Why Does Norton Have A Bad Reputation?

Question

Okay so I have Norton 2011. I saw in a newspaper and youtube it's good. But once I posted it on a forum everyone way like McAfee and all that. I once used McAfee and whenever it scanned it took at least a minutes to load a page and for full scans it took almost 16 HOURS. But Norton it doesn't slow and it's just great. I used 2010 to before I upgraded and perfect to. I use Windows 7 and my mom uses Windows XP and it works great on both. When did people get these bad things about Norton?

Answer 1

Norton has a reputation for being slow and causing the computer to lock up. Whether it is or isn't terrible in its current incarnation makes no difference to those who have been campaigning against Norton in the past.



I personally have been refusing to use Norton since 2003. Not that I don't believe that it's good now, its just that I feel dirty using Norton because of my terrible experiences in the past.



The reviews on 2011 are good though. Still not as good as *nix

Answer 2

Norton's virus scanner, by itself, is not so bad. There are two main reasons why it's not popular among techies though:



#1: It often comes bundled with a "suite" of other programs -- like a registry cleaner, antispyware, and various security "solutions." These extra programs tend to cause big problems with the Windows registry and can wreak havoc on your system. If you're going to use Norton, use the anti virus ONLY.



#2: Being one of the most popular antivirus programs on the market, Norton is a big target for hackers. If you're going to write a virus that you want to infect as many computers as possible, you should write it to get through Norton. The same goes for MacAffee and other major names. Some people, including me, believe that it's better to use a highly-rated but more independent free antivirus solution because it's not likely that hackers will have it in mind when they make their viruses.



My recommendations for free anti virus software are AVG free edition and Avast! free edition. Of course you should only have one anti virus program running on your computer at any time.

Answer 3

Norton is better than McAfee in my experience. McAfee is the worst. I prefer Kaspersky though.

Answer 4

Nortons top dog, it's mostly propaganda to make people buy Inferior anti virus products that are hackers dreams.