Norton Utilities - from the grave to your PC, soon?

[retiredat44]

MY gripe was they raised their subsription renewal prices like crazy! absolute greed! I just get a rebate each year and buy it new, the subscrition renewal is a huge ripoff...

 

[velcrohead]

A Norton product will never get within 4 blocks of any of my machines.

Same here.

 

[holo88]

necro-post, much?

A Norton product will never get within 4 blocks of any of my machines.

seconded ... or thirdeded... probably three-million-ed

 

[l337]

A Norton product will never get within 4 blocks of any of my machines.

Actually with the new nortons, they are quite good. Symantic has rebuilt the whole suite all over and did not use the same base as norton 2008. norton 2009 has recieved great reviews from these sites:

Top Internet Security Suites: Paying for Protection - PC World
The Best Security Suites for 2009 - Norton Internet Security 2009 - At A Glance - Reviews by PC Magazine
Norton Internet Security 2009 Internet security and firewall reviews - CNET Reviews

It has even gotton great reviews from consumers:
[ame=http://www.amazon.com/Norton-Internet-Security-2009-1User/dp/B001E0RZ3U]Amazon.com: Norton Internet Security 2009 1User/3Pc: Software[/ame]

compared to 2008:
[ame=http://www.amazon.com/Norton-Internet-Security-Users-VERSION/dp/B000T9LUBU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=software&qid=1245963522&sr=1-1]Amazon.com: Norton Internet Security 2008 up to 3 Users [OLD VERSION]: Software[/ame]

I am using norton internet security( the best version) and it only uses 6 - 7 mb of ram.
ps the bad part is the antispam

 

[Bovah]

Im a long time Symantec/Norton user, and I must say they have gotten better and better over the years, in my opinion.

To the people complaining about resource hog, blah blah blah, get a better freakin pc... I dont have a top of the line pc, and have NEVER felt held back when using one of their products.

Dont knock it until you have tried it recently. It may have been crap back in the day, but it has not been crap within the last couple of years. And instead of asking for sources, why dont you try a newer Symantec/Norton product out for yourself instead of taking someone elses word for it, or your past experiences into consideration. Things change, some get better, some get worse, in my opinion Symantec/Norton has gotten better.

 

[pestbest]

I really don't think NU will be of much use. There are countless Free System Optimizers such as Advanced SystemCare Free, CCleaner and much more. NU will just provide the same features but you have to pay money for it? I don't think I am going to try it out.

 

[stormy13]

A Norton product will never get within 4 blocks of any of my machines.

Same. Also this,

Download and run the Norton Removal Tool

and even then I would probably still re-install Windows just to make sure that it is totally gone. That and they had to come up with this,

User Access Control - Vista User Account Control - UAC | Norton Labs

instead of writing their software to work properly with Vista and UAC.

 

[macgyver2]

I used NU long ago, I have also tested the newest versions and was very impressed with how little it put into my computer. I don't use it since I don't believe in paying a fee to use something I payed for already. If Windows charged a sub. fee after the first year of use OS X would be the top OS. With all the free/pay once software that works well why does Symantec still have Sub fees?

 

[copernicus]

Sad Panda to Follow

screw anything that contains the name Norton...

May they all burn in hell

My middle name is Norton.

=*(

 

[Iknewitwin7]

How to you kill zombie's? and will it work on Norton Utl? Why would they bring that back?

 

[zigzag3143]

norton utilities

How to you kill zombie's? and will it work on Norton Utl? Why would they bring that back?

You kill zombies with a stake thru the heart norton also requires a silver bullet. NU is hard to remove, aresource hog, has no support, isnt the best at anything it does and not free.

Think I dont like it.

Ken

 

[BuzWeaver]

I've not used Norton's in three years, I do have an older system and I am concerned about its Footprint. Perhaps when I get a new unit I will consider it, but for now I've been very happy with Avast.

 

[Muad Dib]

Be careful mate... proof in black and white holds no sway on here. Not compared with " Norton is crap. I know cos i used it years ago".

I personally don't care what you use mate......I just noticed the article in this months P.C World magazine. And thought you might enjoy it.

I grew to hate anything Norton/Symantec because how can you trust a software company that cannot figure out how to remove/re-install their own software? Jeeezzzz.

However, as I was getting ready to switch one client with 7 desktops OFF Norton AV 2008 and prior, Norton AV 2009 came out and was a free upgrade for 2008 users. So I gave it a shot....

I believe they must have fired all the idiots that had grown Norton AV into the core-hog it was and hired a completely new staff.

Not only does Norton AV 2009 work very well, the FIRST thing it does is remove all previous versions regardless of how they were installed.

So for me personally, no, no more Norton/Symantec. But for people who are not computer literate enough to defend themselves the AV 2009 product works very well and efficiently.

(I cannot believe I have just defended a Norton product....)

As for Norton Utilities - it would have to offer something REALLY great AND be professionally engineered (i.e. can it uninstall itself? ) before I would even read the tech specs, much less install it.

 

[screwballl]

The release of Norton Utilities for Windows XP and Vista is intended to address the "clutter" on PCs that slows down performance, Reynolds says.http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/020309-norton-utilities-revived.html

Considering that with the clutter and without Norton, the system is still 25% faster and more responsive than without the clutter and with Norton

 

[KazeNoKoe23]

Considering that with the clutter and without Norton, the system is still 25% faster and more responsive than without the clutter and with Norton

I've never seen such stats. I believe it for pre-2009 versions of Norton but not with the latest one.

 

[HammerHead]

IMHO
Peter Norton programs were really useful. They were well written, compact, ran with speed, and all around performance was great. Alas, Symantec has abandoned all the above qualities. I stopped using Symantec.

This brings to mind a similar situation. There was a file manager called XTree Gold. It was a file manager deluxe. MS bought the rights I believe and incorporated it into Win 3.1 and Win 95. Since then Win's file manager has degraded to what you see in Win 7. I now use Salamander.

 

[Muad Dib]

IMHO
Peter Norton programs were really useful. They were well written, compact, ran with speed, and all around performance was great. Alas, Symantec has abandoned all the above qualities. I stopped using Symantec.

This brings to mind a similar situation. There was a file manager called XTree Gold. It was a file manager deluxe. MS bought the rights I believe and incorporated it into Win 3.1 and Win 95. Since then Win's file manager has degraded to what you see in Win 7. I now use Salamander.

Tsk, tsk, your age is showing...... :roflmao:

So is mine since I once used Xtree Gold!

 

[DrWho]

I've often questioned if Symantec has ever written and released a program of their own. It seems like they only buy good software from other companies, and then work hard at screwing it up.

Peter Norton's programs are just one example and Ghost is another.

Way back in the early 90's, Norton's Speeddisk, a HD defragger, was crashing Seagate hard drives around the world. I've not been a Norton fan since then.

X-Tree? I just could never warm up to that program. I can't remember now, after all these years, just what it was about it that I didn't like.

I literally fell in love with "PC-Tools" from "Central Point Software".
That appears to be another company that was bought out by MS, because right after "Central Point" disappeared off the radar, MS came out with it's first Defrag program that looked and acted exactly the the "Compress" program from C.P.
And about that same time, MS came out with a new Backup program that worked exactly like the backup program in "PC Tools".
That was all back in the DOS 6.x days.

OK, that's all ancient history now. Today one of my top five Utilities is the "Norton Removal Tool".......followed closely by the "McAfee Removal Tool".

I'll repeat what I've said hundreds of times on dozens of Tech Forums.....
"The best computer security software in the world, is 100%, absolutely, positively, FREE."

I love a quote that came to me from a fellow in Serbia, "we don't buy no stinkin' software!".
That kind-of says it all.

Cheers Mates, Y'all have a great July 4th!

The Doctor

 

[weh]

I knew Peter back in the day when he actually was Norton Utilities. He wrote some great stuff. So did the programmers who worked for him. It got bad when Symantec took control. They lived off his reputation and did everything they could to force you into permanent bondage with their software. (They ruined Ghost, too, after they bought it.)

However, Norton's Internet Security and Anti-Virus 2009 is a different beast. I'm guessing the group who had been running things over at Symantec must have tried to retire on their paper earnings and gone bust with the market, leaving real programmers to make the decisions as to how the utility and prophylactic software should work. Version 2009 is just plain GOOD! And, as another poster said before me, I never thought I'd see the day when I'd be praising a product from Symantec again. I'm genuinly impressed.

 

[retiredat44]

My middle name is Norton.

=*(

Ed Norton,,, you mean from the Honeymooners?