Is Norton 2004 pro AV worth using?

[Subbaculcha]

I got it on a deal from Buy. com $30 rebate, and $30 rebate for owning a Norton product. I paid $60 so yeah, it's free (after rebates).

I pulled the trigger before I read about it, and while it reviews well, many users hate it because it really slows up the system.

So it's not a cost thing. I don't like programs that slow me down too much.
It's unopened so I can RMA it for the cost of postage and be out a few bucks and not have to mess with the rebates, no biggie.

I am currently using Avast AV product which works well and causes no headaches.

What would you do?

 

[Apocalypse23]

Hey if it's free, it's all good. But anyway, i've read about some people saying Norton missed a few viruses while other AV's caught em, but my friend has it installed and it works pretty good for him. The biggest complaint I keep reading about is that it simply hogs too many resources.

 

[Schadenfroh]

see my guide to the best antivirus

according to spywareinfo

The detection rate of them in the tests are as follows:

Symantec's Norton Antivirus, 7/30/2004:
740 Possible Viruses/malware/Trojans Found in 701 files out of a total of 758 files!
Approximately 92.48% detection. (Based on number of infected files, not number of infections)

Avast! 4, VPS file version: July 29, 2004 - [0431-2]
620 Possible Viruses/malware/Trojans Found in 607 files out of a total of 758 files!
Approximately 80.08% detection. (Based on number of infected files, not number of infections)