Kaspersky 2009 or Norton 360?

**Blacky** · 10-29-2008, 05:13 AM

Which is best anti-virus from these two? So far ive seen kaspersky but I want to know what do you think about norton 360 as well comparing vs kaspersky or what are the reason why makes kaspersky better than norton and viceversa

**gmod** · 10-29-2008, 05:48 AM

Anything with Nortons name on besides Ghost is worthless...you will regret putting it on..You need to not forget about some of the free version programs too. Like AVG also malwarebytes is another nice prog to have along with your antivirus

**ben0** · 10-29-2008, 06:01 AM

Originally Posted by gmod

Anything with Nortons name on besides Ghost is worthless...you will regret putting it on..

Totally agree with that.

Check out

http://www.consumersearch.com/www/so...e/reviews.html

OR

http://www.av-comparatives.org/

I personally have always avoided Norton/Symantec, I have always found them very resource intensive. I currently use Nod32 so I cant really comment.

**FrogBite** · 10-29-2008, 08:45 AM

I've been using Kaspersky for a few years now and would never go back to Norton.

**YukonTrooper** · 10-29-2008, 10:58 AM

I'd go for something free myself, considering there are options out there that are just as good, if not better, than your choices.

**Ashraf** · 10-29-2008, 11:01 AM

Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 got my vote.

**kraifect** · 10-29-2008, 11:28 AM

I thought this topic was a joke first... were you really considering Norton..

Kaspersky all the way mate kept me safe for 4 years now

**Speederlander** · 10-29-2008, 03:53 PM

Kaspersky Internet Security.

**Speederlander** · 10-29-2008, 03:55 PM

Originally Posted by Yukon Trooper

I'd go for something free myself, considering there are options out there that are just as good, if not better, than your choices.

What is free that is better than Kaspersky IS right now? Outpost firewall may have a better firewall than Kas by a tiny bit, but it's just as expensive.

**dengyong** · 10-29-2008, 03:56 PM

Kaspersky.

**MJR** · 10-29-2008, 04:01 PM

what about NOD32? That's supposed to be the most lightweight but a bit technical to configure.

**Growly** · 10-29-2008, 04:02 PM

Of all the many different anti-virus programs, Kaspersky seems to be the cleanest, fastest and most effective. Before that I used NOD32 v2.7 which was excellent - I didn't upgrade to 3.x though because I ended up with a rootkit that I had read only Kaspersky could remove (and even then I had to nuke the drive to get rid of it). I liked NOD32 very much, but now use Kaspersky on account of circumstance, and see no need for an alternative.

/edit: the rootkit was Win32.Ntldrbot (or Rustock.C)

**SP1** · 10-29-2008, 05:05 PM

Are there any improvements between Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0 and Kaspersky Internet Security 2009?

**Speederlander** · 10-29-2008, 05:09 PM

Originally Posted by SP1

Are there any improvements between Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0 and Kaspersky Internet Security 2009?

7.0 had issues with 64 bit Vista, 2009 doesn't. There are other functional differences that make it better as well but I couldn't tell you what they are.

**HDCHOPPER** · 10-29-2008, 06:49 PM

neither ! the only nortons worth getting is "antivirus "only (2009 my fav) we put it on every machine that leaves the shop all other norton's (360.. internet..ect) drag down the machine's

myself never likes kaspersky

all machines leave here with :
Nortons Antivirus only ...cost but cheap
Superantispyware ...free
Adaware 2008 ...free
PC Checkup ...free ( forget about the few it might leave behind no biggie when it takes off 100's and leaves a few 4 or so)
Spywarevanisher ...free if thay want it (and it finds a few others dont)

**[XC] riptide** · 10-29-2008, 08:08 PM

Eset Smart Security Business Edition (anti Vir, Firewall, Spam filter)

(Its same company as Nod32)

**rockfella** · 10-29-2008, 08:50 PM

Kaspersky BUT also try AVAST!

**Frisch** · 10-29-2008, 09:32 PM

Norton had its days, back with WIN 3.11, and its utility tools...that's all folks...move on.

**Fungus** · 10-30-2008, 02:20 AM

Meh I hate all resident scanners... resource hogs for nothing, and never catch anything until it's too late. I went back to on demand scanning.

ClamWin is light, open source and doesn't suck down your resources.
Can always use Kaspersky/Avast etc online scanners as backup.

**tiro_uspsss** · 10-30-2008, 03:41 AM

norton is the biggest bloatiest load of poo-poo

**Blacky** · 10-31-2008, 05:11 AM

alot of great feedback thanks guys keep them coming

**xsbb** · 10-31-2008, 05:17 AM

I am never going back to Norton

**Speederlander** · 10-31-2008, 06:17 AM

Originally Posted by Blacky

alot of great feedback thanks guys keep them coming

Kaspersky is 21 to 1. Seems it's pretty well settled.

**Blacky** · 10-31-2008, 07:47 AM

Originally Posted by Speederlander

Kaspersky is 21 to 1. Seems it's pretty well settled.

lol

**Carfax** · 10-31-2008, 09:54 AM

What do you guys think about Bitdefender 2009 Total security?

I bought a license for Bitdefender 2008 Total Security and I had it for about 6 months until I recently reformatted my hardrive. Instead of sticking with the 2008 version, I decided to try the 2009 version, and insofar, it's pissing me off!

First of all, you can't even disable the damn thing! Even if you tell it not to start up on boot up, it does it anyway, and there's no way to simply exit the software from the taskbar like you could with 2008.

So, I've decided to get rid of it, and "down grade" back to either the 2008 version, or something else.

So what do you guys reckon is the best total solution security software?

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