Hi all,
After having some not-so-great experiences with Norton and McAfee years ago (bloated, slow, let things through, etc., etc., etc.), for the last few years I've been using Trend Micro Anti-Virus + Antispyware. I've been quite happy with it and have no real complaints - it does just those two things, does them well, and is fairly unobtrusive (aside from a bit of a startup time). It can also be exited easily when I play games (the system is otherwise secure, so that's fairly safe to do) and restarted afterwards.
While I like my Trend Micro, my subscription expires today, and I really have to say the buzz about Norton 2009 (both ads and the few reviews I've seen) has been really good, and I've been particuarly grabbed by their recent campaign of being light and fast. That's just how I like my software, so I'm seriously considering Norton Antivirus 2009, specifically their gaming edition which I think is a cool idea (I can keep it on, just in gaming mode so it uses very few resources).
Anyways, I'd like some advice from anyone with experience with Norton (or preferably experience with both) in recent day. I think I will at least give it a try as I'm pretty sure they offer a trial version, but I'd like some feedback about how good the protection is as well! If anyone happens to know of a review comparing Norton and Trend Micro's latest offerings, that'd be great too!
Thanks in advance!
After having some not-so-great experiences with Norton and McAfee years ago (bloated, slow, let things through, etc., etc., etc.), for the last few years I've been using Trend Micro Anti-Virus + Antispyware. I've been quite happy with it and have no real complaints - it does just those two things, does them well, and is fairly unobtrusive (aside from a bit of a startup time). It can also be exited easily when I play games (the system is otherwise secure, so that's fairly safe to do) and restarted afterwards.
While I like my Trend Micro, my subscription expires today, and I really have to say the buzz about Norton 2009 (both ads and the few reviews I've seen) has been really good, and I've been particuarly grabbed by their recent campaign of being light and fast. That's just how I like my software, so I'm seriously considering Norton Antivirus 2009, specifically their gaming edition which I think is a cool idea (I can keep it on, just in gaming mode so it uses very few resources).
Anyways, I'd like some advice from anyone with experience with Norton (or preferably experience with both) in recent day. I think I will at least give it a try as I'm pretty sure they offer a trial version, but I'd like some feedback about how good the protection is as well! If anyone happens to know of a review comparing Norton and Trend Micro's latest offerings, that'd be great too!
Thanks in advance!