Does anyone keep Norton on their PC?

[ninja]

Recently bought a new netbook that came with Norton installed. First thing I noticed was how slow the PC was. I uninstalled Norton & installed Avast instead, and was amazed at how much quicker the computer is now. I was just curious as to whether or not others keep Norton installed & whether they notice run speeds being compromised?

[NazNomad]

Norton products are the first thing I uninstall from every computer I've had since 2001.

Norton products tend to run your machine how they want, not how you want.

IMO, you did the right thing.

[scotman]

I run Norton Internet Security 2011 on my system. It does not reduce speed to any noticeable degree.

[flobadob]

Uninstall and get AVGFREE.

[ChuckFickens]

The later versions of Norton (from about 2009 onwards) are very good and have scored highly in all recent independent tests (Norton still has a bad name in some peoples eyes because older versions were dire, but it's really improved over the last few years.)

[craft1948]

I have Norton 2010 on my PC and no problems......their hepdesk is also excellent.

[craft1948]

^ helpdesk

[NazNomad]

^^^ ... but their spellchecker's useless.




<hides> lol

[craft1948]

Behave Naz.....after years of using a laptop I am now trying to get used to a full size keyboard again.....

[bibblebub]

A couple of weeks ago, I changed from free firewall and AV to Norton Internet Security and have not noticed any slowing down of my XP laptop.