James

heres a question for you, can norton 2007 be used on more than one pc?

Zetec Andy

yes, but its shit

I had it on my two desktops and my laptop, deleted it off all of them after it let a fatal virus through and i had to wipe my PC.

Now i use AVG.

BM08

yeah but not with the same license, you'd need to buy another.

But thats the same with any AV, although dont bother with norton its crap as andy said, once you uninstall it you will see how faster your computer runs.

se mk3 cabbie

i have used norton for years with no probs, tried kaspersky briefly but couldnt get on with it, same goes for mcafee, what other av you all recommend, sorry to hijack post

skeg

Norton and Avg are used by kids. Why not get yourself a real AV package. something like Kaspersky or trend micro pc cilin. do a review search then download them all an test yourself.

Might as well use Internet explorer too while you're at it.

skeg

A good Anti virus should cause your problems, it should find things, especially if you download. An anti virus that sits there and appears to work fine is not good!

se mk3 cabbie

i only use norton as thats what i first had and aint had any probs, as they say if it aint broke dont fix it, so what you use then

Andreas

Depends, some versions allow you to run it on 3 computers.

BM08

NOD32 i use, have done for about a year, and it doesnt slow booting up times or anything

skeg

The rule of "if it aint broke don't fix it" does not really apply with most things in computer technology. For example if your Anti Virus was not picking up 5 viruses due to imcompetance then how would you know? You wouldn't because most people are more happy with resource performance than would it could be missing in scans. As long as its quick.........

You have to constantly check, test and evolve. New things occur all the time. Holes and vulnerabilities are fresh every day. Just look at Microsoft for example.

Don't forgot Av software doesn't detect trojans or certain keyloggers usually.

BM08

skeg check out http://www.eset.com/

se mk3 cabbie

from that it shows that norton is 2nd best at finding viruses etc

skeg

Doesn't mean shit. i've read many computing books where they mention Norton (weather good or bad) but after testing myself i would rate it about 5th or 6th. It misses things plus its a resource hog which is what most people are concerned about mostly. Most people can't test them all so reading as many reviews as you can is a good thing. Especially if you download. Although you can get a virus just by using any web site nevermind attachements or installations.

AVG free and paid are average as well. The trouble is most people listen to others after making a post or just make do with what they think works well.Usually the people they get it off follow they above.


http://anti-virus-software-review.to...+virus+reviews

skeg

Biggest laugh i've had all day, thanks.

aduz

me too

Redkop

I've been using AVAST lately after using AVG for years and I have to say I am very impressed with it. It picks up viruses in emails and even viruses on a forum if a thread contains one.