Author Topic: w-what's so bad about Norton?  (Read 668 times)

Alright, firstly: I have a paid Norton subscription and it seems bretty good in the 3 years I've had it.  All viruses that've slowed my computer have been killed by Norton. So, I'm wondering, WHY IS NORTON STILL GETTING HATE? why does Norton get so much hate? Are there secret viruses that are easily passing Norton's scanners? Discuss, por favor.

Because Norton Backwards ot NotRon which sounds like Not Run, which means don't run it.

As far as i know, Norton is probably one of the better ones buuuuuut since it does so well, eats a lot of resources which can kill performance in games and other resource heavy applications.
Aside of that, it is not free and you know how stingy people can be sometimes.
I say this running AVG free, the irony is not completely lost.

Are there secret viruses that are easily passing Norton's scanners?

not all viruses are super noticeable, and yes, there were complaints that Norton's databases are not up to par with other AV services, meaning that newer viruses could exist on your system and Norton would fail to detect them. not sure if this is still the case

Norton deletes stuff it doesn't recognize as safe

Norton deletes stuff it doesn't recognize as safe
this, it spends like half a second scanning and instantly deletes it and also it's bloatware

Norton deletes stuff it doesn't recognize as safe
isn't this a toggelable option?

ot, what rally said, plus it's just more intrusive and resource consuming then others with no added benefit (not sure what paid provides over other paid av services). norton is typically utilized more by business, enterprises ect., same as mccaffee