Difference between Norton Internet Security 2009 & Norton 360 version 3.0

Can someone tell me the difference between the two products in the
"Subject" and your opinions on the two of them? I can't tell from
Norton's own websites the real advantage of Norton 360 over ISS 2009.
Does 360 have a two-way firewall?

On Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:15:43 -0400, rmo555@cox.net wrote:

>Can someone tell me the difference between the two products in the
>"Subject" and your opinions on the two of them? I can't tell from
>Norton's own websites the real advantage of Norton 360 over ISS 2009.
>Does 360 have a two-way firewall?

Why don't you ask Symantec???
They are their products!

I would never use any "Security Suite", some parts are good, some parts
are usable, some parts are not good, some parts are hogwash.

I prefer to select my own software for the various functions,
so I can have the best available (and in freeware).

And as Norton and McAfee are now infamous for being "bloatware",
I do not allow any software from the yellow and/or the red/black boxes
on my PC, I prefer to keep my computer safe and sound.
;-)

(but Norton Anti-Virus seems to show some improvement.)

--
Fred W. (NL)

I like your method of picking the best of what's out there - especially
if it's free. Would you mind sharing with me what you currently
consider the best? I'll probably go ahead and try them out.........

On Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:28:03 +0200, FredW <fredw@blackholespam.net>
wrote:

>On Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:15:43 -0400, rmo555@cox.net wrote:
>
>>Can someone tell me the difference between the two products in the
>>"Subject" and your opinions on the two of them? I can't tell from
>>Norton's own websites the real advantage of Norton 360 over ISS 2009.
>>Does 360 have a two-way firewall?
>
>Why don't you ask Symantec???
>They are their products!
>
>I would never use any "Security Suite", some parts are good, some parts
>are usable, some parts are not good, some parts are hogwash.
>
>I prefer to select my own software for the various functions,
>so I can have the best available (and in freeware).
>
>And as Norton and McAfee are now infamous for being "bloatware",
>I do not allow any software from the yellow and/or the red/black boxes
>on my PC, I prefer to keep my computer safe and sound.
> ;-)
>
>(but Norton Anti-Virus seems to show some improvement.)

rmo555@cox.net wrote:
> Can someone tell me the difference between the two products in the
> "Subject" and your opinions on the two of them? I can't tell from
> Norton's own websites the real advantage of Norton 360 over ISS 2009.
> Does 360 have a two-way firewall?

One isn't very good & the other one is worse... :-(

Norton (not to be confused with Symantec's own applications) products
are usually not thought of well in the malware newsgroups.

Once installed even their own purpose built uninstaller can't
completely undo their presence, so a flatten & rebuild is called for
by some when upgrading to much better antimalware protection.

All Norton antimalware products have annual expiration dates!

Using the "winver" command, exactly what OS are you supporting?

--
1PW

On Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:37:31 -0400, rmo555@cox.net wrote:

>I like your method of picking the best of what's out there - especially
>if it's free. Would you mind sharing with me what you currently
>consider the best? I'll probably go ahead and try them out.........

Well, this is my very personal preference.
I am certainly not an expert, but I try to keep up-to-date by reading in
newsgroups like this one.

AntiVirus
- NOD32 Antivirus 4.0.437
http://www.eset.com/download/home
This is the only paid security software I have, it is due for renewal in
a couple of weeks, I consider buying again or making my "second opinion"
av-program my "first opinion" program.

- Avira Antivir Free 9.0.0.407
http://www.free-av.com/en/download/download_servers.php
So far my "second opinion" on-request av-program, scheduled to scan
twice a week.
(I made scheduled jobs to update every two hours)


- Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (MBAM)
http://www.malwarebytes.org/
- SuperAntiSpyware (SAS) Free
http://www.superantispyware.com/
Twice a week, manual update and full scan for both.


- WinPatrol Free (just sitting there and watching)
http://www.winpatrol.com/
http://www.winpatrol.com/download.html
- Prevx, as a successor to BOClean (just warning)
http://www.prevx.com/


- WindowsVista Firewall, with this for control
http://sphinx-soft.com/Vista/index.html
before I got WindowsVista 64-bit, I used OnlineArmor Free:
http://www.tallemu.com/downloads.html
(I am still waiting for a 64-bit version)

If you use IE for a browser, I suggest SpywareBlaster:
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

However I use Mozilla Firefox 3.5.2 as a browser, with NoScript.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html
http://noscript.net/
I also use Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 as e-mail client.
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-U...rbird/all.html


In addition to MBAM and SAS, you could also use this:
- a-squared Free 4.5
http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/
- SpywareTerminator
http://www.spywareterminator.com/

Do you require more security software?
Lots of software can be found.
(and lots of opinions on this software can be found.)
Usually people find their own combo of software they like.
You have to find out by yourself, what works for you and what you like.
Good luck!
:-)

--
Fred W. (NL)

On Wed, 02 Sep 2009 00:00:03 +0200, FredW <fredw@blackholespam.net>
wrote:

>On Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:37:31 -0400, rmo555@cox.net wrote:
>
>>I like your method of picking the best of what's out there - especially
>>if it's free. Would you mind sharing with me what you currently
>>consider the best? I'll probably go ahead and try them out.........
>
>Well, this is my very personal preference.
>I am certainly not an expert, but I try to keep up-to-date by reading in
>newsgroups like this one.
>
>AntiVirus
>- NOD32 Antivirus 4.0.437
>http://www.eset.com/download/home
>This is the only paid security software I have, it is due for renewal in
>a couple of weeks, I consider buying again or making my "second opinion"
>av-program my "first opinion" program.
>
>- Avira Antivir Free 9.0.0.407
>http://www.free-av.com/en/download/download_servers.php
>So far my "second opinion" on-request av-program, scheduled to scan
>twice a week.
>(I made scheduled jobs to update every two hours)
>
>
>- Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware (MBAM)
>http://www.malwarebytes.org/
>- SuperAntiSpyware (SAS) Free
>http://www.superantispyware.com/
>Twice a week, manual update and full scan for both.
>
>
>- WinPatrol Free (just sitting there and watching)
>http://www.winpatrol.com/
>http://www.winpatrol.com/download.html
>- Prevx, as a successor to BOClean (just warning)
>http://www.prevx.com/
>
>
>- WindowsVista Firewall, with this for control
>http://sphinx-soft.com/Vista/index.html
>before I got WindowsVista 64-bit, I used OnlineArmor Free:
>http://www.tallemu.com/downloads.html
>(I am still waiting for a 64-bit version)
>
>If you use IE for a browser, I suggest SpywareBlaster:
>http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
>
>However I use Mozilla Firefox 3.5.2 as a browser, with NoScript.
>http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html
>http://noscript.net/
>I also use Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 as e-mail client.
>http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-U...rbird/all.html
>
>
>In addition to MBAM and SAS, you could also use this:
>- a-squared Free 4.5
>http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/
>- SpywareTerminator
>http://www.spywareterminator.com/
>
>Do you require more security software?
>Lots of software can be found.
>(and lots of opinions on this software can be found.)
>Usually people find their own combo of software they like.
>You have to find out by yourself, what works for you and what you like.
>Good luck!
> :-)
Thanks very much for the information. Appreciate the 'heads up.'

On Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:54:30 -0700, 1PW <1PW@INVALID.com> wrote:

>rmo555@cox.net wrote:
>> Can someone tell me the difference between the two products in the
>> "Subject" and your opinions on the two of them? I can't tell from
>> Norton's own websites the real advantage of Norton 360 over ISS 2009.
>> Does 360 have a two-way firewall?
>
>One isn't very good & the other one is worse... :-(
>
>Norton (not to be confused with Symantec's own applications) products
>are usually not thought of well in the malware newsgroups.
>
>Once installed even their own purpose built uninstaller can't
>completely undo their presence, so a flatten & rebuild is called for
>by some when upgrading to much better antimalware protection.
>
>All Norton antimalware products have annual expiration dates!
>
>Using the "winver" command, exactly what OS are you supporting?

Vista Home Premium, 6.0, build 6002, service pack 2

rmo555@cox.net wrote:
> On Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:54:30 -0700, 1PW <1PW@INVALID.com> wrote:
>
>> rmo555@cox.net wrote:
>>> Can someone tell me the difference between the two products in the
>>> "Subject" and your opinions on the two of them? I can't tell from
>>> Norton's own websites the real advantage of Norton 360 over ISS 2009.
>>> Does 360 have a two-way firewall?
>> One isn't very good & the other one is worse... :-(
>>
>> Norton (not to be confused with Symantec's own applications) products
>> are usually not thought of well in the malware newsgroups.
>>
>> Once installed even their own purpose built uninstaller can't
>> completely undo their presence, so a flatten & rebuild is called for
>> by some when upgrading to much better antimalware protection.
>>
>> All Norton antimalware products have annual expiration dates!
>>
>> Using the "winver" command, exactly what OS are you supporting?
>
> Vista Home Premium, 6.0, build 6002, service pack 2

With Vista, many would say that your system doesn't require any
additional personal firewall help.

I wouldn't detract from anything that FredW has passed to you other
than add that a good NAT router will be a very worthwhile addition if
you don't already have one. As far as antimalware applications go,
I'm using about 95% of what Fred uses.

The applications we use have very good reputations and have stood up
to many challenges. ...and most of it is freeware.

Best wishes to you.

--
1PW

Thank you.......

On Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:39:45 -0700, 1PW <1PW@INVALID.com> wrote:

>rmo555@cox.net wrote:
>> On Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:54:30 -0700, 1PW <1PW@INVALID.com> wrote:
>>
>>> rmo555@cox.net wrote:
>>>> Can someone tell me the difference between the two products in the
>>>> "Subject" and your opinions on the two of them? I can't tell from
>>>> Norton's own websites the real advantage of Norton 360 over ISS 2009.
>>>> Does 360 have a two-way firewall?
>>> One isn't very good & the other one is worse... :-(
>>>
>>> Norton (not to be confused with Symantec's own applications) products
>>> are usually not thought of well in the malware newsgroups.
>>>
>>> Once installed even their own purpose built uninstaller can't
>>> completely undo their presence, so a flatten & rebuild is called for
>>> by some when upgrading to much better antimalware protection.
>>>
>>> All Norton antimalware products have annual expiration dates!
>>>
>>> Using the "winver" command, exactly what OS are you supporting?
>>
>> Vista Home Premium, 6.0, build 6002, service pack 2
>
>With Vista, many would say that your system doesn't require any
>additional personal firewall help.
>
>I wouldn't detract from anything that FredW has passed to you other
>than add that a good NAT router will be a very worthwhile addition if
>you don't already have one. As far as antimalware applications go,
>I'm using about 95% of what Fred uses.
>
>The applications we use have very good reputations and have stood up
>to many challenges. ...and most of it is freeware.
>
>Best wishes to you.