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Win7 and Norton 2010 Anti Virus

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Phillip Pi

Flightless Bird
On 1/8/2010 1:33 PM PT, Emrys Davies typed:

> Is there any history of Norton's Anti Virus product
> http://www.antivirusware.com/norton-antivirus/ interfering with Win7. I
> may decide to use that. I read the somewhat detailed thread on anti
> virus products on here recently and will also consider those.

It will be fine in it. Try the trial version.
--
Phillip Pi
Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst
Partner Engineering/Internet Service Provider/Symantec Online Services,
Consumer Business Unit
Symantec Corporation
www.symantec.com
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views of my employer. Thank you.
 
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No Spam

Flightless Bird
In article <7qpm35FcctU1@mid.individual.net>
"Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net> wrote:

>Is there any history of Norton's Anti Virus product
>http://www.antivirusware.com/norton-antivirus/ interfering with Win7. I
>may decide to use that. I read the somewhat detailed thread on anti
>virus products on here recently and will also consider those.
>

My personal experience, which lots of others agree with me, is that,
generally, Symantec/Norton personal products are nothing but bloated and
resource hungry junk, their anti virus holds the lead in that.

Their corporate products are decent though.

I would suggest avoiding Norton Anti Virus and use a combination of a
free anti virus and free anti spyware.

I use Avast and have no complaints, along with Malwareytes.
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
http://www.malwarebytes.org/

You can't beat that price.
I am even considering paying for the real time protection option for
Malwareytes, from what I have seen from and from reading in other
newsgroups of recommendations of its real time protection option.
 
E

Emrys Davies

Flightless Bird
"No Spam" <nospam@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
news:v0dfk5tvl32i8bu9667fefd4tocfl8ki31@4ax.com...
> In article <7qpm35FcctU1@mid.individual.net>
> "Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>
> >Is there any history of Norton's Anti Virus product
> >http://www.antivirusware.com/norton-antivirus/ interfering with Win7.
I
> >may decide to use that. I read the somewhat detailed thread on anti
> >virus products on here recently and will also consider those.
> >
>
> My personal experience, which lots of others agree with me, is that,
> generally, Symantec/Norton personal products are nothing but bloated
and
> resource hungry junk, their anti virus holds the lead in that.
>
> Their corporate products are decent though.
>
> I would suggest avoiding Norton Anti Virus and use a combination of a
> free anti virus and free anti spyware.
>
> I use Avast and have no complaints, along with Malwareytes.
> http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
> http://www.malwarebytes.org/
>
> You can't beat that price.
> I am even considering paying for the real time protection option for
> Malwareytes, from what I have seen from and from reading in other
> newsgroups of recommendations of its real time protection option.

I am using Avast on my present PC, but only because AVG eventually
declined to support my Win98 SE. When I uninstalled AVG my OS closed
down properly and it was only then that I realised that it was the cause
of my machine refusing to 'Close Down'.

I will consider all of your suggestions. Many thanks.
 
N

No Spam

Flightless Bird
In article <7qq034F63hU1@mid.individual.net>
"Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net> wrote:

>
>"No Spam" <nospam@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
>news:v0dfk5tvl32i8bu9667fefd4tocfl8ki31@4ax.com...
>> In article <7qpm35FcctU1@mid.individual.net>
>> "Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>>
>> >Is there any history of Norton's Anti Virus product
>> >http://www.antivirusware.com/norton-antivirus/ interfering with Win7.
>I
>> >may decide to use that. I read the somewhat detailed thread on anti
>> >virus products on here recently and will also consider those.
>> >
>>
>> My personal experience, which lots of others agree with me, is that,
>> generally, Symantec/Norton personal products are nothing but bloated
>and
>> resource hungry junk, their anti virus holds the lead in that.
>>
>> Their corporate products are decent though.
>>
>> I would suggest avoiding Norton Anti Virus and use a combination of a
>> free anti virus and free anti spyware.
>>
>> I use Avast and have no complaints, along with Malwareytes.
>> http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
>> http://www.malwarebytes.org/
>>
>> You can't beat that price.
>> I am even considering paying for the real time protection option for
>> Malwareytes, from what I have seen from and from reading in other
>> newsgroups of recommendations of its real time protection option.
>
>I am using Avast on my present PC, but only because AVG eventually
>declined to support my Win98 SE. When I uninstalled AVG my OS closed
>down properly and it was only then that I realised that it was the cause
>of my machine refusing to 'Close Down'.
>
>I will consider all of your suggestions. Many thanks.
>

No problem.
Glad I could help.
 
B

Bruce Hagen

Flightless Bird
"Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:7qpm35FcctU1@mid.individual.net...
> Is there any history of Norton's Anti Virus product
> http://www.antivirusware.com/norton-antivirus/ interfering with Win7. I
> may decide to use that. I read the somewhat detailed thread on anti
> virus products on here recently and will also consider those.
>
>


Personally, I would not have anything made by Norton, (Symantec), or
McAfee on any machine of mine. They are both resource hogs, (Norton being
the worst), and don't do anything better than some free AV programs. I got
this machine last October and the first thing I did was to remove the
Norton free trial and then run the removal tool to get all the crap off
the machine.

Download and run the Norton Removal Tool:
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039

I am using MSE, but all of these are free and do just as good a job as
Norton, without being intrusive.

AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition
http://free.grisoft.com/ww.download?prd=afe

Do a custom installation and opt out of e-mail scanning.

Avast:
http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

In the case of Avast, choose Custom Installation and under Resident
Protection, uncheck: Internet Mail and Outlook/Exchange.

Microsoft Security Essentials:
http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/default.aspx

(No e-mail scanning to worry about)
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA
 
J

Jon Pope

Flightless Bird
NORTON ITSELF IS A VIRUS. It reported that Win 7 was a virus

"No Spam" <nospam@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
news:v0dfk5tvl32i8bu9667fefd4tocfl8ki31@4ax.com...
> In article <7qpm35FcctU1@mid.individual.net>
> "Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>>Is there any history of Norton's Anti Virus product
>>http://www.antivirusware.com/norton-antivirus/ interfering with Win7. I
>>may decide to use that. I read the somewhat detailed thread on anti
>>virus products on here recently and will also consider those.
>>
>
> My personal experience, which lots of others agree with me, is that,
> generally, Symantec/Norton personal products are nothing but bloated and
> resource hungry junk, their anti virus holds the lead in that.
>
> Their corporate products are decent though.
>
> I would suggest avoiding Norton Anti Virus and use a combination of a
> free anti virus and free anti spyware.
>
> I use Avast and have no complaints, along with Malwareytes.
> http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
> http://www.malwarebytes.org/
>
> You can't beat that price.
> I am even considering paying for the real time protection option for
> Malwareytes, from what I have seen from and from reading in other
> newsgroups of recommendations of its real time protection option.
>
>
 
H

Hugh Jeego

Flightless Bird
Nortons is shit and has been for years. AVG free edition is a heck of a lot
better.

"Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
news:7qpm35FcctU1@mid.individual.net...
> Is there any history of Norton's Anti Virus product
> http://www.antivirusware.com/norton-antivirus/ interfering with Win7. I
> may decide to use that. I read the somewhat detailed thread on anti
> virus products on here recently and will also consider those.
>
>
 
J

John Smith

Flightless Bird
On 1/8/2010 1:33 PM, Emrys Davies wrote:
> Is there any history of Norton's Anti Virus product
> http://www.antivirusware.com/norton-antivirus/ interfering with Win7. I
> may decide to use that. I read the somewhat detailed thread on anti
> virus products on here recently and will also consider those.
>
>

Go with AVAST!, Avira, or AVG.
Anything out there is better than Norton or Mcafee.
They suck and are expensive.
 
C

Charles Tomaras

Flightless Bird
"John Smith" <someone@somewhere.com.INVALID> wrote in message
news:hi954m$i59$1@news.eternal-september.org...
> On 1/8/2010 1:33 PM, Emrys Davies wrote:
>> Is there any history of Norton's Anti Virus product
>> http://www.antivirusware.com/norton-antivirus/ interfering with Win7. I
>> may decide to use that. I read the somewhat detailed thread on anti
>> virus products on here recently and will also consider those.
>>
>>
>
> Go with AVAST!, Avira, or AVG.
> Anything out there is better than Norton or Mcafee.
> They suck and are expensive.
>
 
C

Charles Tomaras

Flightless Bird
"John Smith" <someone@somewhere.com.INVALID> wrote in message
news:hi954m$i59$1@news.eternal-september.org...

http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/

Free, works well, low resource overhead...pretty much zero problems...you
won't know it's there and you won't have to mess with it.
 
N

No Spam

Flightless Bird
In article <IQU1n.17089$Wl3.2420@newsfe11.iad>
"Charles Tomaras" <tomaras@tomaras.com> wrote:

>
>"John Smith" <someone@somewhere.com.INVALID> wrote in message
>news:hi954m$i59$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>
>http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/
>
>Free, works well, low resource overhead...pretty much zero problems...you
>won't know it's there and you won't have to mess with it.
>

Low resource overhead?
Not in my case.

I have several computers in my home network and one of the is a slightly
outdate, with 512MB RAM and it started crawling when I installed MSE.
I uninstalled it and everything works again.

But it has no problems with other computers that I am using it on, they
range from 4 GB RAM to 12GB.
 
H

Hugh Jeego

Flightless Bird
"John Smith" <someone@somewhere.com.INVALID> wrote in message
news:hi954m$i59$1@news.eternal-september.org...
> On 1/8/2010 1:33 PM, Emrys Davies wrote:
>> Is there any history of Norton's Anti Virus product
>> http://www.antivirusware.com/norton-antivirus/ interfering with Win7. I
>> may decide to use that. I read the somewhat detailed thread on anti
>> virus products on here recently and will also consider those.
>>
>>
>
> Go with AVAST!, Avira, or AVG.
> Anything out there is better than Norton or Mcafee.
> They suck and are expensive.
>

Even worse - Sophos. It is actually the best there is but it costs an arm
and a leg!
 
H

Hugh Jeego

Flightless Bird
HEHEHE I love people like you. Part of my income comes from people
recommending products that don't work well and I have to fix them. AVG free
is much better than that. In fact in recent tests using viruses I have found
on machines that were not known by any anti virus (until I report them), AVG
free seems better than all except Sophos. However, if someone is going to
download music/videos etc illegally or go to porn sites, you just cant buy
or use anything good enough to be positive you are safe.

"Charles Tomaras" <tomaras@tomaras.com> wrote in message
news:IQU1n.17089$Wl3.2420@newsfe11.iad...
>
> "John Smith" <someone@somewhere.com.INVALID> wrote in message
> news:hi954m$i59$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/
>
> Free, works well, low resource overhead...pretty much zero problems...you
> won't know it's there and you won't have to mess with it.
>
 
H

Hugh Jeego

Flightless Bird
"No Spam" <nospam@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
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> In article <IQU1n.17089$Wl3.2420@newsfe11.iad>
> "Charles Tomaras" <tomaras@tomaras.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>"John Smith" <someone@somewhere.com.INVALID> wrote in message
>>news:hi954m$i59$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>
>>http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/
>>
>>Free, works well, low resource overhead...pretty much zero problems...you
>>won't know it's there and you won't have to mess with it.
>>
>
> Low resource overhead?
> Not in my case.
>
> I have several computers in my home network and one of the is a slightly
> outdate, with 512MB RAM and it started crawling when I installed MSE.
> I uninstalled it and everything works again.
>
> But it has no problems with other computers that I am using it on, they
> range from 4 GB RAM to 12GB.

Just cant get enough ram, huh? :)
 
A

Andy

Flightless Bird
"Hugh Jeego" <id@example.com> wrote:

>
> "No Spam" <nospam@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
> news:gs6gk5ts8tllr6uv0jrf7ktaqipchij7g4@4ax.com...
>> In article <IQU1n.17089$Wl3.2420@newsfe11.iad>
>> "Charles Tomaras" <tomaras@tomaras.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"John Smith" <someone@somewhere.com.INVALID> wrote in message
>>>news:hi954m$i59$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>>
>>>http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/
>>>
>>>Free, works well, low resource overhead...pretty much zero
>>>problems...you won't know it's there and you won't have to mess with
>>>it.
>>>
>>
>> Low resource overhead?
>> Not in my case.
>>
>> I have several computers in my home network and one of the is a
>> slightly outdate, with 512MB RAM and it started crawling when I
>> installed MSE. I uninstalled it and everything works again.
>>
>> But it has no problems with other computers that I am using it on,
>> they range from 4 GB RAM to 12GB.
>
> Just cant get enough ram, huh? :)


I've never liked anti-virus softwares by the likes of Norton or McAfee.
Their constant on-line intrusion for updates amount to a virus all their
own!

I'm safe with SpywareBlaster and SpyBot Search & Destroy, going on five or
more years.

YMMV.

Andy
 
N

No Spam

Flightless Bird
In article <G4KdnW2Vco8XrNXWnZ2dnUVZ7sudnZ2d@westnet.com.au>
"Hugh Jeego" <id@example.com> wrote:

>
>"No Spam" <nospam@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
>news:gs6gk5ts8tllr6uv0jrf7ktaqipchij7g4@4ax.com...
>> In article <IQU1n.17089$Wl3.2420@newsfe11.iad>
>> "Charles Tomaras" <tomaras@tomaras.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"John Smith" <someone@somewhere.com.INVALID> wrote in message
>>>news:hi954m$i59$1@news.eternal-september.org...
>>>
>>>http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/
>>>
>>>Free, works well, low resource overhead...pretty much zero problems...you
>>>won't know it's there and you won't have to mess with it.
>>>
>>
>> Low resource overhead?
>> Not in my case.
>>
>> I have several computers in my home network and one of the is a slightly
>> outdate, with 512MB RAM and it started crawling when I installed MSE.
>> I uninstalled it and everything works again.
>>
>> But it has no problems with other computers that I am using it on, they
>> range from 4 GB RAM to 12GB.
>
>Just cant get enough ram, huh? :)

LOL.
True.
I am one greedy person when it comes to that.
I abuse computers when using, have tons of applications running, listen
to music in the background, running couple of server applications on
top, so that's why my desktop is a brand new i7 975 3.33 MHz HP with 12
GB of ram.
Don't ask me how much I spent though, :-(
 
H

Howard

Flightless Bird
On Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:44:31 -0800, No Spam <nospam@nospam.nospam>
wrotG:

>In article <7qpm35FcctU1@mid.individual.net>
>"Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>>Is there any history of Norton's Anti Virus product
>>http://www.antivirusware.com/norton-antivirus/ interfering with Win7. I
>>may decide to use that. I read the somewhat detailed thread on anti
>>virus products on here recently and will also consider those.
>>
>
>My personal experience, which lots of others agree with me, is that,
>generally, Symantec/Norton personal products are nothing but bloated and
>resource hungry junk, their anti virus holds the lead in that.
>
>Their corporate products are decent though.
>
>I would suggest avoiding Norton Anti Virus and use a combination of a
>free anti virus and free anti spyware.
>
>I use Avast and have no complaints, along with Malwareytes.
>http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html
>http://www.malwarebytes.org/
>
>You can't beat that price.
>I am even considering paying for the real time protection option for
>Malwareytes, from what I have seen from and from reading in other
>newsgroups of recommendations of its real time protection option.
>
Norton Antivirus used to be bloatware. They totally revised the
product in 2009 and the 2009 and 2010 versions are extremly fast and
lightweight. The LiveUpdate stuff is also painless.
 
E

Enkidu

Flightless Bird
John Smith wrote:

> On 1/8/2010 1:33 PM, Emrys Davies wrote:
>> Is there any history of Norton's Anti Virus product
>> http://www.antivirusware.com/norton-antivirus/ interfering with Win7. I
>> may decide to use that. I read the somewhat detailed thread on anti
>> virus products on here recently and will also consider those.
>>
>>
>
> Go with AVAST!, Avira, or AVG.
> Anything out there is better than Norton or Mcafee.
> They suck and are expensive.


AVG is turning into a real resourse hog . . . you might not notice it on
a fast system, but then again, you might. It will make an older system
damn near unsuable.

--
Enkidu
 
A

Al Smith

Flightless Bird
Bruce Hagen wrote:
>
> "Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:7qpm35FcctU1@mid.individual.net...
>> Is there any history of Norton's Anti Virus product
>> http://www.antivirusware.com/norton-antivirus/ interfering with Win7. I
>> may decide to use that. I read the somewhat detailed thread on anti
>> virus products on here recently and will also consider those.
>>
>>
>
>
> Personally, I would not have anything made by Norton, (Symantec), or
> McAfee on any machine of mine. They are both resource hogs, (Norton
> being the worst), and don't do anything better than some free AV
> programs. I got this machine last October and the first thing I did was
> to remove the Norton free trial and then run the removal tool to get all
> the crap off the machine.
>
> Download and run the Norton Removal Tool:
> http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039
>
> I am using MSE, but all of these are free and do just as good a job as
> Norton, without being intrusive.
>
> AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition
> http://free.grisoft.com/ww.download?prd=afe
>
> Do a custom installation and opt out of e-mail scanning.
>
> Avast:
> http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html
>
> In the case of Avast, choose Custom Installation and under Resident
> Protection, uncheck: Internet Mail and Outlook/Exchange.
>
> Microsoft Security Essentials:
> http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/default.aspx
>
> (No e-mail scanning to worry about)


Good advice. I also turn off automatic updates. Just one more
annoyance that I don't need. I usually update my lists manually
when I need to do a scan on a particular downloaded file.

-Al-
 
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