What do you guys think of the new Norton Internet Security 2008?

I'm thinking of getting NIS 2008. Just because I said that don't recommend me Kaspersky, NOD32... So getting back to the topic here, I want to see if Norton has really improved since releasing NIS 2007. For those of you that don't know, NIS 2007 was revamped and supposedly uses less CPU, RAM... What do you guys think of NIS 2008 and how much will the computer get slowed down compared to Avast!, AVG (those are the ones I've used before...)

 

Well, Symantec's last two Norton releases (2008 and 2007) have been significant improvements compared to previous versions. But while its lighter on system resources than previous versions, its still consumes quite a lot of resources compared to other AVs.

Now I'm just wondering why you don't want Kaspersky or NOD32...they are the best in the industry...

 

Can you give me an exact figure of how much system resource it consumes?

 

I have no idea...I'm currently running Norton Antivirus 2007 on my desktop PC, not the 2008 version. And I'm using my MacBook right now .

But I'm only using Norton because its not my choice on what AV I use. If I had a say, I'd probably be using Kaspersky or NOD32.

 

Out of curiosity... why are you switching off of the free stuff? Are you dissatisfied? Are you still getting viruses with Avast or AVG?

 

NIS 2008 is basically the same as 2007, with some skin changes and a some small feature additions (Firefox, for example). Its footprint is quite small, considering what it offers. I have not found any slow-downs--NONE! I'm pleased with it, although the anti-malware doesn't seem that effective.

 

Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.

 

Yes, try this link: Antivirus tools compared

Gary

 

It couldn't have gotten any worse!

 

Nod32 FTW!!

 

I seriously doubt that anyone who has used both Norton and another good Virus guard like Nod32 or Kaspersky would ever recommend Norton again.

 

Well said, deputy963 .

 

Well, Peter Norton wrote many VERY good programs. Unfortunately this came to an end when Symantec bought his company. Symantec has a history of ruining perfectly good software, by buying the company or program and doing their best to improve it.

 

Thanks for the link. It's nice to see that kind of information.

 

IMO Avast only slows down boot for me when it auto Updates on boot. Otherwise it just pops right up and every thing else boots quickly.

They should of added Googletalk, which has a huge delay in at boot time. Not good to keep on startup.

 

Yes I agree, I know about Peter Norton and the good old days. In fact, I was a big fan of the Norton utilities back then (best there was at the time), but that was long time ago. Here I was ONLY referring to current Symantec Norton Virus guard and Internet Security suit (I didnt mean Norton / Symantec products in general).

That being said, Symantec in general is not doing that bad either, I mean they still manage to release some good products like Partition Magic (previously owned by PowerQuest), Norton Ghost etc.. However, they have managed to skrew up the Virus guard big time (at least the non corporate edition).

 

Oh well, Yahoo uses Norton for their virus scanning on Email. I dont know if this software is specially designed for them or what. It just shows though that Norton has huge technical depth and expertise to be chosen as Yahoo's antivirus partner.

I have not used Norton on my own PC's though for over two years. AVG has been fine for me......But I am not a massive internet based Corporation that has literally zillions of virus hits every day.

 

There is also this link.

 

Wrong and arrogant.

 

Currently under device manager these are running with the following RAM usage:
- symlcsvc.exe - Symantec Core Component = 220K
- ccsvdhst.exe - Symanted Service Framework = 2364k
- ccsvdhst.exe - Symanted Service Framework = 5284k

While running a full scan of my system:
- symlcsvc.exe - Symantec Core Component = 216K
- ccsvdhst.exe - Symanted Service Framework = 31,920k
- ccsvdhst.exe - Symanted Service Framework = 4288k
- navw32.exe - Norton AntiVirus Scanner Module = 6488k

 

Have you actually used something like Nod32 ??

Check these : http://www.av-comparatives.org/ (Nod32 beats Norton by a huge margin in every test)
and : nod32 Vs Norton (this particular article maybe somewhat biased; there were several more comprehensive articles showing that nod32 is several times better in both detection/speed and resource consumption, but unfortunately I couldn't find it right now. Will try to post them if I come across them).
As pointed out earlier in this thread : What really slows Windows down.
Do you see what I mean ?

Memory footprint is not everything , especially these days when there is plenty of system RAM. Most of us can spare few extra MBs, but the question is, are you willing to compromise overall system performance and your time?

 

I find AV to be the fourth line of defense in my system.

1. Router Firewall settings and NAT
2. Software Firewall
3. Anti-Spyware
4. Anti-Virus

 

Indeed I have. AVG, Nod32 and Kaspersky.

Anyway - this is way off the ops topic.

 

... back to the topic, then ... my response is as little and infrequently as possible.

 

My thoughts:

I downloaded it and went to install the trial version...I'm up for a subscription renewal in 2 months anyway so I was thinking of moving to 2008.

And it crashed during the install...a simple buffer overrun error! Doesn't impress me there.

Perhaps I should re-download it.

EDIT: Got it working...now I go play with it.

 

i think norton pays huge money to all big publishers to rate their software best so that they can get more layman kind of customers who only recognize brand not the quality. I used norton anti virus for 2 years and it was resource hog and bring down system on its nees. It was norton 2005 security suit. Since the time i switched to AVK and AntiVir software and I can say Avira AntiVir is one of the best antivirus I have found.

 

Not everyone wants to be bothered with finding, installing, and configuring software, so there will always be a market for these sort of packages that do almost everything almost well and come pre-installed in many cases.

This is a forum with a very specific purpose and audience, so the demographics are shifted a bit from the generic "everyone" categorization.