Bullguard or Norton

Blue and purple · May 16, 2020

I don´t know if this is the right place, since I´m new here, but I just wanted to know which is a better security solution: Norton Security Ultra or Bullguard

Both came with my laptop. Norton was preinstalled and Bullguard came as a download link from the vendor that I have yet to use. I am unsure which is better or if both are just bloatware.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Sorry if I´m posting this in the wrong place, I am new and don´t speak English as a native language

jaslion · May 16, 2020

None? Just use common sense when on the internet and you'll be fine. If you are going to use one use bullguard as norton is kinda bad.

Blue and purple · May 16, 2020

1 minute ago, jaslion said:

None? Just use common sense when on the internet and you'll be fine. If you are going to use one use bullguard as norton is kinda bad.

Thanks for the quick reply.

DSD27 · May 17, 2020

Just use Avast free or Kaspersky Security Cloud free, both are better a lot better than paid Bullguard or Norton. it's really unnecessary to pay for antivirus.

LogicalDrm · May 17, 2020

I would pick neither. Kaspersky and BitDefender are my top picks. Norton has had issues with performance and accuracy in past.

x-eagleeye-x · May 17, 2020

I know it's an unpopular opinion, but I find the whole "no protection needed since I use commonsense" argument very similar to saying "I don't use condoms because I pull out anyway". It's reasonably stupid. Unfortunately, a lot of PC enthusiasts still think viruses behave like it's 1998. Commonsense definitely helps - A LOT. Sure, I get that.

With regard to antivirus apps @Blue and purple mentioned, I would pick neither. I used Bitdefender for 4 years and definitely offered excellent protection. But it has unfortunately become so bloated. Used it until 3 weeks ago, and I recall it occupying like 250-350mb of ram. It's ridiculous. Downloaded the trial version of ESET Internet Security. Only using 73mb as I type. Loving it so far. Extremely light on resources and caught all the bad stuff when I "took it out for a spin" visiting a bunch of sites I shouldn't be visiting lol.