Norton 360 vs Kaspersky?

[Pawelk198604]

A year ago I bought Norton 360 with license for 3 computers.

I paid for it 110 Zloty (36 USD or 26 EUR)

License expires in 3 days, I wonder does again buy Norton or maybe buy Kaspersky?

Does Kaspersky is better than Norton 360

[vetrox]

If you are quite happy with norton then why change? I had to use avg for a short period after my norton expired and I hated it, it thinks all my games are viruses!

Stick with what you know

[Pawelk198604]

I heard that Kaspersky use much less CPU power than Norton.

That Kaspersky doesn't slow down computer like Norton.

[TechnicalK3rbal]

I've never heard of kaspersky, but norton works well, so why change?

[The Destroyer]

From what I heard, Norton IS a virus due to the immense CPU usage.

[cantab]

As far as the commercial products go, I've found Kaspersky pretty good.

[Nibb31]

Just get a free AVG. An antivirus isn't really necessary since Windows 8 anyway.

[lajoswinkler]

My experience with Norton is that it will chew your computer and spit it out. It's "protecting" you by being a total jerk. I don't know about Kaspersky.

Use avast!, that works quite well.

[Superfluous J]

I use Avast and have for well over a decade now. If you feel the need to pay for it, they even let you do that.

[SuperFastJellyfish]

If you paid for antivirus at all then you've paid too much.

I used to use AVG for probably close to 10 years with no issue. A few years ago I switched to Microsoft Security Essentials on a suggestion from a friend. I've never had any issues with either. Of course, I've used Firefox with Noscript and Adblock as long as those plugins have existed so antivirus isn't really necessary anyways.

[TheSaint]

I use Microsoft Security Essentials on all of my PCs, and all of the Windows computers at my work as well. Thin, effective, and it's free. I recommend it.

[LaydeeDem]

The best antivirus is MSE and Common Senseâ„¢.

[Pawelk198604]

BTW Where on the Internet can easily infect your computer with a virus? Or rather, what sites are best to avoid.

I remember that time as a teenager I entered into website that you do not like to show your mom, sister, girlfriend , or wife, if you know what I mean

It ended this that my computer needed to reinstall Windows, since I try to avoid such websites:D

[cantab]

These days it can be almost any site, since even a normally reputable or seemingly innocuous site might serve up a malicious ad.

[FREEFALL1984]

I use avast, I've had nothing but trouble with the norton family, for instance, once you're license expires you MUST update your license, if you decide you want to change virus software to either a free version or a full paid version you must download the norton removal tool, trouble is once your license expires norton wont let you connect to the internet to download the previously mentioned removal tool so your stuck, I've had dozens of people come to me asking me to remove the stupid thing. I'd never consider getting norton and even if I bought a new PC with norton installed, i'd remove it straight away and replace it with avast or AVG, both of which use far less processing power, have much nicer interfaces and are available free of charge.

[rtxoff]

Nod32 is one of the resource friendliest AV i know.

I am using it already 3 years without any problems.

[Seret]

The best antivirus is MSE and Common Senseâ„¢.

Sure, if you're ok with Common Sense providing most of the protection. MSE seemed pretty good when it first came out, but has been getting terrible results in tests lately.

[LaydeeDem]

I'm sorry but I just can't like Avast. It's annoying.

Besides MSE I've found that stuff made by ESET works amazingly. I've saved my computer several times just with their online scanner.

[Superfluous J]

I'm sorry but I just can't like Avast. It's annoying.

I assume you are talking about hearing "Avast! Virus database has been updated." over and over. You can turn that off. I forget I'm even running it for months at a time until it needs to update or something that requires my input.

[dharak1]

I'm using Kapersky right now, no problems at all. It only tells you when you need to reboot for an update.