the normal uninstall process. Further, running it once is often
insufficient. Further-further FINDING it on Symantec's website is
non-trivial.


3. Norton interferes with many software installations - and doesn't
tell you it's bothering the install process. You end up with an
application that won't work and you don't know why. Virtually every
bit of software that tells you to "disable your virus checker"
before continuing really means "Disable Norton."

If you truly believe your last statement, you truly don't realize the
importance of shutting down running programs when installing an
application.

We write software for a living and Norton has to be disabled before our
software will install properly (because we're adding things to the
registry). This is not true for AVG, Avast, and several other AV programs
with which we've experimented. Moreover, when Norton DOES interfere, it
gives no indication that it did so. The only clue we get is when our
customers can't run our product.


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