norton anti virus vs norton internet security

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Posted by Fearless One on Apr-24-2007 14:36:

norton anti virus vs norton internet security

i'm thinking about getting some decent virus protection software,, i found norton anti virus and norton internet security pretty well reviewed.. anyone who use one of them? which is better and what is the difference between them? is there any?

or maybe someone could give me some other good recommendations, please..

Posted by yujie__ on Apr-25-2007 02:36:

I used AVG free. ITs free, not bloated, works and good detection rate compare to those

Posted by LeopoldStotch on Apr-25-2007 03:23:

all antivirus engines use the same typical schematics to catch malicious material, but some software makers do a bit more to touch certain areas. go to www.virustotal.com to see the popular list of antivirus softwares people are using.

Posted by Fearless One on Apr-25-2007 19:10:

i installed norton anti virus 2007... it seems to work but it slows down my computer as hell.. is there any other similar which doesn't eat cpu so much? with firewall and ect.. ? any suggestions ?

Posted by ShadoWolf on Apr-29-2007 22:45:

quote:
Originally posted by Fearless One
i installed norton anti virus 2007... it seems to work but it slows down my computer as hell.. is there any other similar which doesn't eat cpu so much? with firewall and ect.. ? any suggestions ?

McAfee is better, although far from perfect.

Posted by Lebezniatnikov on May-19-2007 22:55:

quote:
Originally posted by ShadoWolf
McAfee is better, although far from perfect.

I used to have McAfee but switched to Norton Internet Security for performance reasons, and my comp has felt much better ever since.

Posted by VAR on May-22-2007 20:37:

i prefer Kaspersky.
they are leading the pack right now (many current awards for best).

Internet security suites are always a pain in the arse necessity,
after having used all the major brands in the past two years,
i like Kaspersky.

http://www.kaspersky.com/

Posted by VAR on May-22-2007 20:39:

Posted by Fearless One on May-23-2007 08:12:

quote:
Originally posted by VAR
i prefer Kaspersky.
they are leading the pack right now (many current awards for best).

Internet security suites are always a pain in the arse necessity,
after having used all the major brands in the past two years,
i like Kaspersky.

http://www.kaspersky.com/

does it have all those firewalls, bug protections and others working on a decent level? you know, preventing from viruses and spies without much lagging, cause the longer i use NAV the more frustrated i become it slows my cpu as hell tho it cathes a lot of bugs and other shit

Posted by VAR on May-23-2007 18:11:

yes it does.
get the internet security suite- there is a free trial download.

check out their web site,
it can tell you much more.

http://www.kaspersky.com/

Posted by Walter Mindz on May-24-2007 19:14:

quote:
Originally posted by VAR
i prefer Kaspersky.
they are leading the pack right now (many current awards for best).

Internet security suites are always a pain in the arse necessity,
after having used all the major brands in the past two years,
i like Kaspersky.

http://www.kaspersky.com/

How does it compare to others as far as using resources go?? I know Norton/Symantec and McAfee are pigs in that department.

Posted by VAR on May-24-2007 21:05:

Kasper is a breath of fresh air in the internet security arena.

it doesn't even come close to being a memory/processor hog like some of the others.

i have five computers in my house. four desktops that i built from scratch,
and a maxed-out dell XPS M1710 laptop.

all of them have Kaspersky internet security suite and A Squared anti-malware on them.

couple that with a Cisco hardware firewall router (linksys is Cisco's more affordable line- they work good also),
and you can travel the world on your computer without being worried about security.

Posted by _Ocean_Drive_ on Jun-01-2007 14:07:

I'm using Norton 2007 and it runs fine. It emebds itself in the deepest darkest registry so it's in a better position to detectr stuff (but it equally makes it difficult to uninstall!).

Posted by oran9e on Jun-03-2007 10:36:

i use http://www.free-av.com/
AVIRA free edition. top heuristics and detection rate according to independent test group, very light system footprint too. (comparable with AVG, but looking at the detection rate i think AVIRA is slightly higher now)

Posted by Dojomaster26 on Jun-06-2007 01:13:

AVG Free Edition has been really good on my machine, and its not a RAM hog.

Personally I would stay away from Norton. I've worked on too many machines that were compromised by malicious code, and with Norton installed. The fact is that because Norton is the best-selling anti-virus, that the virus writers are writing code to target Norton processes first before wrecking the rest of your machine.

On a side note, not opening suspicious e-mails and RARs is a good way to prevent 99% of the nasty programs that are out there. That $50 Macy's gift card just isn't worth it!