Pros and Cos (Norton vs Kaspersky ) ?

[baxxter]

Im asking evry one have one of them (Norton or Kaspersky) tell what are the pros and the cos ?
I mean tell us your experience

 

[Maguscreed]

I'm not a huge fan of either (as I see both of them causing problems for people here and there)
However, if I was forced to pick I'd go with the 2012 kapersky.
They've redesigned the interface and the application itself.
It's much more streamlined and a lot less resource hungry than it was just last year.

 

[baxxter]

I'm not a huge fan of either (as I see both of them causing problems for people here and there)
However, if I was forced to pick I'd go with the 2012 kapersky.
They've redesigned the interface and the application itself.
It's much more streamlined and a lot less resource hungry than it was just last year.

What was the problems ?!

 

[Athene]

I'm very happy with my Norton 2011...but in the end choosing an antivirus program seems to be a matter of taste You'll find lovers and haters of the same product...You've got to do your own research and make up your own mind

 

[Phone Man]

I have seen good reports on both of these products from these two reputably test sites.
AV-TEST.org · Tests of Anti-Virus- and Security-Software
AV-Comparatives - Independent Tests of Anti-Virus Software - Welcome to AV-Comparatives.org

My personal choice, Norton Internet Security 2011, has served me well so I can only comment on it. It has lots of different security features that work well together and provide an overall protection package. Two features I like are the Norton toolbar which has a Safe Web indicator for trusted sites and will alert you to the bad guys. Identity Safe that stores your web site login and passwords and will populate the login information.
Also the licensee key is good for 1 year from first install and you get a free update to the new versions during that year.
Check out those two sites and review the tests. I know NIS has a 30day free trial so you can try before you buy.

Jim

 

[Maguscreed]

I'm not a huge fan of either (as I see both of them causing problems for people here and there)
However, if I was forced to pick I'd go with the 2012 kapersky.
They've redesigned the interface and the application itself.
It's much more streamlined and a lot less resource hungry than it was just last year.

What was the problems ?!

Same as any AV/firewall gone mad.
Ranges anywhere from minor connection issues, to debilitating bsod's.
This is just how it is though, about the only one I've not seen inducing bsod's is MSE, but it's protection level is pretty weak compared with most premium options.

 

[JMH]

Im asking evry one have one of them (Norton or Kaspersky) tell what are the pros and the cos ?
I mean tell us your experience

A FYI -
{Refer to our resident BSOD Analysts.}
Norton, Kaspersky {plus some others} have been implicated / associated with BSOD's.

 

[zigzag3143]

Pros

You have less discretionary income to blow elsewhere



Cons

BSOD's, instability, difficult to remove, use many resources.

IMHO I think you get the idea.

 

[Crush]

You have less discretionary income to blow elsewhere

My 2 cents:

An antivirus is as good as you make it . It's all about whether you will use it and find it easy to use. If that is Norton go with it, if that is Kaspersky go with it. Will detections vary from software to software? Sure but follow the ground rules of using the computer and internet and you will be fine whichever you choose

 

[win7clutz]

I have seen good reports on both of these products from these two reputably test sites.
AV-TEST.org · Tests of Anti-Virus- and Security-Software
AV-Comparatives - Independent Tests of Anti-Virus Software - Welcome to AV-Comparatives.org

My personal choice, Norton Internet Security 2011, has served me well so I can only comment on it. It has lots of different security features that work well together and provide an overall protection package. Two features I like are the Norton toolbar which has a Safe Web indicator for trusted sites and will alert you to the bad guys. Identity Safe that stores your web site login and passwords and will populate the login information.
Also the licensee key is good for 1 year from first install and you get a free update to the new versions during that year.
Check out those two sites and review the tests. I know NIS has a 30day free trial so you can try before you buy.

Jim

Couldn't agree more... Over the past 18 months or so I've moved 100's of clients to NIS2010/NIS2011. The only negative result is reduced personal income as I seldom do service calls any longer related to virus and malware problems. The upside, happy clients...

I'd suggest you test the product yourself and draw your own conclusions. The frequent post implying a big footprint and reduced system performance are nonsense. Additionally, saving $50.00 annually by running a combination of FREE products can certainly come back to haunt you, IMO…

 

[Maguscreed]

For a long time I ran without protection outside of noscript in my browser, later I started using mse and scanning with mbam once in awhile I still never find anything, nothing ever needs to be blocked and I have no problems with viruses.

Most my experience on the subject basically shows me that people that get viruses will continue to manage to do so regardless of the amount of protection you give them as they will get impatient and just start clicking whatever they need to in order to keep going without even reading message prompts.

At any rate, I quit using norton/symantec products personally when I quit using DOS.
They once cost me nearly 10k in lost work and data (destroyed primary and backup disks somehow) it took nearly a month to rebuild everything, and when I reported the problem to them they had a lawyer contact and threaten me...

Good luck with norton I'd just as soon do without.

 

[baxxter]

But how will I know wich the best Im asking an experiences guys (real time protection,firewall,anti virus,how much take the update ,is it light ? ...) I dont care about the secend features alot such (safe run application ...)

Any one his pc stopped or somthing like that and he is using Kaspersky or Norton ??

 

[baxxter]

No one tried them ?

 

[dreamer]

I use NIS 2011 and haven't faced any problems yet.No BSODs or system slow down or hang ups and it runs silently in background without eating up resources. That's just my opinion.

 

[baxxter]

Does it have a good firewall ?
How about Kaspersky s Users !!

 

[Golden]

Baxxter,

You are asking for opinion here, and you will get a diverse response. The "best" for you will be the one that suites your needs. Visit the Kaspersky and Norton sites to read up on the features they offer, and see which one ticks all the boxes for you.

You could also try each one on a trial basis, and see how they run.

Regards,
Golden

 

[baxxter]

I heard that they can hack kaspersky ,is it true ?

 

[Golden]

I heard that they can hack kaspersky ,is it true ?

This is a question for the Kaspersky forums - you won't find the answer here.

 

[Maguscreed]

..and to make one thing perfectly clear, nothing, absolutely nothing is unhackable.
Such a thing does not exist.
Generally the few actual hackers out there with the skill to do anything but exploit stuff other people figured out, have much more interesting targets than your little home pc.

 

[Coke Robot]

I heard that they can hack kaspersky ,is it true ?

I highly doubt it. Kaspersky does a pretty good job of not allowing the user to kill the service component of it unless if they manually exit out of it through the systray icon.