NOD32 or Norton?

[ShaneSparky_YYZ]

Which is better NOD32 or Norton Antivirus?

;)

[Symbiotic Hat]

I would go with NOD32. It's very good and free.

/Edit: Oops sorry I guess I was thinking about AVG I guess.

Edited September 3, 2004 by jeavis

[deimos]

I would go with NOD32. It's very good and free.

It is very good, but no, its not free.

[NinjaOfLove]

I would go with NOD32.  It's very good and free.

NOD32 is great, but free? You're mistaken, I believe.

Norton is horrid.

[painbird]

i heard NOD was a resource hog.

[Rob2687]

i heard NOD was a resource hog.

I heard Norton was a resource hog :unsure:

[Viserov]

I would go with NOD32. It's [...] free.

:no:

[speedy_kevin]

Anything except norton

[ShaneSparky_YYZ]

Anything except norton

you just did your 777th post ;) it might be a lucky day for you.. ;)

[Hurmoth]

Panda Titanium Antivirus 2004 (http://www.pandasoftware.com/home/default.asp)

[ShaneSparky_YYZ]

Panda Titanium Antivirus 2004 (http://www.pandasoftware.com/home/default.asp)

I tried Panda, I did't like it.

I'm asking which is better Norton or NOD32? :p

[slysy]

You can get a free trial of NOD32, why not install it to help you decide? IMO NOD32 is better. So much lower on resources, so much quicker to perform a scan. And a better record on vb100.

[speedy_kevin]

you just did your 777th post ;) it might be a lucky day for you.. ;)

Well let's hope so :cool:

[gertin]

NOD32! It's SO much better than Norton :)

[ShaneSparky_YYZ]

You can get a free trial of NOD32, why not install it to help you decide? IMO NOD32 is better. So much lower on resources, so much quicker to perform a scan. And a better record on vb100.

I'm a lazy mofo and I don't wanna uninstall Norton, install NOD32 and if I hate it, reinstall Norton and yuk, thats lots of rebooting too.. lol ;)

I like to see peoples opinions first. I trust my fellow neowins.

[Dean W]

ive only tried mcafee and Norton, i didnt like mcafee so i went with norton, and i know alot of places that have got norton aswell.

So i went with Norton... lol

[TechyClaire]

NOD32, it only uses a couple of meg whilst in the background, compared to what 20-30Mb for norton? It scans my system SO much faster, and has updates twice a day (they are only like 20k in size)

If you wanted the norton to take over your recycle bin, include shredder, compression and all the other bloated crap go for it. If you want speed, accurate detection and low on resources NOD is the way to go

Norton have done exactly what ZoneAlarm did, they were both one excellent, but instead of improving, making their products faster, and use less memory and scan quicker, they just added useless bloat into their program and called them new features.

Basically anything is better than Norton for AV these days.

[Dean W]

hmm suppose that is true, their isnt really any point in having all the features that you get with Norton, Shredder etc. What features does NOD32 have?

[mtrftw]

umm it scans for viruses. it's doesn't have the fancy stuff you'll never use like norton does. nod32 is good and so is kaspersky.

[KzR]

Norton is definitely a resource hog. I'm using NOD32 on my secondary PC, it's working well. For my primary PC, I'm using McAfee's Enterprise AV software. The Enterprise version of the Anti-Virus software seems to be less resource hogging than the Home editon.

[petroid]

So am I the only one here who likes SAV9 and the Symantec System Center? One powerful AV app.

[bazcook]

Well if you've already got Norton and you're asking about another AV program, then there is obviously something that you don't like about NAV.

Every AV program out there has good points and bad and they'll all miss something (however often you update) so you've got to first decide why you're asking about others and why you want to get rid of Norton. If you can figure that out then you've just got to suck it up and uninstall NAV and install a trial of the others - however lazy you profess to be.

I gave up on McAfee years ago and ripped every vestige of Norton out at the beginning of the year. Norton is a resource hog and caused more inter-program conflicts than I care to report - plus, as with all retail AV programs, I resent having to pay a 'subscription' to keep a piece of software you've already bought valid. Yup, I've gone to a freebie (after considerable concern) and I've had no problems - while online scans monthly from other providers suggest nothing has slipped in unseen.

There is no definitive answer to your question - I've heard that F-Secure, Kapersky, NOD32, etc is the 'best' retail product out there. You don't like Norton? Fine, do something about it. If you don't like the alternative and better you can always reinstall...

[Bearded Kirklander]

I'd go Norton or AVG probably. I think AVG may be better than Avast too, so it may be the best solution.

http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/2/

http://www.avast.com/eng/free_virus_protectio.html

[Dean W]

Im having problems trying to remove Norton Antivirus 2003 lol. I installed the programe before i installed Service Pack 2.

Now, suddenly i cannot remove Norton Antivirus from Add & Remove Programes, i get an error also ive tried removing Norton on my other computers and they all got Service Pack2 and i installed Norton before i installed sp2.

So, I cant remove it now i got Service Pack 2

Any Ideas, cuz i wanna use a different Anitivirus programe?

[ShaneSparky_YYZ]

I installed NOD32 Trial, so far I like it wayyy better than norton ;)

Thanks everyone for your replies.

[iller]

Now, suddenly i cannot remove Norton Antivirus from Add & Remove Programes

I remember getting an error when I tried uninstall norton, but that was only since i tried pushing the button remove instead of change.