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- spextor, on 01/24/2009, -6/+59Norton was rated the best? What's the point of having anti-virus software if it hogs up all your system resources like a virus would?
- Rhydeble, on 01/23/2009, -1/+39The lack of : in the title is quite disturbing
- jb0nd38372, on 01/24/2009, -0/+24That article really made no sense to me, missed the point totally and also left out a few very good alternatives. I've been working on computers for nearly ten years now, and to pick norton as the number one contender sounds more like symantec advertising than anything.
Past norton offerings have been bad system resource hogs as well as offering lack luster protection at best. The 2009 suite may have improved on performance somewhat but seriously, Number one?
Any important data should always be backed up offsite, to dvd, cd, tape or whatever. The biggest hassle with getting a system running again is reinstalling the os. In most cases running a decent scanner to remove any infections and following up with a registry cleaner and decent disk cleanup tool (not windows disk cleanup) will do the trick.
Sure the general user is not adept at advanced removal procedures, but if your data is safe and you have a recovery disk that came with your computer, why not pop it in and do a system wipe / restore. It takes all of an hour generally to get a system back up and running from even the nastiest virus and have your data back.
Go into your local bestbuy and ask the geeksquad how much they want to remove a virus. the typical answer is about $200.00. Thats pretty sad considering most consumers have about 800 tied up in a decent system now days, excluding gamers and enthusuist. Of course the latter already have the knowledge to deal with any nasties that they might encounter.
If you want to save money and protect yourself in the process, nothing beats common sense and a few good links.
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
this is an excellent free scanner, sure you can pay for real time protection but if you use this in conjunction with a decent virus scanner, you'll save yourself headaches and money on down the road.
http://free.avg.com/download-avg-anti-virus-free-e ...
Basically the only difference between the free and paid version is phone support. Honestly if your system gets to the point where your calling your av vendor, it's either time to restore or take it to a shop (not geek squad). ALWAYS keep your anti-virus UP TO DATE. If you dont you might as well not even run anything.
Another awsome tool for general system maintenance is ccleaner
http://www.ccleaner.com/download
Its junk file cleanup, and registry maintenance functions are superb for being free.
Remember kids, have fun, stay safe, and always use protection.. Peace! - artfuldodga, on 01/24/2009, -1/+19lost me at Norton, sorry
http://www.av-comparatives.org/seiten/ergebnisse_2 ... - JDiZZle300Z, on 01/23/2009, -0/+16Agreed. I assumed internet security suites were paying phishers and hackers to makes them able to remove their stuff HAHA
- FucangLong, on 01/24/2009, -0/+16How did Kaspersky place 6th, and NOD32 not even show up?
- mtg101, on 01/24/2009, -0/+14"Our tests of the latest all-in-one security suites show that good protection can shut down the nastiest viruses, spyware, and adware." - Next month we test the Pope's Catholicism,
- schitzn, on 01/24/2009, -1/+14Why would Norton outrank Avira, when even the article says, "Avira has the best detection rates"? If Norton misses it, you get infected full stop. I think this article is commercially bias towards Symantec.
- perceptrons, on 01/24/2009, -2/+15Eset Nod32.
- victorminC, on 01/24/2009, -3/+16You need to update yourself a little, Norton Internet Security, in version 2009 has become one of the fastest security suites that uses the least resources on the market.
- dusanmal, on 01/24/2009, -2/+14It is because people at the PCWorld obviously live in the last century. Since than "Security Suites" have become true bloatware. Yet, PCWorld restricted their choice to only "comprehensive suites" for the review. All resource hogs. All sub-par vs. light specialized anti virus programs. Best advice, look at the PCWorld list and do not get any of those.
- Zsev, on 01/24/2009, -2/+14That article failed the moment it rated Norton as #1
- mr5150, on 01/24/2009, -1/+12what a ***** joke. NIS is junk along with Maccrappy and whilst we're at it so is TrendMicro. all these have a tendency to be too smart for their own good and basically breaking windows if not severely crippling it in the name of security.
I like how they also sidestepped ESET NOD32...by far the best product in the market today for the Windows platform.
Buried for pcworld behaving like Symantec shills for ad revenue purposes - slicecom, on 01/24/2009, -3/+13I've been virus protection free since 1995 and have only had a couple issues. Well worth the extra system resources. My dad runs McAfee on all his computers and it makes them painfully slow for someone used to a computer with no virus protection. I keep my files backed up, and if I get a virus (has only happened to me once in 14 years) i'll just reinstall the OS.
- Alphax45, on 01/24/2009, -2/+11Money talks; seems like Symantec has money to pay them to write this BS.
AVG Free. - inactive, on 01/24/2009, -1/+10They were recommeding Norton in the past too - when it sucked Monkey Balls. Hence all of these reviewers can not be trusted.
- j4rcher, on 01/24/2009, -1/+9My virus protection is common sense. It saves system resources.
- CalcProgrammer1, on 01/24/2009, -2/+9Agreed, I never use virus protection, it squanders resources, wears out your hard drive with excessive reading, eats RAM, and interferes with processes that don't work well with background tasks. Anyways, the only time I got a virus, it was blatantly obvious, stupid spam links started popping up all over my desktop, start menu, etc. Even AVG wasn't able to remove it completely even after detecting it. I reinstalled the OS and every thing was fine after that. I reinstall often anyways, so it isn't a big deal. The main thing is if you're planning on going to any questionable or suspicious sites, don't. If the name sounds confusing, stay away. If you really want to visit it, boot up Linux and use that for questionable sites.
- Enlightenment, on 01/24/2009, -0/+7Comodo is the best FREE firewall software for Windows:
http://www.comodo.com - anxcaptain, on 01/24/2009, -1/+8Norton.. You must be out of your mind to even try to use that junk. My network only plays with NOD32
- Alphax45, on 01/24/2009, -0/+7Agree
- Cl1mh4224rd, on 01/24/2009, -1/+7doshindude wrote:
> "Less than 1,000KB of CPU [...]"
Ummmmmmm.... - thedude42, on 01/24/2009, -0/+6Eset's product has heuristics that consistently out perform most, if not all, Windows antivirus products. Not including it in this article re-iterates my view that PCWorld is simply one big advertisement from cover to cover.
- sigmaman2, on 01/24/2009, -3/+9EXACTLY!!!
When you install any one of these on your system, no mater which one, you are running a small database on your machine while you are doing other work. You are spending money and computer resources to find malware that is meant to take your money and computer resources.
I won't mention "The L-Word", but it seems to me that a better system would not have a need for a security suite...let alone nine different ones to choose from. - Supernova36, on 01/24/2009, -2/+8I find caution to be adequate for most threats.
- kooredaan, on 01/24/2009, -0/+6Eset Smart Security for a low profile all-in-one or their Nod-32 for Anti-Virus only.
- Cl1mh4224rd, on 01/24/2009, -0/+6> "Symantec has really turned Norton around here [...]"
It's only right. They were the ones that made it the worst in the first place... - Popeiler, on 01/24/2009, -1/+7And asks for your credit card like a malware program.
- doshindude, on 01/24/2009, -1/+7ESET Nod32 would like a word with you. Less than 1,000KB of CPU used when not the window in focus.
- AdamWest2122, on 01/24/2009, -0/+5I've recently been trying something called Sandboxie. It allows you to run any program inside a sandbox, redirecting disk writes to a private directory where they cannot alter original files, gives every program a private registry, blocks writing to other apps memory, plus a slew of other options for blocking disk reading, network and device access, etc. It isn't an emulator like vmware so even games run full speed. It is actually possible to install a program entirely inside a sandbox, and then uninstall it just by deleting its sandbox, no changes to the host system. People on their forum claim to have tested 45,000ish malware inside it with no leaks.
I don't know if it has any unknown holes or not but it seems a better step than AV software alone. - Meocross, on 01/24/2009, -0/+5Fail, they forgot Nod32.
- inactive, on 01/24/2009, -1/+6Mcafee Sucks - Never use the sucky sucky sucky sucky software because this software SUCKS
I would not be surprised if more people had to format there drives after install Mcafee then any other software - Thuban, on 01/24/2009, -0/+5Why didn't they mention Avast? Is it because it's crap, or is it because they don't buy any of their advertising?
- kierskoe, on 01/24/2009, -1/+6Yeah nice fair and balanced "PC-World" article!
Whoever sumbitted and Dugg this are the very people who will encounter computer viruses.... I wish people had more sense than to read this trash.
The newest version of norton is actually a fair bit better than previous versions... still not great though.... I have to test these products for my work. - doshindude, on 01/24/2009, -0/+5No mention of ESET Smart Security Suite? Buried. It's the best out there. Uses almost no CPU when it isn't scanning something.
- coldkill3r, on 01/24/2009, -0/+5You can choose not to install it. I personally use a comodo firewall and nod32 combo on my vista partition.
- inactive, on 01/24/2009, -1/+6Firefox gets hits with Av2009, Winantivirus and the like all the time. You suggesting everyone switch to Chrome?
- Enlightenment, on 01/24/2009, -1/+6Get free version of Comodo at http://www.comodo.com
- DarkShroud, on 01/24/2009, -1/+5Zonealarm is trash and has been trash for a few years now. Hardware Firewall with the Windows Firewall enabled is fine, if you need/want more then you get Comodo. I was actually sad to see that the Comodo Security suit wasn't tested.
- drex8, on 01/24/2009, -0/+4I still for the love of God don't understand why is people still promoting AVG Free so blindly and blatantly. Just 'cause it's still free. AVG Free 8.0 is not the product which it used to be. The newest version is a resource hog, and if you're not paying attention..it installs the LinkScanner..which slows down your surfing by manifolds. They have made some modification to thst LnkScanner program recently, but it still sucks. And the latest antivirus version is also somewhat of a resource hog. Go check their onlne forums, there's always so many complaints. I really miss the 7.5 version. It was so unobstrusive, but yet got the work done so efficiently with the least tasking of system resources.
A better recommendation would be NOD32. Even if it's not free, and you've to pay for it, or obtain it by unscrupulous ways..it's worth it.
I'd probably recommend Avira's AntiVir as a Free Antivirus solution over AVG's if it comes to that. - DarkShroud, on 01/24/2009, -0/+4Sandboxie is nice, but it doesn't run on x64 platforms.
- victorminC, on 01/24/2009, -5/+9Symantec has really turned Norton around here, from one of the worst products in the past to one of the very best today.
- drex8, on 01/24/2009, -0/+4If you're inclined towards Norton and want the Internet Security Suite for cheap, go for the OEM version http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N8 ... It's less than 25 bucks.
I'm seeing people saying in the threads over here that Norton's a less resource hog than it used to be, but if it were upto me I'd never install this sucker though - DarkShroud, on 01/24/2009, -0/+4I used to think that way. Then a site that I went to where I actually knew the people who hosted and ran it was compromised. Someone compromised the server and added lines of code to the site templets. So the sites then tried to perform background Trojan installs. A couple of the people who were infected before we cleaned up the problem were running Firefox instead of IE. This is all anecdotal, but the point remains. There will be factors outside your control and you'll need a safety net.
- skuzzed, on 01/24/2009, -0/+4I wish if Symantec still made their Norton products like the 2002 versions. I would still be using Norton products if it wasn't for the bells and whistles it has now.
- schitzn, on 01/24/2009, -1/+5ESET Smart Security
- scarper86, on 01/24/2009, -1/+5Just scan occasionally (like on your birthday) using one of the free online virus scanners. I haven't seen a virus on my computer since Pontius was a pilot.
- TheSwashbuckler, on 01/24/2009, -0/+4The answer is right there in the article: Avira's security suite is a good choice for more-technical users who want the best detection but don't need phone support or parental controls.
- Popeiler, on 01/24/2009, -3/+7Both Norton and NOD32 are slow as *****. NOD32 wreaked havok on my network performance. The best option I get better efficiency by using a good hardware firewall and no antivirus. I have to reformat every year or so, but it beats using a dog-slow computer.
- scarper86, on 01/24/2009, -0/+4"...whenever I get viruses..." Really? What are you doing to get viruses? I haven't seen a virus infection in years.
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