Deceived By Reviews - Windows 7 Antivirus Software Critique
I can be reading on the Internet, or even be off-line, and all of a sudden a distracting Norton dialog box will pop up to inform me that Norton is performing system scans in the background. The only problem is that these scans take up so much memory that my browser or open program will lock up and crash, so I usually have to reboot, and by then, I lost my train of thought on what I was doing on the computer to begin with, and I find it very annoying!
This is a great option for a desktop/laptop user because it's cheaper than having to buy 3 individual copies. I have been using Norton for a few years now and I will continue to use it...very good product, not perfect but good.
There is virtually no noticeable slow down (I have a gateway NV79 w/ an Icore5 processor, 4GB of DDR3, and windows 7). When my laptop is idle, the antivirus starts running diagnostics since resources are freed up - not when I'm actually trying to get some work or leisure done.
I renew Norton Internet Security every year and it's much cheaper to buy the CD on sale than to renew on-line from Symantec, plus you have the CD in the event you need it. Upon running it, it will identify those programs on your computer that might be suspect to further review about being safe. There is a newer improved safe web, keeping scams from harming you or your computer. Very secure. All in all, a great product!
Much of the time I had to either keep refreshing the screen or waiting for a long time for the information to be filled in. Conversely, the Norton Internet Security program does it immediately. Well my performance is now noticeably slower but still within reason. After a day or 2 my CPU settled back down to about 1% on idle and only an additional 10% of my memory. Symantec product support has not been helpful. Uninstalling the program and putting 2010 back on completely solved the problem on the Win 7 ultimate system.
After that it wouldn't do anything except update itself. I could run the activation again, and could see on their website that I was registered, but it still said it was expired. I will only buy Norton; it is the best security/protection software, hands down! The 3-pc bundle at Amazon is a great deal. The protection doesn't slow down your computer just sitting there, but during a scan it does slow it down pretty much. Safe Web Sort of fast "full scans" Slows down computer during scans. I ran some free antivirus and firewall products on a few other computers at home, and Norton performed so much better in comparison. I can't say enough good things.
I am a big Norton fan. Unfortunately, this particular one I already had installed and thought I was ordering the 2012 software.
This is a great option for a desktop/laptop user because it's cheaper than having to buy 3 individual copies. I have been using Norton for a few years now and I will continue to use it...very good product, not perfect but good.
There is virtually no noticeable slow down (I have a gateway NV79 w/ an Icore5 processor, 4GB of DDR3, and windows 7). When my laptop is idle, the antivirus starts running diagnostics since resources are freed up - not when I'm actually trying to get some work or leisure done.
I renew Norton Internet Security every year and it's much cheaper to buy the CD on sale than to renew on-line from Symantec, plus you have the CD in the event you need it. Upon running it, it will identify those programs on your computer that might be suspect to further review about being safe. There is a newer improved safe web, keeping scams from harming you or your computer. Very secure. All in all, a great product!
Much of the time I had to either keep refreshing the screen or waiting for a long time for the information to be filled in. Conversely, the Norton Internet Security program does it immediately. Well my performance is now noticeably slower but still within reason. After a day or 2 my CPU settled back down to about 1% on idle and only an additional 10% of my memory. Symantec product support has not been helpful. Uninstalling the program and putting 2010 back on completely solved the problem on the Win 7 ultimate system.
After that it wouldn't do anything except update itself. I could run the activation again, and could see on their website that I was registered, but it still said it was expired. I will only buy Norton; it is the best security/protection software, hands down! The 3-pc bundle at Amazon is a great deal. The protection doesn't slow down your computer just sitting there, but during a scan it does slow it down pretty much. Safe Web Sort of fast "full scans" Slows down computer during scans. I ran some free antivirus and firewall products on a few other computers at home, and Norton performed so much better in comparison. I can't say enough good things.
I am a big Norton fan. Unfortunately, this particular one I already had installed and thought I was ordering the 2012 software.
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