±Recent Visitors

Recent Visitors to Com-Central!

±User Info-big


Welcome Anonymous

Nickname
Password

Membership:
Latest: HighestAce
New Today: 0
New Yesterday: 0
Overall: 6648

People Online:
Members: 0
Visitors: 734
Total: 734
Who Is Where:
 Visitors:
01: Photo Gallery
02: Downloads
03: Community Forums
04: Member Screenshots
05: Photo Gallery
06: Photo Gallery
07: Photo Gallery
08: Community Forums
09: Photo Gallery
10: Member Screenshots
11: Photo Gallery
12: Community Forums
13: Home
14: Downloads
15: Photo Gallery
16: Photo Gallery
17: Photo Gallery
18: Home
19: Photo Gallery
20: Downloads
21: Downloads
22: Home
23: Photo Gallery
24: Photo Gallery
25: Photo Gallery
26: Community Forums
27: Photo Gallery
28: Photo Gallery
29: Photo Gallery
30: Photo Gallery
31: Community Forums
32: Downloads
33: Photo Gallery
34: Community Forums
35: Home
36: Photo Gallery
37: Photo Gallery
38: Community Forums
39: Your Account
40: Downloads
41: Community Forums
42: News Archive
43: Photo Gallery
44: Member Screenshots
45: Community Forums
46: Downloads
47: Home
48: Photo Gallery
49: Home
50: Photo Gallery
51: Community Forums
52: Community Forums
53: Home
54: Home
55: Photo Gallery
56: Photo Gallery
57: Downloads
58: Photo Gallery
59: Photo Gallery
60: Member Screenshots
61: Photo Gallery
62: Member Screenshots
63: Photo Gallery
64: Member Screenshots
65: Member Screenshots
66: Photo Gallery
67: Community Forums
68: Photo Gallery
69: Photo Gallery
70: Photo Gallery
71: Photo Gallery
72: Home
73: Photo Gallery
74: Photo Gallery
75: Photo Gallery
76: Member Screenshots
77: Member Screenshots
78: Member Screenshots
79: Community Forums
80: Downloads
81: Member Screenshots
82: Photo Gallery
83: Downloads
84: Home
85: Downloads
86: Member Screenshots
87: Home
88: Home
89: Photo Gallery
90: Member Screenshots
91: Member Screenshots
92: Home
93: Photo Gallery
94: Community Forums
95: Photo Gallery
96: Downloads
97: Member Screenshots
98: Photo Gallery
99: Community Forums
100: Downloads
101: Downloads
102: Photo Gallery
103: Home
104: Photo Gallery
105: Downloads
106: Home
107: Photo Gallery
108: Member Screenshots
109: Photo Gallery
110: Photo Gallery
111: Member Screenshots
112: Member Screenshots
113: Member Screenshots
114: Community Forums
115: Community Forums
116: Photo Gallery
117: Community Forums
118: Member Screenshots
119: Photo Gallery
120: Photo Gallery
121: Downloads
122: Photo Gallery
123: Member Screenshots
124: Photo Gallery
125: Member Screenshots
126: Downloads
127: Member Screenshots
128: Photo Gallery
129: Photo Gallery
130: Community Forums
131: Downloads
132: Member Screenshots
133: Photo Gallery
134: Downloads
135: Member Screenshots
136: Photo Gallery
137: Downloads
138: Photo Gallery
139: Downloads
140: News Archive
141: Photo Gallery
142: Member Screenshots
143: Photo Gallery
144: Statistics
145: Downloads
146: Downloads
147: Photo Gallery
148: Photo Gallery
149: Downloads
150: Downloads
151: Community Forums
152: Community Forums
153: Downloads
154: Downloads
155: Photo Gallery
156: Home
157: Community Forums
158: Downloads
159: Photo Gallery
160: Downloads
161: Member Screenshots
162: Community Forums
163: Member Screenshots
164: Downloads
165: Community Forums
166: Downloads
167: Member Screenshots
168: Member Screenshots
169: Member Screenshots
170: Downloads
171: Downloads
172: Photo Gallery
173: Statistics
174: Photo Gallery
175: Photo Gallery
176: Photo Gallery
177: Photo Gallery
178: Member Screenshots
179: Home
180: Photo Gallery
181: Home
182: Community Forums
183: Photo Gallery
184: Downloads
185: Photo Gallery
186: Member Screenshots
187: Home
188: Photo Gallery
189: Member Screenshots
190: Home
191: Home
192: Member Screenshots
193: Downloads
194: Contact
195: Photo Gallery
196: Member Screenshots
197: Community Forums
198: News Archive
199: Community Forums
200: Member Screenshots
201: Statistics
202: Member Screenshots
203: Member Screenshots
204: Photo Gallery
205: Community Forums
206: News Archive
207: Photo Gallery
208: Photo Gallery
209: Home
210: Photo Gallery
211: Photo Gallery
212: Photo Gallery
213: Photo Gallery
214: Photo Gallery
215: Member Screenshots
216: Community Forums
217: Downloads
218: Member Screenshots
219: Photo Gallery
220: Photo Gallery
221: Photo Gallery
222: Photo Gallery
223: Member Screenshots
224: Community Forums
225: Photo Gallery
226: Community Forums
227: Photo Gallery
228: Community Forums
229: Community Forums
230: Member Screenshots
231: Member Screenshots
232: Home
233: Community Forums
234: Downloads
235: Downloads
236: Community Forums
237: Downloads
238: News
239: Photo Gallery
240: Photo Gallery
241: Member Screenshots
242: Member Screenshots
243: Downloads
244: Member Screenshots
245: Member Screenshots
246: Photo Gallery
247: Community Forums
248: Home
249: Member Screenshots
250: Downloads
251: Community Forums
252: Photo Gallery
253: Supporters
254: Photo Gallery
255: Photo Gallery
256: Downloads
257: Community Forums
258: Member Screenshots
259: Photo Gallery
260: Photo Gallery
261: Photo Gallery
262: Photo Gallery
263: Member Screenshots
264: Member Screenshots
265: Downloads
266: Statistics
267: Downloads
268: Home
269: Downloads
270: Member Screenshots
271: Community Forums
272: Downloads
273: Member Screenshots
274: Community Forums
275: Photo Gallery
276: Member Screenshots
277: Photo Gallery
278: Home
279: Downloads
280: Photo Gallery
281: Photo Gallery
282: Member Screenshots
283: Home
284: Photo Gallery
285: Member Screenshots
286: Photo Gallery
287: Photo Gallery
288: Photo Gallery
289: Member Screenshots
290: Photo Gallery
291: Home
292: Photo Gallery
293: Photo Gallery
294: Photo Gallery
295: News Archive
296: Home
297: Member Screenshots
298: Member Screenshots
299: Member Screenshots
300: Member Screenshots
301: Downloads
302: Statistics
303: Photo Gallery
304: Home
305: Home
306: Downloads
307: Community Forums
308: Photo Gallery
309: Photo Gallery
310: Home
311: Member Screenshots
312: Home
313: Photo Gallery
314: Community Forums
315: Community Forums
316: Member Screenshots
317: Member Screenshots
318: Photo Gallery
319: Photo Gallery
320: Photo Gallery
321: Photo Gallery
322: Photo Gallery
323: Photo Gallery
324: Home
325: Member Screenshots
326: Photo Gallery
327: Photo Gallery
328: Photo Gallery
329: Downloads
330: Community Forums
331: News Archive
332: Photo Gallery
333: Statistics
334: Home
335: Photo Gallery
336: Downloads
337: Photo Gallery
338: Photo Gallery
339: Community Forums
340: Community Forums
341: Photo Gallery
342: Photo Gallery
343: Home
344: Home
345: Home
346: Photo Gallery
347: Downloads
348: Statistics
349: Photo Gallery
350: Member Screenshots
351: Downloads
352: Member Screenshots
353: Home
354: Downloads
355: Photo Gallery
356: Community Forums
357: Member Screenshots
358: Community Forums
359: News
360: Home
361: Home
362: Home
363: Member Screenshots
364: Member Screenshots
365: Home
366: Community Forums
367: News Archive
368: Photo Gallery
369: Home
370: Member Screenshots
371: Photo Gallery
372: Photo Gallery
373: Downloads
374: Home
375: Community Forums
376: Statistics
377: Community Forums
378: Community Forums
379: Photo Gallery
380: Community Forums
381: Community Forums
382: Community Forums
383: Home
384: Home
385: Photo Gallery
386: Community Forums
387: Photo Gallery
388: Community Forums
389: Home
390: Photo Gallery
391: Statistics
392: Photo Gallery
393: Photo Gallery
394: Downloads
395: Photo Gallery
396: Member Screenshots
397: Member Screenshots
398: Photo Gallery
399: Photo Gallery
400: Photo Gallery
401: Member Screenshots
402: Home
403: Member Screenshots
404: Member Screenshots
405: Downloads
406: Downloads
407: Community Forums
408: Photo Gallery
409: Community Forums
410: Home
411: Member Screenshots
412: Member Screenshots
413: Downloads
414: Downloads
415: Photo Gallery
416: News Archive
417: Home
418: Photo Gallery
419: News Archive
420: Home
421: Photo Gallery
422: Statistics
423: Downloads
424: Photo Gallery
425: Community Forums
426: Home
427: Member Screenshots
428: Community Forums
429: Downloads
430: Photo Gallery
431: Community Forums
432: Photo Gallery
433: Community Forums
434: Member Screenshots
435: Photo Gallery
436: Community Forums
437: Community Forums
438: Photo Gallery
439: Community Forums
440: Community Forums
441: Member Screenshots
442: Member Screenshots
443: Downloads
444: Community Forums
445: Home
446: Community Forums
447: Photo Gallery
448: Photo Gallery
449: Photo Gallery
450: Member Screenshots
451: Photo Gallery
452: Home
453: Home
454: Community Forums
455: Community Forums
456: News
457: Home
458: Photo Gallery
459: Community Forums
460: Member Screenshots
461: Statistics
462: Photo Gallery
463: Home
464: Home
465: News Archive
466: Photo Gallery
467: Downloads
468: Community Forums
469: Community Forums
470: Photo Gallery
471: Home
472: Member Screenshots
473: Photo Gallery
474: Home
475: Photo Gallery
476: Member Screenshots
477: Community Forums
478: Downloads
479: Community Forums
480: Photo Gallery
481: Photo Gallery
482: Photo Gallery
483: Member Screenshots
484: Community Forums
485: Photo Gallery
486: Downloads
487: Member Screenshots
488: Photo Gallery
489: Photo Gallery
490: Community Forums
491: Photo Gallery
492: Member Screenshots
493: Member Screenshots
494: Home
495: Home
496: Photo Gallery
497: Home
498: Member Screenshots
499: Photo Gallery
500: Community Forums
501: Photo Gallery
502: Community Forums
503: Downloads
504: Member Screenshots
505: Photo Gallery
506: Member Screenshots
507: Photo Gallery
508: Home
509: Photo Gallery
510: Community Forums
511: Downloads
512: Member Screenshots
513: Photo Gallery
514: Photo Gallery
515: Community Forums
516: News
517: Photo Gallery
518: Downloads
519: Member Screenshots
520: Member Screenshots
521: Downloads
522: Community Forums
523: Photo Gallery
524: Home
525: Community Forums
526: News Archive
527: Home
528: Photo Gallery
529: Home
530: Photo Gallery
531: Photo Gallery
532: Home
533: Photo Gallery
534: Photo Gallery
535: Member Screenshots
536: Downloads
537: Photo Gallery
538: Downloads
539: Downloads
540: Downloads
541: Member Screenshots
542: Photo Gallery
543: Photo Gallery
544: Photo Gallery
545: Community Forums
546: Photo Gallery
547: Member Screenshots
548: Photo Gallery
549: Downloads
550: Photo Gallery
551: Member Screenshots
552: Community Forums
553: Photo Gallery
554: Community Forums
555: Member Screenshots
556: Member Screenshots
557: Member Screenshots
558: Photo Gallery
559: Member Screenshots
560: Community Forums
561: Photo Gallery
562: Downloads
563: Member Screenshots
564: Member Screenshots
565: Community Forums
566: Home
567: Photo Gallery
568: Downloads
569: Photo Gallery
570: Photo Gallery
571: Community Forums
572: Community Forums
573: Photo Gallery
574: Community Forums
575: Community Forums
576: Home
577: Member Screenshots
578: Your Account
579: Member Screenshots
580: News Archive
581: Member Screenshots
582: Downloads
583: Member Screenshots
584: Community Forums
585: Home
586: Community Forums
587: Home
588: Downloads
589: Downloads
590: Photo Gallery
591: Downloads
592: Photo Gallery
593: Photo Gallery
594: Member Screenshots
595: Community Forums
596: Downloads
597: Member Screenshots
598: Member Screenshots
599: Downloads
600: Member Screenshots
601: Community Forums
602: Downloads
603: Statistics
604: Member Screenshots
605: Member Screenshots
606: Downloads
607: Community Forums
608: Member Screenshots
609: Photo Gallery
610: Photo Gallery
611: Community Forums
612: Photo Gallery
613: Member Screenshots
614: Photo Gallery
615: Community Forums
616: Community Forums
617: Member Screenshots
618: Community Forums
619: Photo Gallery
620: Downloads
621: Home
622: Photo Gallery
623: Downloads
624: Community Forums
625: Statistics
626: Photo Gallery
627: Photo Gallery
628: Photo Gallery
629: Member Screenshots
630: Member Screenshots
631: Downloads
632: Photo Gallery
633: Community Forums
634: Member Screenshots
635: Downloads
636: Community Forums
637: Community Forums
638: Photo Gallery
639: Home
640: Community Forums
641: Photo Gallery
642: Photo Gallery
643: Community Forums
644: Member Screenshots
645: Home
646: Member Screenshots
647: Downloads
648: Member Screenshots
649: Member Screenshots
650: Photo Gallery
651: Member Screenshots
652: Community Forums
653: Photo Gallery
654: Member Screenshots
655: Home
656: Photo Gallery
657: Photo Gallery
658: Downloads
659: Photo Gallery
660: Photo Gallery
661: Photo Gallery
662: Member Screenshots
663: Member Screenshots
664: Member Screenshots
665: Photo Gallery
666: Photo Gallery
667: Community Forums
668: Downloads
669: Community Forums
670: Downloads
671: Photo Gallery
672: Community Forums
673: Community Forums
674: Photo Gallery
675: Photo Gallery
676: Home
677: Member Screenshots
678: Home
679: Member Screenshots
680: Community Forums
681: Photo Gallery
682: Community Forums
683: Member Screenshots
684: Photo Gallery
685: Member Screenshots
686: Community Forums
687: Community Forums
688: Photo Gallery
689: Photo Gallery
690: Member Screenshots
691: Downloads
692: Statistics
693: Member Screenshots
694: Photo Gallery
695: Photo Gallery
696: Photo Gallery
697: Contact
698: Home
699: Home
700: Photo Gallery
701: Photo Gallery
702: Photo Gallery
703: Photo Gallery
704: News Archive
705: Home
706: Downloads
707: Community Forums
708: News Archive
709: Your Account
710: Photo Gallery
711: Member Screenshots
712: Photo Gallery
713: Home
714: Downloads
715: Downloads
716: Community Forums
717: Photo Gallery
718: Community Forums
719: Community Forums
720: Home
721: News Archive
722: Member Screenshots
723: Photo Gallery
724: Photo Gallery
725: Photo Gallery
726: Member Screenshots
727: News Archive
728: Photo Gallery
729: Photo Gallery
730: Member Screenshots
731: Statistics
732: Photo Gallery
733: Photo Gallery
734: Photo Gallery

Staff Online:

No staff members are online!
Norton 360 by Symantec :: Archived
This is a forum for Software related items such as OS', Virus notices, cool or free programs, etc. Gaming software should go in the gaming folder pertaining to the current info.
Go to page 1, 2  Next
Post new topic    Revive this topic    Printer Friendly Page     Forum Index ›  Software

Topic Archived View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
RAF92_BattleHawk
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 12, 2005
Posts: 511
Location: British Columbia, Canada
PostPosted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 1:33 am
Post subject: Norton 360 by Symantec

Hey guys, just wondering if you think Norton 360 provides sufficient protection for my rig. Because I really dont want to have to bust my butt for another summer to pay for a new one.

_________________
'Aut Pugna aut Morere'


Last edited by RAF92_BattleHawk on Tue Sep 04, 2007 12:28 am; edited 1 time in total
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail Visit poster's website Yahoo Messenger Photo Gallery
Shades
Forum Tree-Rat

Offline Offline
Joined: Mar 07, 2005
Posts: 6478
Location: 3rd Branch up, 'Ye Olde Oak', Green Wood.
PostPosted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 8:31 am
Post subject: Re: Norton 360 by Samantec

It will.
I use it.

I'm a fan of Symantec's Norton but it has a bad rep' for using system resources (so they should for the amount of work it does).

360 still uses a lot of system resources but it does it in a different way to the old NIS product, which makes it slightly less noticeable.

But you should be aware that it is still noticeable.

I'd rather suffer the slight loss in performance for what I believe to be improved security over alternative systems.

360 is more expensive than NIS but it has a 3 x install licence (in case you have any other 'puters around that need it), so it could work out cheaper.

If you do go with it, register it and set yourself up an account on the Symantec site as there is a free add-on which takes care of spam e-mail and pop-ups. It's not included as part of the prog to encourage you to register. In this instance I think it's worth doing but make sure you don't authorise the "Please-let-me-have-all-your-advertising-crap-whenever-you-feel-like-it" box during registration.

_________________
Skwerl's place.

Com-Central's cutest, fluffiest, twitchiest, tail.
CPU > Intel i9-9900k (o/c 4.9GHz); COOLING > BeQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 4;
MOBO > ASUS PRIME Z390-A; RAM > 2x32GB Corsair LPX 2666MHz;
GPU > Gigabyte GEFORCE GTX650Ti PCI-e 3.0 2Gb GDDR5;
AUDIO > Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music (plus - Universal Audio UAD2 Quad Custom accelerator);
HDD > 3x1TB+ M.2. SSDs; LCD > DELL - S2419HGF (1920x1080);
PSU > 650W be quiet Straight Power 11 - 80+ Gold;
CASE > BeQuiet! SILENT BASE 601; OS > Windows 11 Home Advanced (64-bit).


Last edited by Shades on Mon Sep 03, 2007 10:42 am; edited 1 time in total
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website ICQ Number
Shadow_Bshwackr
Janitor

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 21, 2005
Posts: 7020
Location: Central Illinois, USA
PostPosted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 9:59 am
Post subject: Re: Norton 360 by Samantec

Norton? (Spitting the bad taste out of my mouth)...lol

I really don't care for any product that takes that much control of my system no matter what. While I agree it's a great product for some people (primarily the less techy or savvy user), I take a more hands on approach 'cause I can.. Wink

At CC while in Multi-player, we have noticed a lot of connection issues or lack there of due to 'packet processing' or 'packet block' altogether. I can't tell you how many times we tracked the culprit down to Norton. Once the user disabled Norton, which by itself is no small feat, the user could connect, play and enjoy their game. FS9 and FSX seems to be more prone to this than other MP games, but the issue is there non the less.

A suggestion of programs to use:

AVG- Antivirus
Spybot Search and Destroy
Ad-Aware
XP Repair Pro
Registry Mechanic
RegVac

The top 3 are free, the other 3 can be trial before you buy. Keep in mind there are more that are good too such as:

System Mechanic
Perfect Disk
HD Tune
PC Rescue

I use all these at some time or another at different times and for different reasons, but as I said, I'm a 'hands on' type of fella... Wink

And for those that don't want to mess with all of that stuff including Norton and don't game...

www.linuxmint.com/

Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
Shades
Forum Tree-Rat

Offline Offline
Joined: Mar 07, 2005
Posts: 6478
Location: 3rd Branch up, 'Ye Olde Oak', Green Wood.
PostPosted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 10:41 am
Post subject: Re: Norton 360 by Samantec

- Shadow_Bshwackr
A suggestion of programs to use:

AVG- Antivirus
Spybot Search and Destroy
Ad-Aware
XP Repair Pro
Registry Mechanic
RegVac
If you do go down this route, you will need a minimum combination of:-
1 x software Firewall, 1 x Anti-virus.
Of the above, only AVG is Anti-Virus.
The others are really just ad'/Spyware/pop-up blockers or registry cleaners.
As an ad/pop-up blocker I would use AdAware in conjunction with Wnidows Defender (also Free from M$, and about the best application they do).

You would need to combine AVG with a good firewall.

Bushy has a point about Norton, and this is well recorded.
As I say, I find 360 works differently to NIS and other norton products but I haven't used it to game with so I don't know how it would compare to those. I suspect favourably.

Another thing I forgot to mention earlier is that a hardware Firewall is much better than a software Firewall (in case you have a router/Firewall already).

(don't listen to Bushy; he likes Firefox and Linux as well!!! Wink )

_________________
Skwerl's place.

Com-Central's cutest, fluffiest, twitchiest, tail.
CPU > Intel i9-9900k (o/c 4.9GHz); COOLING > BeQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 4;
MOBO > ASUS PRIME Z390-A; RAM > 2x32GB Corsair LPX 2666MHz;
GPU > Gigabyte GEFORCE GTX650Ti PCI-e 3.0 2Gb GDDR5;
AUDIO > Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music (plus - Universal Audio UAD2 Quad Custom accelerator);
HDD > 3x1TB+ M.2. SSDs; LCD > DELL - S2419HGF (1920x1080);
PSU > 650W be quiet Straight Power 11 - 80+ Gold;
CASE > BeQuiet! SILENT BASE 601; OS > Windows 11 Home Advanced (64-bit).
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website ICQ Number
RAF92_BattleHawk
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 12, 2005
Posts: 511
Location: British Columbia, Canada
PostPosted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 2:14 pm
Post subject: Re: Norton 360 by Samantec

Thanks, thats good to hear. I've been playing Company of Heroes on the internet, and 360 hasnt interfered with that, so I think it should be good.I dont play much FSX anyways, other then the occasional hop in the 747 full of screaming people Wink

_________________
'Aut Pugna aut Morere'
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail Visit poster's website Yahoo Messenger Photo Gallery
Shades
Forum Tree-Rat

Offline Offline
Joined: Mar 07, 2005
Posts: 6478
Location: 3rd Branch up, 'Ye Olde Oak', Green Wood.
PostPosted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 2:45 pm
Post subject: Re: Norton 360 by Samantec

Ahhhh, these RAF92 folks display good sense and sound judgement.

*Pokes tongue out at the Bushster and saunters off.., snickering and muttering; "Another recruit to the cause".

_________________
Skwerl's place.

Com-Central's cutest, fluffiest, twitchiest, tail.
CPU > Intel i9-9900k (o/c 4.9GHz); COOLING > BeQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 4;
MOBO > ASUS PRIME Z390-A; RAM > 2x32GB Corsair LPX 2666MHz;
GPU > Gigabyte GEFORCE GTX650Ti PCI-e 3.0 2Gb GDDR5;
AUDIO > Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music (plus - Universal Audio UAD2 Quad Custom accelerator);
HDD > 3x1TB+ M.2. SSDs; LCD > DELL - S2419HGF (1920x1080);
PSU > 650W be quiet Straight Power 11 - 80+ Gold;
CASE > BeQuiet! SILENT BASE 601; OS > Windows 11 Home Advanced (64-bit).
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website ICQ Number
Shadow_Bshwackr
Janitor

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 21, 2005
Posts: 7020
Location: Central Illinois, USA
PostPosted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:01 pm
Post subject: Re: Norton 360 by Samantec

It was hard to talk while spitting out the 'foul taste'...lol

Would I try Norton again? Possibly, but not until I hear more information... Wink

As far as individual components, I like that. I've learned a long time ago that you may be able to do ONE thing really well, but the likelihood that you can all things as well are slim to none... Wink

Still, in tests I've run with various programs of the same genre, none of them get all the problems and IMO, running two are a sure fire way of getting better results.

A case in point is any registry cleaner. If you run any back to back to each other, one will get some issues fixed the other doesn't and vise versa. The same holds true for Virus Detection as well as Bots and other nasty 'critter cleaners'.

Running a "one size fits all" approach is good for some though as I stated earlier.

Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
401RCAF_Jel
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 05, 2005
Posts: 614
Location: Hiding in Sherwood Forest
PostPosted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 7:49 pm
Post subject: Re: Norton 360 by Samantec

- Shadow_Bshwackr
It was hard to talk while spitting out the 'foul taste'...lol

Would I try Norton again? Possibly, but not until I hear more information... Wink


Eeeek Norton..... that taste is gonna take some working on. I don't use the word 'hate' often but in this case... still havin flash backs 'n' nightmares!!

However i did talk to a work mate recently who woz shouting it's praise and well .......... nah still not goin there !!!


Jel

_________________
System: Mobo - Asus P5N32 E-SLI, RAM - Corsair 2GB 6400C4 DDR2, Graphics - GeForce 8800GTS 320mb GDDR3 PCI-Express, Proccessor - Intel CPU Core 2 Duo E6600 2.40GHz 1066FSB LGA775 4MB cache.
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
RAF92_Moser
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 06, 2005
Posts: 703
Location: Illinois
PostPosted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 2:37 pm
Post subject: Re: Norton 360 by Samantec

- Shades
Ahhhh, these RAF92 folks display good sense and sound judgement.


That's overkill right there, Shades....

But, for the record, Norton will protect your system well.

Off the record, have you seen that V for Vendetta movie where freedom is sacrificed for TOTALITARIAN DICTATORSHIP.

_________________
"Well, I gotta go...Yeh I'm running out of change"

Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail Photo Gallery
JG300_Hunt
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Mar 08, 2006
Posts: 750
Location: WA State
PostPosted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 10:59 pm
Post subject: Re: Norton 360 by Symantec

Call me crazy, uninformed, over protective, but here's what I have been using:

Ad Aware SE
Pest Patrol
McAfee OAS
N*rtan Symantec (censored for the masses!)
And a neat website someone turned me onto: www.ewido.com

Ewido offers an online scan feature after installing a small ActiveX control to load definitions and proceed to Scan. After running everyone of these last night, I have confirmed that each one picked up something the other ones left out! Everything from Malware, Cookies (that IE didn't delete in it's own delete tool), etc.

Each has it's own purpose and function, to include firewall protection, sooooo... Am I in the wrong, or am I pretty safe? I grew up in the old BBS days and Internet Security is an area of expertise I am lackin in to say the least!


_________________
Back to top
View user's profile
Shades
Forum Tree-Rat

Offline Offline
Joined: Mar 07, 2005
Posts: 6478
Location: 3rd Branch up, 'Ye Olde Oak', Green Wood.
PostPosted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 6:33 am
Post subject: Re: Norton 360 by Symantec

If you're using Windows, don't forget Windows Defender.
It's an excellent free utility for fighting anti-spyware and other unwanted little visitors.
It's not and anti-virus application and should not be confused with such.
I use it with AdAware for anti-spyware.
M$ bought it in the last days of XP but provide it free to Windows users now.

I'm unfamiliar with Pest Patrol so can't comment about it.

McAfee used to be the equal of Symantec products but that hasn't been the case for about 4-5 years now. Personally I might be tempted to ditch it if I already had a Symantec equivalent.

Make sure you have a good firewall as well.
Many people don't realise how important these are because they're not marketed as well as AV's and most people think they're only to protect them against direct hacking or have nothing on their system a hacker might be interested in.

_________________
Skwerl's place.

Com-Central's cutest, fluffiest, twitchiest, tail.
CPU > Intel i9-9900k (o/c 4.9GHz); COOLING > BeQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 4;
MOBO > ASUS PRIME Z390-A; RAM > 2x32GB Corsair LPX 2666MHz;
GPU > Gigabyte GEFORCE GTX650Ti PCI-e 3.0 2Gb GDDR5;
AUDIO > Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music (plus - Universal Audio UAD2 Quad Custom accelerator);
HDD > 3x1TB+ M.2. SSDs; LCD > DELL - S2419HGF (1920x1080);
PSU > 650W be quiet Straight Power 11 - 80+ Gold;
CASE > BeQuiet! SILENT BASE 601; OS > Windows 11 Home Advanced (64-bit).
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website ICQ Number
JG300-fr8ycat
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Mar 13, 2005
Posts: 1530
Location: Los Angeles
PostPosted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 12:29 pm
Post subject: Re: Norton 360 by Symantec

I've used Norton myself for a few years now and have to admit compared to the older versions, the newer versions are a bit heavy on the system but usually only during startup and not enough to make me ditch it. Never had any issues connecting to MP games with it. I do leave the Auto Protect enabled on the family computer and disabled on my gaming rig.

For Spyware/Adware I have used both Spybot and Ad-Aware together and they both seemed to work well.

For Firewall I've always used the free version of Zone Alarm with no probs.

_________________
Back to top
View user's profile MSN Messenger Photo Gallery
Kitform
Bar Maid

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 22, 2005
Posts: 2011
Location: Cleveland. UK.
PostPosted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 1:25 pm
Post subject: Re: Norton 360 by Symantec

- RAF92_BattleHawk
Hey guys, just wondering if you think Norton 360 provides sufficient protection for my rig. Because I really dont want to have to bust my butt for another summer to pay for a new one.


Any version of Norton will protect your computer...
...a dead computer can't get infected.

LOL
Mr. Green Mr. Green Mr. Green
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
Shades
Forum Tree-Rat

Offline Offline
Joined: Mar 07, 2005
Posts: 6478
Location: 3rd Branch up, 'Ye Olde Oak', Green Wood.
PostPosted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 2:11 pm
Post subject: Re: Norton 360 by Symantec

lol Kit
(sob!)

_________________
Skwerl's place.

Com-Central's cutest, fluffiest, twitchiest, tail.
CPU > Intel i9-9900k (o/c 4.9GHz); COOLING > BeQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 4;
MOBO > ASUS PRIME Z390-A; RAM > 2x32GB Corsair LPX 2666MHz;
GPU > Gigabyte GEFORCE GTX650Ti PCI-e 3.0 2Gb GDDR5;
AUDIO > Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music (plus - Universal Audio UAD2 Quad Custom accelerator);
HDD > 3x1TB+ M.2. SSDs; LCD > DELL - S2419HGF (1920x1080);
PSU > 650W be quiet Straight Power 11 - 80+ Gold;
CASE > BeQuiet! SILENT BASE 601; OS > Windows 11 Home Advanced (64-bit).
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website ICQ Number
Shadow_Bshwackr
Janitor

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 21, 2005
Posts: 7020
Location: Central Illinois, USA
PostPosted: Fri Sep 07, 2007 2:23 pm
Post subject: Re: Norton 360 by Symantec

ROFLMAO Kit...
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic    Revive this topic    Printer Friendly Page    Forum Index ›  Software
Page 1 of 2
All times are GMT - 6 Hours
Go to page 1, 2  Next

Archive Revive
Username:
This is an archived topic - your reply will not be appended here.
Instead, a new topic will be generated in the active forum.
The new topic will provide a reference link to this archived topic.