Not able to comment on NAV 2009, but anything described as an "Internet
Security Suite" is, in my experience, bound to be a source of trouble. This
doesn't only apply to Norton, but NIS and 360 are definitely ones to avoid.

Sadly, many of the alternative offerings are now sprouting Internet filters,
content and search controls, gimmicky firewalls, invasive browser/office
plugins, etc etc. Presumably because they see that as the way to compete with
the brand-leaders. Instead it's likely to lead to their products being
equally as bad as those of the brand-leaders.

"smlunatick" wrote:

On Jan 19, 8:36 pm, Leonard Grey wrote:
I never thought I would ever say this, but here goes...

For years, I was a card-carrying (Gold Card) member of the Norton Haters
Club. And for good reason.

Then, just for the heck of it, I tried Norton Internet Security 2009.
My, what a difference. Like Marie Osmond before and after Nutrisystem.
Other things I hated about Symantec - technical support, heavy
footprint, built-in advertising, trouble uninstalling - were no longer
problems. I looked for things to hate about NIS 2009, but couldn't find any.

And, for the record, the software runs on my soon-to-be replaced 7-year
old P4 2.26GHz 1GB of RAM computer. I am impressed.

I'm currently using NAV 2010, and really liking it. So let those rotton
vegetables fly in the general direction of my face...I can take it.

PS #1: I'm using NAV instead of NIS because of a personal choice I made
with respect to third-party firewalls.

PS #2: I may have converted to NAV personally, but I don't recommend any
software product to anyone. Everyone has to make their own decision, is
my view.
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

Gerry wrote:
Like others I would dump Norton for a freeware option.

The capacity of the hard drive has no direct performance implication. It
may indirectly make defragmentation easier, particularly when the drive
is first replaced. You can get hard drives with slower read / write
speeds. Commonly desktop hard drives are 7,200 RPM but older drives were
less. Laptop hard drives are commonly 5,400 RPM to conserve the battery..
More in this link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_disk_drive

I was a "platinum card carrying" loyal Norton user until Norton
Internet Security 2009 "screwed" up my XP system last March. Norton
"on-line" support agent then had the "gall" to "yank" all the Norton
softwares with the NRT tool with out first uninstalling them. This
then rendered my PC to a "paper weight" since XP was no longer
working. Only a reinstall was able to fix this.

Norton security software / anti-virus are "hi jack" software. These
take over and forces your traffic thru the Norton "monitoring" system.

Norton will not be returning to my systems for the foreseeable future.
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