New Norton Security?

[sao123]

Their complete 9 product lineup into 1 service... called Norton Security

I have always liked their Norton internet security lineup, because it was usually lightweight, and secure without being intrusive on the user.

However, I wonder at the probability, these new changes will make the product cost more, because you are locked into a full suite, instead of just the product level you choose.

Has anyone been in the beta for this service yet?
Looking for opinions from the early adopters...

http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/it-s-new-world-it-s-new-norton?inid=us_hho_module2_new_norton

 

[inachu]

Norton products are much like Mcafee in that One year they will totally suck and the next years they are #1. Depends on how much they decide to pour into R&D / threats of the day.

Most of the time infections hit companies first then the infections trickle out to home computers and home retails sales usually end up buying the products that the DAT files were created for enterprise.

So yeah Enterprise environments being the guinea pigs for the future release for retail sales is the name of the game currently.

This is why Mcafee and norton flip flop over each other so often taking #1 spot for best utility protection.

Now as for being a packaged suite of tools can and could be an advantage that is if they give you a choice to install everything or just a subset of tools.

Not everyone will need every tool offered. The fallacy thinking using everything is for best protection VS controlling yourself and not visiting those porn/gossip sites.

 

[CNNN]

Norton and McAfee will always be crap, no matter how they try to spin it. Nod32 AV 3 user license is under $40 at amazon, works for me.

 

[SlickR12345]

You have decent alternatives such as Bitdefender it comes in 3 packages as anti virus, internet security and total security.

You have Kaspersky which comes in 3 packages, as AV, IS and Pure.

You have ESET which offers AV and security suite.

You have Comodo who offer free security suite, but it does have a bit of pop-ups.

You have Webroot who offer 4 packages, from simple AV to complete security suite.

 

[Captante]

Norton being bad is out of date information. Since about 5 years ago they completely re-wrote all programs and have been among the best AV/security suites with very low performance impact. You'll still find plenty of folks simply parroting what they've been told by others though.

McAffee is a bit better then it was but still pretty crappy, Kaspersky is very effective but a real performance-killer especially during update in my experience. Bit-defender is an overall solid choice. Panda & ESET/NOD-32 also work well. If you want zero cost I'd suggest Avast.