Norton Anti Virus 2006
 

I'm thinking of getting Norton Anti Virus 2006 which I have seen for about £27 with postage on Overclockers.
Symantec Norton Anti-Virus 2006 - OEM (SW-016-NO)

Those who have it, do you reccomend it ?
I need my system to have hardly any lag so is it memory hungry and a system hogger and are you pleased with it?

Thanks,
Halcyon.

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get avg from grisoft instead,

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avg if free

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Popular opinion seems to be to avoid Norton applications like the plague and this appears to apply to the Antivirus more than most.

I would recommend Avast or AVG which are both free and both work well.

IMO virus' are the least problem these days, there are much worse malware about.

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If you're gonna buy AV software then buy something decent like NOD32.

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Norton is probably the worst antivirus application around for system resouces economy, plus it seems to generate more problems than any other AV. I couldn't say how much of that is down to the fact that it's probably also the most widely used AV, but I do know that I see a lot of problems associated with Norton that I don't see flagged up with other AVs - with the possible exception of McAfee.

I use Zone Alarm with Antivirus, which features an improved version of their firewall with an excellent AV from Computer Associates and is very effective, a light resources user and cheap - about £20 or so to buy (download) and about £13 a year renewal thereafter.

NOD32 seems to be the AV with the best reputation for low system resource usage and effectiveness, though; I'd have probably tried it by now if my ZA with AV option wasn't so good itself, and cost effective.

TBH, I've tried Avast and AVG free versions and, while I'd prefer using them to AV apps from the Norton/McAfee stable, there's no way, for me, they compare with the AV solutions I've mentioned.

I'm just trying ntl's own Netguard ATM on a machine I'm getting ready for my brother and, although it's only been running a few days, it certainly 'feels' better than AVG or Avast, if you run it without the anti popup, anti spam etc options - if you use Firefox/Thunderbird, who needs that stuff? And, of course, it's a freebie.

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For home use, I'd go for NOD32 too. Give the trial version a go and see how you get on... it can be found here:
http://www.nod32uk.com/download/trialdown.htm

It'll not cost you any more to buy a NOD32 subscription than the deal you saw for NAV.

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I'l check out that NOD32 and step away from Norton then. I'l also check out the Zonealarm with Anti virus that was mentioned. Thankyou :)

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agree with basa, get AVG

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It's ****. Hogs too much resources and often causes other issues.

Get AVG, Avast for AV - both free - or one like Nod32.
Firewall- ZA, Kerio or Sygate if you can get the latter, I have an older version on my HD.

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I've got Avast and it's ace.

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Agreed. Even faster if you disable VRDB.

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were u refering to sygate as the latter? latest version is v5.6 i think as and that will be the last maybe as symantec have taken them over (symantec:sniper: ), if u want it then try this link (it's disap'ed from a lot of download sites )

http://www.simtel.com/product.downlo...s.php?id=53687


and as for the excuse they use for the trash called norton well don't go there.........:banghead:

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Nothing wrong with Symantec Norton NIS / NAV 2006!!

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i agree i use norton systemworks 2006 premier works great for me! been using norton since 2001 on various comps.

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i have AVG and it is free.

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Norton Internet Security (inc Norton Anti Virus) full retail version in Staples is 25 quid right now.

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After +/- 3 years of using Nortons Av & NIS I've mad the change, yes I was happy using it but atm am a lot happier using NOD32 AV and ZA Pro, NOD32 updates on a near daily basis, AFAICT at any rate. As for ZA Pro, if your paranoid and take notice of all the 'attacks' it flags up, it might not be for you, IMO, it's doing its job, let it, turn off the ' show me :blah: :blah: and you'll be fine :tu:

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Right well I've narrowed it down to 3.
Either:

1. Zone Alarms Full Firewall and AntiVirus Bundle
2. AVAST
3. NOd32

Thinking it will end up being either Nod32 or ZoneAlarm.

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Avast's free, Nod32 has a good reputation too.

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Just thoght, I'd update everyone....
I went for NOD32.

Installed very easily. At first you wonder what all the different protection modules mean but clicking on each one it soon reveals all and is easy to customise.
So far, it is working perfectly, and when people said it was small, it sure was, takes up a lot less resources and just plods away without you even noticing.

Thanks for reccomending it. I definately give it the :tu:

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i use norton corporate, far less resource hungry than the personal edition and no renewal of subscriptions

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Make sure you get behind an effective firewall as well, Halcyon - some good free ones mentioned in this thread. To my mind, a firewall's even more important than antivirus.

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Thanks Patric, got myself covered for firewall. Was the first thing I installed on every PC. I use Zone ALarm and am also behind a secured router. But its good advice.