Symantec Norton Anti-Virus -- good? bad?

Mason C <masoncXXX@XXXfrontal-lobe.info> wrote in
news:gkml6494a78h5ke1vfv8ub3743ijs772sb@4ax.com:

> My Noton anti-virus is about to expire.
> (By accident I got it free a year ago.)
>
> Should I renew? I sense dislike for Norton here but don't know why.
>
> Mason C running private PC politely
>

Sorry for coming into this so late, but I would allow Norton to go ahead
and expire and replace it with another program. If you prefer another paid
for application, go with Nod32 and MBAM (malwarebytes antimalware)


--
Regards,
Dustin Cook - http://bughunter.it-mate.co.uk
BugHunter v2.2e AntiMalware Removal Utility
For Windows users, I highly recommend:
http://www.malwarebytes.org - MalwareBytes AntiMalware

Dustin Cook wrote:
> Mason C <masoncXXX@XXXfrontal-lobe.info> wrote in
> news:gkml6494a78h5ke1vfv8ub3743ijs772sb@4ax.com:
>
>> My Noton anti-virus is about to expire.
>> (By accident I got it free a year ago.)
>>
>> Should I renew? I sense dislike for Norton here but don't know why.
>>
>> Mason C running private PC politely
>>
>
> Sorry for coming into this so late, but I would allow Norton to go ahead
> and expire and replace it with another program. If you prefer another paid
> for application, go with Nod32 and MBAM (malwarebytes antimalware)
>
>
I'm using Webroot and it is using much too much of my
resources. I really feel the machine slow down.

I'm also using NOD and I love it.

How is Malwarebites on resources?

Thanks

Louise

On Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:55:13 -0400, louise <louise@invalid.invalid>
wrote:

>Dustin Cook wrote:
>> Mason C <masoncXXX@XXXfrontal-lobe.info> wrote in
>> news:gkml6494a78h5ke1vfv8ub3743ijs772sb@4ax.com:
>>
>>> My Noton anti-virus is about to expire.
>>> (By accident I got it free a year ago.)
>>>
>>> Should I renew? I sense dislike for Norton here but don't know why.
>>>
>>> Mason C running private PC politely
>>>
>>
>> Sorry for coming into this so late, but I would allow Norton to go ahead
>> and expire and replace it with another program. If you prefer another paid
>> for application, go with Nod32 and MBAM (malwarebytes antimalware)
>>
>>
>I'm using Webroot and it is using much too much of my
>resources. I really feel the machine slow down.
>
>I'm also using NOD and I love it.
>
>How is Malwarebites on resources?


Why don't you try it?
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php

If you just "download" and not "Buy", you get a version "Free for
Personal Use".
This version has no "Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware Protection Module."
(requires payment and registration)

I replaced AdAware and Spybot by
SuperAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware.
(both freeware and "on-demand" only.)


I started a scan with MBAM.
It is using ca. 29,000 kb with some peaks of ca. 36,000 kB.

--
Fred W. (NL)

louise <louise@invalid.invalid> wrote in
news:6e04h9F4m6sqU1@mid.individual.net:

> Dustin Cook wrote:
>> Mason C <masoncXXX@XXXfrontal-lobe.info> wrote in
>> news:gkml6494a78h5ke1vfv8ub3743ijs772sb@4ax.com:
>>
>>> My Noton anti-virus is about to expire.
>>> (By accident I got it free a year ago.)
>>>
>>> Should I renew? I sense dislike for Norton here but don't know why.
>>>
>>> Mason C running private PC politely
>>>
>>
>> Sorry for coming into this so late, but I would allow Norton to go
>> ahead and expire and replace it with another program. If you prefer
>> another paid for application, go with Nod32 and MBAM (malwarebytes
>> antimalware)
>>
>>
> I'm using Webroot and it is using much too much of my
> resources. I really feel the machine slow down.
>
> I'm also using NOD and I love it.
>
> How is Malwarebites on resources?

I would be slightly biased as I work for them, but it's pretty easy going
on this old machine (p3/800mhz)

We do have an active development team and everyone works hard to address
any issues that are found and/or reported.


--
Regards,
Dustin Cook - http://bughunter.it-mate.co.uk
BugHunter v2.2e AntiMalware Removal Utility
For Windows users, I highly recommend:
http://www.malwarebytes.org - MalwareBytes AntiMalware

Dustin Cook wrote:
> louise <louise@invalid.invalid> wrote in
> news:6e04h9F4m6sqU1@mid.individual.net:
>
>> Dustin Cook wrote:
>>> Mason C <masoncXXX@XXXfrontal-lobe.info> wrote in
>>> news:gkml6494a78h5ke1vfv8ub3743ijs772sb@4ax.com:
>>>
>>>> My Noton anti-virus is about to expire.
>>>> (By accident I got it free a year ago.)
>>>>
>>>> Should I renew? I sense dislike for Norton here but don't know why.
>>>>
>>>> Mason C running private PC politely
>>>>
>>> Sorry for coming into this so late, but I would allow Norton to go
>>> ahead and expire and replace it with another program. If you prefer
>>> another paid for application, go with Nod32 and MBAM (malwarebytes
>>> antimalware)
>>>
>>>
>> I'm using Webroot and it is using much too much of my
>> resources. I really feel the machine slow down.
>>
>> I'm also using NOD and I love it.
>>
>> How is Malwarebites on resources?
>
> I would be slightly biased as I work for them, but it's pretty easy going
> on this old machine (p3/800mhz)
>
> We do have an active development team and everyone works hard to address
> any issues that are found and/or reported.
>
>
Thanks for the feedback - I'll give it a try.

Louise

[Prosperity]

I recently installed Norton Ghost 14 which has a securituy component on it.

This software is terrible. It caused my system to blue screen crash data dump.

...mindump analysis with bbugcheck concluded 1A/41790: The memory map list is corrupted.

The crash-causing process id LUCOMS~1.EXE is some questionable antivirus thing from Symantec.

So how do I uncorrupt the memory map?

...and how do I get rid of crash-causing process id LUCOMS~1.EXE ?

Does anybody have a phone number or email address for Norton technical support?

Prosperity wrote:
>
>Does anybody have a phone number or email address for Norton technical
>support?::

http://www.symantec.com/norton/suppo...ct.jsp?pvid=cs