2006-12-22 07:45:04 · 11 answers · asked by Ash smith 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Yes Its Good It Had 5 Out Of 5 Ratings Last Year in 2005
2006-12-22 07:50:36 · answer #1 · answered by Mario 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I have never been dissatisfied until very recent.
I run a scan at least once a week and sometimes more often. In less than one month two seperate Trojan viruses were detected as infected my computer. One of them was placed in qurantine easily, but the other one was enough to do my head in! Trojan Goldun infected my files,and the next time I ran a scan picked it up. However Norton's program could not automatically lace into qurantine and the file could not be deleted. Next steps I spent 13 hours on the phone with them and they charged me a $70 fee for there technician.
I am up for renewal on December 26th and spoke with a friend of mine who works in IT. He stopped by last night and installed Windows Live One Care and told me that he does not like Norton. I have to concur given the latest additional expense I incurred and the hours they took to correct. My buddy said they could have simply let me reformat the computer and it would have saved me the money and 13 hours of valueable time.
Like I said, this was the first time I have had major problem with them in 5 years. So overall that is not too bad. They lost me as a customer, so maybe you can offset my lost business.
2006-12-22 08:01:23 · answer #2 · answered by Kirk S 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Great program but to many partnerships and costs affiliated with the product. I prefer AVG Anti-Virus - it is FREE and I have had not a single problem with the software - I have with Norton. Feel free to check out the link below - this is the software most "technies" use instead of Norton.
2006-12-22 07:53:56 · answer #3 · answered by allyinminneapolis 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Corporate Edition, yes.
Consumer edition, no.
I've made a living out of disabling parts of NAV Consumer Ed until the computer runs again. Norton sells you tons of stuff that you don't need, and if you don't have 2 gigs of RAM, your system slows to a crawl.
2006-12-22 07:53:24 · answer #4 · answered by geek49203 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It is good. If you need, I can give a few links that offer free virus and spyware removers...!You may be having a virus or spyware installed on your PC. Norton, AVG , Avast are free antivirus software. Ad-aware, Ewido are free spyware removers. You can download free softwares at
http://fixit.in/antivirus.html and http://fixit.in/spywareremover.html
2006-12-24 23:38:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It provides solid protection for your computer against viruses. It typically ranks in the top five as far as protection. It is also the most popular making it a target for specific viruses.
The reason many people hate it, is that it takes control of too many aspects of your machine. If it becomes corrupted it can cripple your computer. It is also a massive resource hog and may slow your computer to a crawl.
2006-12-22 07:52:27 · answer #6 · answered by taskr36 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
No!!! Norten's misses more than it catches...I should know, it missed a virus in my computer and caused the hard drive to crash. I now use avg free 7.5 and have never had a problem.
Choice is really yours what would you rather have...a software that misses or one that works?
http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2
Norten's is going down faster than a sinking submarine!
2006-12-22 08:26:01 · answer #7 · answered by ♥ just_me ♥ 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
NO!!! Way to invasive use AVG it is a much better program.
2006-12-22 07:50:54 · answer #8 · answered by Tauna H 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If you have over 512mb ram then yes.
2006-12-22 07:52:41 · answer #9 · answered by ♂Joe♂ 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
yes, i know the US government uses it. I know it doesn't much though. Yes it's good and it works.
2006-12-22 07:47:16 · answer #10 · answered by higrad_2000 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋