Reviews of Norton AntiVirus

1. 
   wat0114

   Reviewing 2010 17.0.0.136 (Sep 14, 2009)

   I'll try to be as unbiased as possible in this review. First, some noteworthy observations during the installation process on my XP Pro Virtualbox guest, using Malware Defender HIPS as the "eyes" to see what NAV is doing.:
   
   1. the NAV10tben.exe process attempts Internet access even before the installer gets in to full swing. Why would it need to do this? Seems like spying to me.
   
   2. the program installs no fewer than 18 registry keys in the autostarts locations alone.
   
   3. 7 kernel drivers are installed.
   
   3. Internet access attempts are constant with the ccsvchst process after installation is complete. I am constantly being badgered to create an account to activate the product . This is very annoying!
   
   5. As I am typing ccvchst.exe is constantly reading files, duplicating handles of other processes, setting registry values, and accessing COM interfaces.
   
   5. Only two running processes using little resources - so this is a nice change from years past.
   
   6. Seems to be quite feature packed.
   
   5. Looks to have a pleasing and intuitive interface.
   
   Overall, I give it three stars.
2. 
   madmike

   Reviewing 2010 17.0.0.136 (Sep 12, 2009)

   like a diseased animal it needs putting down. Awful
3. 
   garsh dangit

   Reviewing 2010 17.0.0.136 (Sep 12, 2009)

   Norton Antivirus has always been an excellent product at preventing and removing viruses. If an AV product doesn't use as much resources as Norton, then it's not doing its job and will have very, very low virus detection and removal rates. Unfortunately, now it has product activation similar to that found in Windows. I frequently like to try alternative operating systems on my computer and much of the time this involves reinstalling Windows since I don't like VM's. It's bad enough that I have to call Microsoft all the time to reactivate Windows. I don't need the hassle of calling anyone else just to use the software I paid for.
4. 
   ShahinD

   Reviewing 2010 17.0.0.136 (Sep 12, 2009)

   osubuck don't be angry.one who posts negative comments about Norton, does not even know what is Norton.
   I'm using Norton Antivirus for 10 years and never have any virus infection.Norton antivirus detects and removes viruses and other threats perfectly, It's virus detection rate is very high and does not bother when finds any threat and remove it automaticly.
   Norton antivirus and internet security and 360 are so light. they do not slow down your system.they scan files so fast and too many features.
   please before starting to write comments, test the programs, if you just hear about programs do not write.It's better.
5. 
   osubuck

   Reviewing 2010 17.0.0.136 (Sep 11, 2009)

   I'm really starting to get annoyed by the negative comments coming from users who haven't even tried it. News flash! Norton AntiVirus has been revamped and is completely different from versions 2008 and below, so please stop giving this the same rating because you tried it 5 years ago and it sucked. For one, check out www.av-comparatives.com and look at the detection rates... this shows that its definitely up to par with most if not all other AV's out there. Resource usage is low competitive to the lightest of AV's out there as well.

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