Norton Products - No longer recommended

Hi Guys,

Please do not to install or use Norton Antivirus or their similar products, including Norton Internet Security. This includes the 2004 through the 2006 versions.

I ( and others) have come across a lot of issues with these products including the large amount of resources they use; that is RAM (Memory) and CPU time. On older PC's this can be a big impact on the overall performance of your PC.

In addition the configuration settings for Norton products seems to get lost or confused about what networks (LAN's, Dialup or Broadband connections) you have access to. The loss of these settings can cause lots of problems with access to Network shared resources or with e-mails not sending or similar issues.

I have even seen the Norton Firewall prevent needed updates to their own products. How daft is that?

Uninstalling Norton products can be a pain; you may have to use their seperate uninstallating tool to completely uninstall all traces.

By the way, uninstalling Norton products using their tool cab break Windows Update or more specifically the BITS service. Test Windows update to ensure it works or you may not get even the automatic updates when their are released.

I would recommend that you use AVG 7.1 Free from Grisoft as a free Anti Virus package. For a pay product I would suggest NOD32 from Eset. Both have a low footprint for resources so this would be especially good on older PC's while being efficient on newer ones.

Any questions? Please e-mail me at help@pc-technical.co.uk for help and answers.

Regards

Simon Zerafa
Simon's PC Services