Norton Subscription Fees makes no sense.

I just miss the old days when AV's and firewalls hand at least 10 tabs of options and settings under advanced. Now days you install a firewall or AV and you are given if your lucky 10 options you can change.

mckillwashere said:

I just miss the old days when AV's and firewalls hand at least 10 tabs of options and settings under advanced. Now days you install a firewall or AV and you are given if your lucky 10 options you can change.

i believe that when Maximum PC reviewed AV's in the past few months, they dinged Norton for perhaps being geared towards the enthusiast and having too many buttons, options, toggles, etc. Perhaps this would be ideal for you.

Here is the article for reference,
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/fea...grams_reviewed

pparks1 said:

mckillwashere said:

I just miss the old days when AV's and firewalls hand at least 10 tabs of options and settings under advanced. Now days you install a firewall or AV and you are given if your lucky 10 options you can change.

i believe that when Maximum PC reviewed AV's in the past few months, they dinged Norton for perhaps being geared towards the enthusiast and having too many buttons, options, toggles, etc. Perhaps this would be ideal for you.

Here is the article for reference,
Maximum PC | The Ultimate Antivirus Guide: 10 Top Programs Reviewed

I highly dislike Norton and cannot express in words how I feel about them without my title being changed to banned :).

mckillwashere said:

I highly dislike Norton and cannot express in words how I feel about them without my title being changed to banned :).

Well, I guess you cannot have your cake and eat it too. Just wanted to say there are configurable and option laiden products out there.

While Norton has earned itself a bad rap years ago, there current gen products and last gen products have been pretty solid. Unfortunately, the bad taste they left in techies mouths years ago hasn't been forgotten.

I was an avid Norton fan when DOS6.22 was the going thing. Symantec bought and ran Norton in to the ground. I mean they hit the wall. I quit using Norton and swore I would never again. Well never say never. After all this time I relented and tried Norton Internet Security 2011. They must have fired all of the programmers and started over. I find it runs smooth, doesn't load my rig down and does the job. A copy of Norton Utilties came with my purchase and it works great. I hate to say it but they have won me back over.

DianaD 74 said:

I couldn't agree more Greg. Any program Norton/Symantic buys turns into major bloatware.

Based on your experience with NIS 2010 and 2011, what do you feel about those applications specifically?