Symantec Announces Norton Antivirus 2006 new version

[Moody 0]

In the Netherlands Symantec introduced the new Norton a few days ago. I think they did the same in other country's.

For more information you can see: Symantec or dutch (it exist in more languages I think: Symantec Netherlands.

I not yet have it, but my father is going to buy it.... The latest version we have is Norton 2004. What do you think, should we buy Norton Antivirus 2006 for âŹ54,95 or Norton Internet security 2006 for âŹ79,95?

When I buyed it, I'll maybe post the difference and new functions.

Greetz,

Moody

Edited October 23, 2005 by microscopic^earthling (see edit history)

[spacewaste1405241471 0]

Thanks for the info Moody.And I would personally recommend the Security Edition, because for only 25$ more...That's quite the bargain .Though if you could just get the McAfee firewall for that amount of money, I think you'd be better off with that .

[saxsux 0]

Urrgghh...
I've had Norton Antivirus for a couple of years now (started off with Norton AntiVirus 2003 and upgraded to 2004 later) and I haven't been amazingly impressed, I think that quite a bit needed to be done to it. Of course, that was the older versions, so this new version might be up to scratch.

Anway, my subscription expired about a month ago, so I uninstalled Norton AntiVirus (it was really difficult, you wouldn't believe how much you have to remove. I had to download a special tool from Symantec to do it), and got Avast! AntiVirus Home Edition for free, and so far it's been great.
If you're interested, it's here - https://www.avast.com/index

Also, the professional version is only âŹ35,95 (http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/) a year for a one-computer license which is quite a bit cheaper than Norton, hint hint

If you do get Norton, I'd be quite interested to see some screenshots, etc so I know what it's like.
Thanks in advance, and I hope this was helpful,

saxsux

[solankyno1 0]

Norton is the worst antivirus I have experienced so far. It is costly and there are a lot of Good antivirus than it. If we leave the paid counterparts and talk about the free version I have found Avast Free Edition far far better than Norton. The virus definitons of Norton come late and the main thing is that Norton is a resource hog. It eats up a lot of RAM of a computer. It is really a important things if your system is low on RAM like mine is only 128 MB till date.

[saxsux 0]

I've found that too, now that I've uninstalled Norton my RAM usage been a lot lower.I really like how Avast! can be skinned, so you can change how it looks, and so on, which I forgot to mention earlier. And it's free! (just a reminder)

[Cassandra1405241487 0]

I not yet have it, but my father is going to buy it.... The latest version we have is Norton 2004. What do you think, should we buy Norton Antivirus 2006 for âŹ54,95 or Norton Internet security 2006 for âŹ79,95?

I don't see why you would buy either Norton antivirus or Norton Internet Security. The problems with system resources and uninstalling mentioned on this thread are both well known, and appear in every edition of Norton IS. They changes which most Norton security programs make in one's system are too basic, and unnecessary.

I have Norton Internet Security on my kids' machine, and I can only say that the behavior of the firewall drives us all crazy. I have an old free version of Zone Alarm on my own machines (IMHO, the newer editions aren't as good), and it's a lot better. The only reason I put Norton on my kids' machine is that Norton makes it easy to set up separate user profiles with different settings. If you don't need that function, don't buy Norton. Use free resources like AVG for anti-virus and an old Zone Alarm for a firewall.

[iGuest 3]

I've never heard of this AVAST or whatever. It seems interesting, and my Norton does take up a lot of ram with it. What's so special about avast though? Not that I hate it or anything, I just don't know XDAlthough I usually have something like Ad Aware and Norton on, I haven't had any viruses break in yet. Spyware is different though...When I try to scan it with Norton, it detects none. When I try with Ad Aware, I get about 10 each time, and everytime I shut down the computer and turn it back on, I scan it and 10 shows up again. Oh well...I'll try to fix it one of these days >_<

[Cassandra1405241487 0]

Spyware is different though...When I try to scan it with Norton, it detects none.  When I try with Ad Aware, I get about 10 each time, and everytime I shut down the computer and turn it back on, I scan it and 10 shows up again.  Oh well...I'll try to fix it one of these days >_<

 

Not everything reported by a default scan with AdAware is really spyware. For example, AdAware will report all tracking cookies, such as those from Doubleclick and other banner ad services. I ignore them. Almost all of them just track how many times you've been shown that ad, or other ads from the same site, with no personally identifiable information. Others track the site which sent you to their site, the referer. It just doesn't bother me if the companies have this kind of information. It wouldn't bother me even if it was associated with a personal identifier, and it certainly doesn't bother me the way it is now, without personal identifiers.

 

AdAware also reports certain gadgets from Alexa (part of Amazon.com) as being spyware. Many people install some of these Alexa gadgets as part of a browser search system for automatically finding related sites, or as part of a toolbar for finding statistics on one's own site.

 

There used to be a good download manager called DLExpert which had a component identified as spyware. It was a perfectly harmless component which was also used in some spyware.

 

I could go on and on. As with everything else, AdAware can be used the mindless way, where one just assumes that since anti-spyware software identified something as bad one should delete it, or the intelligent way, where one takes the information provided by the software, thinks about it, studies it, and decides how to react.

[saxsux 0]

I've never heard of this AVAST or whatever.  It seems interesting, and my Norton does take up a lot of ram with it.  What's so special about avast though?  Not that I hate it or anything, I just don't know XD

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I just read a good review about it and thought I'd try it out. For a free prodct I think it's great. Nothing's really that special about it, I just quite liked it and thought that others might find it useful, that's all.

[CroSpartacus 0]

Yeah, Norton Anti-Virus has to be one of the most difficult things to remove from your computer. It's a real hassle to get rid of, kind of like a stubborn stain that wont go away when you want it to.

[Kyro 0]

Norton Anti-virus has one of the worst infection detection rates out of the top Paid and Free anti-virus products out there.

 

I seriously suggest you reconsider purchasing Norton Antivirus 2006, because there are Free Anti-virus software packages that out perform Norton in Detection, Removal, Prevention and Performance.

Norton is like a vine; it will burrow deep into your system, slowing all processes down and 'lock' onto all controls. Resulting in very slow boot times, your system can hang while Norton checks a large file/folder/Mounted Disk and overall high levels of system usage.

 

Just because a software package is deep in your system and 'locks' processes does not mean it is doing the job at hand well. Nortons detection system is flawed and a number or older virus/Trojans/worms are still able to infect a system running Norton with latest 'updates' undetected.

 

I would recommend you switch to one of the less resource hungry Anti-virus packages out there. NOD32 (extremely good detection, prevention and removal rating), Avast (although its detection rate is not the best) even AVG's Free version out performs Norton Anti-Virus 2005.

 

Please do not waste your money on a product that does not do its job properly, and only uses system resources.

[foolakadugie 0]

I've never heard of this AVAST or whatever. It seems interesting, and my Norton does take up a lot of ram with it. What's so special about avast though? Not that I hate it or anything, I just don't know XD
Although I usually have something like Ad Aware and Norton on, I haven't had any viruses break in yet. Spyware is different though...When I try to scan it with Norton, it detects none. When I try with Ad Aware, I get about 10 each time, and everytime I shut down the computer and turn it back on, I scan it and 10 shows up again. Oh well...I'll try to fix it one of these days >_<

I use Avast, too. I like it mainly because it is effective and FREE. To be honest, I like it much better than Norton , even though avast is free of charge. Avast requires less resources and seems to stay more up-to-date on virus definitions. Norton always slowed down my computer and it just seemed bloated to me.

[Bano97 0]

When my parents first purchased a new computer in 2004, a 30 day trial of both Norton Antivirus and Internet Security were included (Windows Trial Software ). From that point forward, they have paid to renew Norton every year, for my computer as well. But now, after reading what most of you are saying, I feel like the stereotypical uniformed customer that buys expensive products without researching Thank you for your reviews, I will surely think twice when the Norton renewal time rolls around again.On the other hand, I do also use Adaware, which always finds more than Norton. Several times I've gotten an annoyance on my computer and Norton couldn't remove, yet Adaware could.

Edited November 9, 2006 by Bano97 (see edit history)

[talktime 0]

I dont like Norton Antivirus because it is vely bulky slow and consumes a lot of time loading. Also its one of the costlier one. I also dont like Macfee for similar reasons. I had a good experience with CA Internet security suite. I would not be too interested in Norton's new version. thanks for the info any way.

Edited November 10, 2006 by talktime (see edit history)

[Levis 0]

In the Netherlands Symantec introduced the new Norton a few days ago. I think they did the same in other country's.
For more information you can see: Symantec or dutch (it exist in more languages I think: Symantec Netherlands.

I not yet have it, but my father is going to buy it.... The latest version we have is Norton 2004. What do you think, should we buy Norton Antivirus 2006 for âŹ54,95 or Norton Internet security 2006 for âŹ79,95?

When I buyed it, I'll maybe post the difference and new functions.

Greetz,

Moody

Well they are using the same engine that is being used in Internet Security 2006, so you migth as well use that. But personally i don't like 2006. The 2005 edition seriies was the best one. Yet after becoming computer literate i realized that norton totally sucs. Their software completely hogs system resources. I would use AVG software or Avast or Zone Alarm software. Try them you will be impressed.

Also, i just posted my first tutorial. Check it out when it is verified. You will have more options to choose from. Sorry i forgot to add this earlier.
Edited November 10, 2006 by Levis (see edit history)