Faster speed on this site, Norton Internet Security 2009

Running a Norton Product is like driving a ZD30 Nissan....you just do not know when it is going to let you down

My experience with Norton...never again!!.

If you want slightly faster speed on the site then try Google Chrome web browser



Cheers

I mostly use Safari on an iMac which is pretty quick for most things. But the Exploroz site is agonisingly slow.

Yep, Nortons slows everything down! I use Avast antivirus, with Vista, which is free for home computer (non commercial) users and can be set to update virus database automatically every day.
My local computer tech man swears by it! Have been using it for over 12 months and would never go back!
regards,
Heather G

And here is another dissatisfied Nortons (ex) user.
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Well I will swim against the tide and say I am a happy Nortons user and have been for many years.

The problems are usually caused by incorrect configuration more than anything else.

I have tried the "free" versions of most tings and reckon you get what you pay for.That is for nothing you get exactly that.

Remember those makers also sell the pro version of that software so the free version will never be as good as that.

As long as you dont use AVAST you should be OK.

Try getting rid of that if you dont like it. I had to reformat to get rid of it.

Also you didnt need to format a drive to get rid of Nortons older versions.

If you went to their website they provided 3 small removal programs to do it for you.

You could then do a registry clean and edit to check if it was all gone and also do a file search and it would show ANY file named NORTON
Delete them and it was gone.

Done it heaps of times on various machines

The files that most often get missed are the ones that hide in the "Common Files" folder as that is where the registraion details are kept.

The site loads at the same speed on this machine whether Nortons is turned on or off.

I find norton 360 ver2 in good . Way faster than 360 ver1 .

Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 here - US$30 for 3PC's for 2years (ebay)

Works well.

I was using trend micro pro 2008 - found it slow and "large". Trend 2009 was better but I opted for Kaspersky as it has good virus / malware detection (one of the best av engines currently). Eset nod32 is close behind (faster but detects less).

The new norton 2009 is from the stores etc has improved alot from previous versions - but after seeing it in action previous versions at work were a complete waste of money.

Gday all, My initial post was to users who were using Norton,letting them know, that there has been some improvements.. Running fine here now, so for $35, it was worth a try!! I have to say i didn't know why my system was so slow,but now really fast, we shall see how it goes over the longer term.. Michael

I don't have any problems with speed on this site and have not used Internet security programs for two years since I switch to Linux.
And its FREE

I have used AVG for years, it's free and it's excellent. The Computer magazines rate it highly.

Cheers,

Mark.

NOD 32 by Eset , fast and efficient , updates on start up , and best of all you support an Australian ,[ comes from Cabolture Qld].