Norton Anti Virus 2006

[Halcyon]

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.

[Hom3r]

get avg from grisoft instead,

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avg if free

[basa]

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.

[Bifta]

Originally Posted by Halcyon

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.

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

[patrickp]

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.

[Gareth]

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.

[Halcyon]

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

agree with basa, get AVG

[nffc]

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.

[smicer07]

I've got Avast and it's ace.

[nffc]

Originally Posted by smicer07

I've got Avast and it's ace.

Agreed. Even faster if you disable VRDB.

[Down the Pub]

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 ), 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.........

Nothing wrong with Symantec Norton NIS / NAV 2006!!

[DES_1001]

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

[daz300]

i have AVG and it is free.