Norton 2009 products now work with windows 7!

[gamepro127]

Good news guys, Norton has finally made updates to their 2009 products.
Norton 2009 products that now work with Windows 7:
Norton AntiVirus 2009
Norton Internet Security 2009
Norton Gaming Edition 2009

Ive been using Norton gaming edition 2009 lately, and WOW! What a HUGE improvement from Norton 2004-2008 products!
Its VERY light, doesn't slow down computer. Quick scan takes at most 40 seconds and has a "gamer mode" which is pretty sweet.

 

[zigzag3143]

What version is norton now?

 

[Tews]

I wouldnt let any of their bloatware near my computer .. and neither would Peter Norton!

:mad2:

 

[Dinesh]

I wouldnt let any of their bloatware near my computer .. and neither would Peter Norton!

:mad2:

+1.

 

[gamepro127]

I wouldnt let any of their bloatware near my computer .. and neither would Peter Norton!

:mad2:

Nah Dude Norton has changed since version 2004-2008.
Right now, Norton only uses two processes:
ccSvchst.exe CPU: 00 Memory: 4,184k
ccSvchst.exe CPU: 00 Memory 2,700k

Quicks scans in less than 40 seconds, Updates Every 5-15 minutes, WAY better detection rate than versions 2004-2008.
Norton has REALLY improved.

 

[Dark Nova Gamer]

Good news guys, Norton has finally made updates to their 2009 products.
Norton 2009 products that now work with Windows 7:
Norton AntiVirus 2009
Norton Internet Security 2009
Norton Gaming Edition 2009

Ive been using Norton gaming edition 2009 lately, and WOW! What a HUGE improvement from Norton 2004-2008 products!
Its VERY light, doesn't slow down computer. Quick scan takes at most 40 seconds and has a "gamer mode" which is pretty sweet.

Trying to prove to people that Norton is good now, is like trying to ride a bull to the moon. Half of them refuse to try it out and claim its still bad (even if they haven't tried it) and the other half just don't give a damn.

I'm with you that Norton Gamer Edition is very nice, I used its free trials for a while (did a lot of reinstalls so I never hit that 15-day mark hehe), but now I use Microsoft Security Essentials.

 

[gamepro127]

Trying to prove to people that Norton is good now, is like trying to ride a bull to the moon. Half of them refuse to try it out and claim its still bad (even if they haven't tried it) and the other half just don't give a damn.

I'm with you that Norton Gamer Edition is very nice, I used its free trials for a while (did a lot of reinstalls so I never hit that 15-day mark hehe), but now I use Microsoft Security Essentials.

+1
14 days left here.
Then ill go back to NOD32, but to be honest, this seems to be BETTER than NOD32.
I tried security essentials, first beta in windows 7 64-bit. IMO it used a bit to much RAM (50MB) but was overall nice. The newer beta versions are for SURE much lighter!

 

[F1FAN]

Trying to prove to people that Norton is good now, is like trying to ride a bull to the moon. Half of them refuse to try it out and claim its still bad (even if they haven't tried it) and the other half just don't give a damn.

I'm with you that Norton Gamer Edition is very nice, I used its free trials for a while (did a lot of reinstalls so I never hit that 15-day mark hehe), but now I use Microsoft Security Essentials.

hay you stole my avater haha. anyway i have heard so many stories about norton being bad and its the only main 1 that i hav't tryed out on my PC. i heard 2009 is meant to be better but at the end of the day..norton is still norton.

 

[Zahl]

They also finally updated their Firefox add-ons (IPS/Toolbar) so make sure to run an update even if not on windows 7. The version I am running after update is 16.7.2.10.
But really guys NIS 09 is excellent. It's like you almost don't have anything installed. Its better than Kaspersky 09 I had before it and definitely better than the G-Data IS 2010 that I recently tried out.

 

[TGSoldier]

What? N****n still exists? Damn..

 

[zigzag3143]

Symantec couldn't pay me to use Norton. There is that old saying once burned twice shy.

Ken

 

[wallyinnc]

But really guys NIS 09 is excellent. It's like you almost don't have anything installed. Its better than Kaspersky 09 I had before it and definitely better than the G-Data IS 2010 that I recently tried out.

I haven't had such luck. Well, moving from CA to Norton was the right thing to do (talk about a drag...), but I still feel Norton slows down my XP system. I just had to do a system recovery (tried to replace motherboard, HP system didn't like it, still trying), ran it a bit before installing Norton back on and I could feel the difference. I run Kasperski with Win7 on a dual boot on the same machine, way better, and testing NOD32 on another machine with Win7, both feel much faster.
Just my 2¢

 

[gamepro127]

I haven't had such luck. Well, moving from CA to Norton was the right thing to do (talk about a drag...), but I still feel Norton slows down my XP system. I just had to do a system recovery (tried to replace motherboard, HP system didn't like it, still trying), ran it a bit before installing Norton back on and I could feel the difference. I run Kasperski with Win7 on a dual boot on the same machine, way better, and testing NOD32 on another machine with Win7, both feel much faster.
Just my 2¢

You sure you used 2009 edition?
2004-2008 products made your computer WAY slow.

 

[wallyinnc]

You sure you used 2009 edition?
2004-2008 products made your computer WAY slow.

Norton 360 V3.0

 

[Zahl]

I love NIS but I would not touch the 360 versions. Those still retain a bit of the bloat with all the extra stuff they piled on there. The regular versions are much lighter and better at what they do.
But to all that cling to the past, you really shouldn't as things always change. It took them a really-really long time to wake up but norton has definitely pulled a 180 in my book

 

[wallyinnc]

Thanks for the input. I have a NIS 2009 copy I haven't installed yet, I am waiting for the 360 subscription to expire in a few more weeks then I will get that installed. I am relieved to know it will be better than what I have now.
I am not that big of a fan of Norton, I just got them cheap...

 

[SquonkSC]

Hi Friends,


I have been a Norton hater for the past 5 years, for all the same reasons already mentioned.

But without hesitation I can say that everything I hated about it is history.

Symantec sent away the previous developer team.
They assembled a whole new team with only one clear and unequivocal mission:

To build the best, sleekest, fastest and least intrusive security suite in history.

And that is exactly what they did.

Norton Antivirus 2009 and Norton Internet Security 2009 are in no way comparable with Symantec's previous products.

And I dare even to say, no other product out there can match it.

It installs in less than 60 seconds.
It only scans when the computer is idle, and stops immediately when you move your mouse.
It does a quick system scan in less than 60 seconds.
It does a full system scan faster than anything I've ever experienced.
It doesn't check files that have already been scanned and that have not changed since last scan.
In normal mode it almost never shows you any unnecessary popups,
and in the silent mode it won't ask you anything unless it's absolutely necessary.
It has a 6 Mb footprint.
It has the best heuristic engine in any home product called Sonar.
It checks an online user database to check the trustworthiness of unknown files.
It checks for new virus definitions every 5 minutes.

And not in the least place it found a large number of trojans/viruses on my server that Nod32, Kasper sky and McAfee didn't detect.
Just be sure it weren't false positives, I ran them through Virscan.org and a few other brands concurred with Norton's findings.

Of course there are several good security suites out there and for a long time Norton wasn't one of them.
But in my experience over the past months, running it on all my machines, I can say Norton is back with a vengeance!

No, I'm not on any Symantec payroll. I wish I were.

Greetz

 

[Tews]

Hey Squonsc .. where ya been hiding?

 

[zigzag3143]

Michel

You know with such a a glowing endorsement Im going to throw it on a machine just to see if it plays well with others.

thanks for the post

Ken

 

[SquonkSC]

Hey Squonsc .. where ya been hiding?

Well to be honest I've been busy.

My wife fainted on the stairs and she fell down from the 9th step.

Her whole body is bruised, in fact there is hardly any pink skin to detect between the black and blue.

She was taken into the hospital where she was scanned from head to toe, and like a miracle nothing is broken, and no internal damage.

The doctor said, that may be because when she fainted, she was not stretching any muscles.

She is in a lot of pain, even though she got morphine.

So I've been doing the whole household and taking care of her.

Glad you guys missed me though.

Greetz