Multiple recent reviews are giving Norton Internet Security 2009 top
ratings, so I thought I'd make sure the list was aware of this. None
of us has particularly liked Norton for several years now, but
apparently they've gotten this newest one right.
So, the next time someone mentions Norton,
My instinct in reading the article is that it's pay for play journalism.
It doesn't contain a lot of specs/ test reports, details etc and the
best rated security suite of recent years... Zone Alarm Security Suite
... isn't even tested or mentioned and the big corporate solutions are
all at
In Norton's defense, they have been getting better reviews the last few
years. The best way to really check is search for other reviews of the same
products. Perhaps this review is geared more towards corporate solutions
then home users...I think that is evident with the lack of AVG or Avast
Thanks for the heads up. Looks like a major rewrite, which it very much
needed. Hopefully it is no longer junk. In any event this means we should
hold our tongues for the moment.
I would not rely on initial reviews, which generally focus on new
features and whatever the vendor provided in the
I got Norton 2009 Internet Security for my relatives' two machines and
put the extra copy on one of mine that I use infrequently so I would
have something to help troubleshoot with when he had problems. Since
installation he's had no problems which is great compared to the
problems he had as an
To my surprise, the new Norton is extremely unobtrusive in its bootup
times and operation. It has very little user tweaks and interaction,
and seems to just do whatever it does transparently. The only glitch
I've seen is one day it was unable to update after being off for a
couple of weeks,
Good point. I'm sure I'll have to jump through hoops to get rid of it.
I'll let you know how it goes.
Richard P.
To my surprise, the new Norton is extremely unobtrusive in its bootup
times and operation. snip
Let's see how it goes when the subscription expires or you try to uninstall
it.
Have to say that so far I am actually very impressed, and I had a big
anti-Norton bias to get back over.
I find the company's MO is to start with a great product (often obtained
by buying another company) and then milking it for cash while investing
zilch. I wonder what the reviews will be for
OK, I using AGV free. What reason should I switch to Norton?
Tom Piwowar wrote:
Have to say that so far I am actually very impressed, and I had a big
anti-Norton bias to get back over.
I find the company's MO is to start with a great product (often obtained
by buying another company)
