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 Norton/Symantec is not a bad company. They are a reputable company. Their products are not bad either, however their software engineering/design approach is no longer the most elegant, especially with regard to their security products. Strictly in the realm of capability to detect viruses and other forms of malware, they are pretty darned good. Their firewall and the other elements of their suite can be describe in one word...garbage.
Where they have gone wrong with their AV, in my opinion, is in three areas: the "horsepower" it takes to run their applications--the resources consumed, the zeal with which they "protect" their processes running on your system, and thier pricing model. The first "problem" borders on the ridiculous, though Norton is not nearly as bad as McAfee in this regard. I've seen McAffee's suite bring perfectly good and clean machines to their knees. Flatly stated, Norton consumes too much CPU power and installs and runs too many processes. It's just not efficient.
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Posted by: Admin
on Saturday, July 14, 2007
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