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norman antivirus anyone?

  • 14-03-2008 12:47pm
    #1
    shrapnel222
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,120 ✭✭✭


    just wondering reading some of the threads around what people's opinion are on norman antivirus. i've been running with it for the last year and a half and i feel like saying so far so good. I checked the antivirus comparator and it rates quite highly, although not that highly compared to others, but after reading some people's opinions on mcafee and the like, i was curious to hear some boardies expert opinions on our Norman :)


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  • #2
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    Norton :)

    The reason many people don't like Norton is because not only does it tend to hog your system resources and charge sill rates for updates, but there are also perfectly capable (and some would argue far better) free alternatives available that won't cost a red cent.


  • #3
    shrapnel222
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,120 ✭✭✭shrapnel222


    aidan_walsh wrote: »
    Norton :)

    The reason many people don't like Norton is because not only does it tend to hog your system resources and charge sill rates for updates, but there are also perfectly capable (and some would argue far better) free alternatives available that won't cost a red cent.

    are norman and norton one and the same? i didn't know that. they certainly don't look the same.

    are you sure you're not the confused one?:p


  • #4
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    Ah, didn't realise there was actually a Norman as well, thought it was a typo :o:)


  • #5
    ActorSeeksJob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,970 ✭✭✭ActorSeeksJob


    Have honestly never heard anything about it, which is probably not a good thing. I imagine it's ok, but nothing special.


  • #6
    is_that_so
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    I used it for a while. Norwegian company I believe who are involved with computer forensics. It was being favourably compared to Kaspersky at one stage. They had a piece of sandbox technology built into it - where the software could dump and look at any suspicious packages. AFAIK there is an online version of this. As AV well I didn't notice it, its resource usage was tolerable, relatively quick scans, it kept my machines clean, easy to use and the pricing was better than Kaspersky. But it's been 2-3 years since I used it so no idea how it currently rates.


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  • #7
    shrapnel222
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,120 ✭✭✭shrapnel222


    thanks for that guys, it shows up on http://www.av-comparatives.org/ (Which was just recently posted by cozmik) and rates mid table


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