how bad is norton

[Smackaroy]

at the moment i have heard norton is resource hevey i have a pc with 32gb of ram and a i7 8700k will it affect my computer badly and  is norton good at it's job?

[Thias.TG]

According to AV-Test,
Not that bad.

https://www.av-test.org/en/antivirus/home-windows/windows-10/august-2018/norton-norton-security-22.14-183116/

[LukeSavenije]

8 minutes ago, Smackaroy said:

at the moment i have heard norton is resource hevey i have a pc with 32gb of ram and a i7 8700k will it affect my computer badly and  is norton good at it's job?

norton is an old company that has made antivirus software for a long time. I'm in general not a big fan of paid antivirus software. just get something free, that's good enough if you use it right

[Canada EH]

Norton is the worst, its overly bloated and slows down your system.

 

Yup, its like that ole saying, you dont go to a brothel for a kiss. Meaning if you stay out of slippery places, you will always be standing. Meaning dont go to the dark web.

2 minutes ago, LukeSavenije said:

use it

[LukeSavenije]

Just now, Canada EH said:

Norton is the worst, its overly bloated and slows down your system

that's also a way to put it.

to suggest you something else, I personally use AVG in silent mode with malwarebytes scan only without automatic startup, and comodo firewall with their services and browser uninstalled. dns 1.1.1.1 for some extra security, and trend micro in my wireless routers

[Mholes]

Everyone has their favourites. I still use Avira Antivir, and for me it is the best.

But nowadays you can basicly only have Windows Defender on and you'd be fine.

 

Norton is kinda meh. never liked it.

 

Common sense 2019 is the way to go.

[Ashiella]

I personally dont use anti-virus software, I just stay away from the shade. Every now and then I use Malwarebytes

[dgsddfgdfhgs]

if you dont have ssd, dont try it.

it start up extremely slow, 4-5 min boot time for fresh windows. prompting (un-removable) warning and does nothing

[zhubaohi]

I mean, as an anti-virus software, norton does its job.

[Princess Luna]

Gee.... Norton makes me remember of early Windows XP days.

[Amazonsucks]

Norton is malware itself as far as im concerned. 

 

I wrote this basic cybersecurity guide since this forum hasnt got one.

 

 

[Poeh]

Here is a video (

The videos shows a heavily infected laptop scanned by the anti virus. and as you can see those 3 anti virus are bad.

[Poeh]

On 11/8/2018 at 10:48 AM, zhubaohi said:

I mean, as an anti-virus software, norton does its job.

Not really

[LogicalDrm]

On 3/11/2022 at 2:31 PM, Poeh said:

Here is a video (

The videos shows a heavily infected laptop scanned by the anti virus. and as you can see those 3 anti virus are bad.

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