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So I just saw a commercial on TV for "Norton 2009 Classic", and I couldn't help but laugh. It looks like without admitting it, they're acknowledging how much quality has gone down in Norton Antivirus products (ever since Norton 2004 in my opinion), and how much out of favor it;s fallen with professionals, so they're trying to say "Hey, we're back to 'classic' performance and reliability".
And how knows, maybe they are, but it just struck me as funny. That "Classic" connotation just said so much.Assume that I already did an Internet search.
True, since 2004 Norton products were heavily bashed and seldom recommended by techs unless they were compensated in some way by Symantec.
This year though Norton is making a comeback with Norton 2009. It's very light weight and is starting to get tech's approvals.
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I don't care how light weight it is trying to become....I will never recommend Norton to any of my clients and will continually suggest that it be removed from any by purchased products and also that letters be sent to manufacturers that you will not recommend their products to any clients if they support Norton products with their computers.
Norton products have been proven to cause major issues and even so ...Norton service refuses to acknowledge that fact and continue to lie about it.
They have nothing coming from me
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norton clogs up a pc just like Aohell, IMHO they are the most annoying software ever made and like lurks said, I too remove all norton products from client PC's and they run much better.
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I agree with lurkswithin, Norton is terrible and I have written manufacturers to tell them to stop including it.
Since 2004 it's been pure crap. And I used to LOVE Norton when Peter Norton ran the company.
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While that site gives it a good review for what it is suppose to do....nothing is still being said about what it does to your computer applications and other programs and softwares that it has been known to create havoc with. It is still full of its own bloatware with the toolbar crap and other add-ons that are not needed much less wanted. While it is allowed to turn them off..." There is no way to stop the installation nor remove the unwanted parts"
As much as I detest suite packaging at the least most allow you to Not Install the parts that you do not need or want to use... But Not Norton. It forces the installation...which puts them in the same mind frame as AOL packaging services.
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lurkswithin: NIS 2009 is real improvement over some of the earlier products, though in fact I didn't think NIS 2008 was bad at all. I'm using NIS 2009 with Vista and it's really not hogging resources much at all. It's certainly not wreaking havoc with any of my other programs. In addition, if I recall correctly, it gives you a custom install option, so you do not have to install all components if you don’t want to. You can also disable certain features, like removing the toolbar in IE, or not enabling Norton Community Watch. There are many other options under settings.
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I am currently testing Norton anti-virus 2009 on my xp machine with no problems or lags. Symantec offers a 3 month trial on their site. I have not tried NIS yet and do not plan to because I already have another firewall I trust, (Sygate).
I was also using Norton AV on Win 7 beta without problems, however since switching to 7 RC Norton will not work anymore.
Getting information off the Internet is like taking a drink from a fire hydrant.
~Mitchell Kapor ~
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It wasn't the resource hog or compatibility issues that turned me off to the pre-installed Nortons that have come with machines I've purchased in the past.
It was fact that on numerous occasions Norton did not find viruses that other - also free - applications did.
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