Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2000

Apparently, "Norton AntiVirus from Symantec is the No. 1 anti-virus software in the world! It provides clear, easy-to-understand instructions on how to proceed when a virus is detected, reducing fear and uncertainty". I beg to differ! I used Norton antivirus for about 5 months, before I could bear using it any longer! I'll be fair to it, I didn't get any viruses, but then again there are billions of antivirus programs that stop you from getting viruses, and you don't have to pay so much for them! As there aren't many, I'll start with the good points: Effectiveness: In the time I used Norton, I didn't get any viruses, and it ...  Read the complete review

Here's a fact - EVERYONE needs a good virus scanner/killer. If you're paranoid like me, then you'll also see the need for such things as personal firewalls and encryption keys, but they aren't really as indispensable as a good virus scanner. To me, having had bitter experiences with other so-called virus checkers, the Norton range from Symantec has always been the best on the market. Where lesser packages, such as though offered by Trend Micro (PCillin) and McAfee (McAfee V Shield, McAfee Virus Scan et al) have consistently failed me, Norton has saved my bacon on more than one occasion. The reason that Norton AntiVirus (NAV for ...  Read the complete review

I use Norton AntiVirus both at home on my own PC and at work on the 1800+ PCs that we support. I think this is a brilliant product, the installation is simple and straight forward, the defaults are set to give you a good degree of protection against virus attacks, so most novices don’t need to do anything else. There is good documentation on the CD that will tell you all about Viruses and how to protect against them, it also explains all the different options you can set and what they do. Keeping it up to date is simple, Symantec release a new definition file every week, most people probably don’t want to bother downloading that often, but ...  Read the complete review

I got my first virus today. This was a real shock to me, because surely viruses only happen to other people, don't they? Well, that's what I thought. Norton Antivirus came pre-installed on my PC, and I have updated it since and run a couple of system checks but, y'know, they were all fine so... I began to take it for granted, treating it simply as an annoying icon in the toolbar with a boring reminder that pings at me every couple of weeks. Then I went to my Hotmail inbox today and, being the trusting, foolish soul that I am, opened an email about SnowWhite with an attachment called "midget". McAfee antivirus, so thoughtfully ...  Read the complete review

The Norton Antivirus package is one of the best known and most trusted pieces of software.The software is easy to install and very easy to use. Once on your hard drive it will load up every time you boot up and stay running in the background looking for virus threats. This really is a case of being better safe than sorry, there are so many ways of being infected through email attachments, things that are downloaded or through installing new software. It's rather sad that there are people who resort to getting their kicks from making viruses, to keep pace with them Norton programmers constantly look for new strains and regularly issue updates for their ...  Read the complete review