Norton Internet Security 2010 Mini-Review

[RadioActive]

Hi everybody,

I thought I'd share my opinion and experience with NIS 2010 so far.

I never been a Symantec fan, actually I pretty much bashed their products in every chance I got because of lets say problematic past experiences with their older products. But starting from the release of NIS 2009 I started to read some positive feedback from various sources so I started to keep track of the product updates and user reviews and it seemed that Symantec was actually getting things right after all this time. Then a while ago I found out about the release of NIS 2010 and was very intrigued and starting poking around and also found even better feedback from users and then read the PCMag review and then I decided that I had to test it for myself and see what's the fuzz all about.

I installed it on 2 low-end PCs (Celeron D/Pentium 4 with 512/1024 MB RAM respectively).

The setup was easy, perhaps way too easy for my taste, sure would've liked more options to exclude certain modules for instance, but it's no big deal.

The interface is pretty clean, and easy to understand/navigate, although the settings can seems a bit odd for someone who didn't use Symantec products in a while (like me ^_^ ).

I can confirm that NIS 2010 is NOT a resource hog, on the contrary it's actually pretty light even on these old PCs, hell even my Firefox consumes more resources than this :P

Now, regarding the security, NIS anti-virus engine/module may not be the best, products like Avira or NOD32 are probably better, that being said it's still offer pretty good detection, but as someone once said that the era of signature-based detection is fading because of the advancement of new threats that are constantly changing, and here is where NIS 2010 starts to shine, the combination of the anti-virus, SONAR2, and Insight modules makes it a very capable product in detecting new threats. Now, that doesn't mean it's perfect but it's most certainly an excellent product.

I hope you find this mini-review helpful.

~Lohengrin

[mana]

Norton has way batter detection rates than nod 32, which has fallen back in detection rate rather surprisingly.

[Smiling]

Hi everybody,

I thought I'd share my opinion and experience with NIS 2010 so far.

I never been a Symantec fan, actually I pretty much bashed their products in every chance I got because of lets say problematic past experiences with their older products. But starting from the release of NIS 2009 I started to read some positive feedback from various sources so I started to keep track of the product updates and user reviews and it seemed that Symantec was actually getting things right after all this time. Then a while ago I found out about the release of NIS 2010 and was very intrigued and starting poking around and also found even better feedback from users and then read the PCMag review and then I decided that I had to test it for myself and see what's the fuzz all about.

I installed it on 2 low-end PCs (Celeron D/Pentium 4 with 512/1024 MB RAM respectively).

The setup was easy, perhaps way too easy for my taste, sure would've liked more options to exclude certain modules for instance, but it's no big deal.

The interface is pretty clean, and easy to understand/navigate, although the settings can seems a bit odd for someone who didn't use Symantec products in a while (like me ^_^ ).

I can confirm that NIS 2010 is NOT a resource hog, on the contrary it's actually pretty light even on these old PCs, hell even my Firefox consumes more resources than this :P

Now, regarding the security, NIS anti-virus engine/module may not be the best, products like Avira or NOD32 are probably better, that being said it's still offer pretty good detection, but as someone once said that the era of signature-based detection is fading because of the advancement of new threats that are constantly changing, and here is where NIS 2010 starts to shine, the combination of the anti-virus, SONAR2, and Insight modules makes it a very capable product in detecting new threats. Now, that doesn't mean it's perfect but it's most certainly an excellent product.

I hope you find this mini-review helpful.

~Lohengrin

Here are the report. No need guessing. :P

ON DEMAND DETECTION TEST RESULT

Here is the link to full report.

AV-Comparatives August 09

Internet Security Products Performance Benchmarking

Here is the link to full report.

Internet Security Products Performance Benchmarking (2010) September 2009

Norton 2010 proven their product is the premier product for now. Overall Norton scores on top of table in detection nor performance.

Cheers~~~

[LoKz]

wOw i might give it a try... what about when u unistall it does it still leave trash all over ur computer? and there fore have to use a remover still?

[Smiling]

wOw i might give it a try... what about when u unistall it does it still leave trash all over ur computer? and there fore have to use a remover still?

You can find the remover over the web... but normal uninstall good enough. But if its a good AV why you remove it? :D

[Lite]

Nice review. Maybe if you can get some more time you can test in greater detail? :)

[RadioActive]

Nice review. Maybe if you can get some more time you can test in greater detail? :)

Thanks, I'll try to do that but keep in mind I'm no a security specialist, so whatever I sate is based on my personal experience and some minor research ;)

[Lite]

Some of these so called "experts" are clue-less, so i'm sure you can do a good job! We can maybe do a "full" review between a few members?

[LoKz]

Ok i Installed NIS 2010 :D using Box patch. :P when i rebooted the computer i had the blue screen... i knew it was cus of norton, i was about to unistall it, i was already in safe mode about to do it... but then i decided to give it another try and rebooted and WAAALA! it works no blue screen. i do have to say it has become pretty fast... it runs smooth and looks good. anyways i decided to unistall it because i just wanted to test it. i also did a scan and was pretty fast. i have to say norton came up on this good. so i unistalled box, then norton and then i downloaded Norton Remove or whatever and removed the rest real helpful tool :).

[RadioActive]

Ok i Installed NIS 2010 :D using Box patch. :P when i rebooted the computer i had the blue screen... i knew it was cus of norton, i was about to unistall it, i was already in safe mode about to do it... but then i decided to give it another try and rebooted and WAAALA! it works no blue screen. i do have to say it has become pretty fast... it runs smooth and looks good. anyways i decided to unistall it because i just wanted to test it. i also did a scan and was pretty fast. i have to say norton came up on this good. so i unistalled box, then norton and then i downloaded Norton Remove or whatever and removed the rest real helpful tool :).

Just outta curiosity, if you liked it so much why did you remove it? :sneaky:

[LoKz]

My computer is to slow... and i think i will stick with Nod32 B) and also let norton give another update, but it turned out real cool.

[box]

so i unistalled box, then norton and then i downloaded Norton Remove or whatever and removed the rest real helpful tool :).

Believe it or but the Norton Removal Tool doesn't remove all of Norton. If you run my NTR now, and select [purge], it will remove more. It is up to you.

[RadioActive]

so i unistalled box, then norton and then i downloaded Norton Remove or whatever and removed the rest real helpful tool :).

Believe it or but the Norton Removal Tool doesn't remove all of Norton. If you run my NTR now, and select [purge], it will remove more. It is up to you.

May I also suggest Revo Uninstaller, it helps (and it's free):)

[Smiling]

My computer is to slow... and i think i will stick with Nod32 B) and also let norton give another update, but it turned out real cool.

But Norton now are lighter den Nod32..... NOD32 is not the lightest AV now but also very light :P

[RadioActive]

My computer is to slow... and i think i will stick with Nod32 B) and also let norton give another update, but it turned out real cool.

But Norton now are lighter den Nod32..... NOD32 is not the lightest AV now but also very light :P

I can confirm that, as I mentioned earlier I currently use NIS 2010 on a P4/1GB PC and I noticed no slowdowns whatsoever.

[karachidude]

I use NAV on a Pentium D 3.2/1GB Ram,and feel no slowdown what-so-ever..infact i feel its faster than NOD32 on my machine...Kudos to Norton :)

[LoKz]

so i unistalled box, then norton and then i downloaded Norton Remove or whatever and removed the rest real helpful tool :).

Believe it or but the Norton Removal Tool doesn't remove all of Norton. If you run my NTR now, and select [purge], it will remove more. It is up to you.

Thank you :) i'll search for NTR.

[dddd]

I like him very good

[RadioActive]

I like him very good

welcome to nsane :)

[Patrick]

eset might be # 2 but thats how most people find this site! welcome dddd 2 nsane!!!

ESET is lagging

• Advanced+: eScan, Symantec, Microsoft, F-Secure, Kaspersky, Bitdefender
• Advanced: ESET, Sophos, AVG, McAfee, Avast, AVIRA, Trustport
• Standard: Norman, G DATA
• Tested: Kingsoft

http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2009/10/av-comparatives-picks-six-malware-removal-winners.ars

[Viktor]

Is there any Custom Security Setup like Blackspears one for NOD32?

Can we Sharptune it more?

^_^

[HATE9X]

I HATE NORTON!!

damn, i decided to try this to replace ESS..

Ok, it's lightweight, but whatever changes u make to settings, it just wants to delete keygens and other false positives on it's own!! gotta restart to be able to recover it from quarantine.. :frusty:

only good for ppl who are legit and don't know a crp bout computing (this thing "protects" the user from himself by giving him/her no control.

sux, welcome back my trusty eset.. u truly are the friend of a pirate.

[spootnack]

With W7, I have some problems with Eset NOD32, I'm trying Norton AV 2010 now... :sneaky:

[RadioActive]

I HATE NORTON!!

damn, i decided to try this to replace ESS..

Ok, it's lightweight, but whatever changes u make to settings, it just wants to delete keygens and other false positives on it's own!! gotta restart to be able to recover it from quarantine.. :frusty:

only good for ppl who are legit and don't know a crp bout computing (this thing "protects" the user from himself by giving him/her no control.

sux, welcome back my trusty eset.. u truly are the friend of a pirate.

It's a pretty common practice to hide your problematic "fixes" in password protected archives.

Although NAV 2010's false positives can be annoying, they are not THAT many. Most of the times I forget it's even there :)

[karachidude]

it even find and deletes the content inside rared files,ifone allows it to..but i like it :)