Norton Antivirus 2009 - 1 User 3 Computers (PC) - Software and Utilities (Norton from Symantec)

NORTON ANTIVIRUS 2009

Customer Reviews of Norton Antivirus 2009 - 1 User 3 Computers (PC)

Mr. Philip Harkins
London
19th November 2008

Reliable, durable and dependable.
Norton... hard to review as it is so slick, and performs brilliantly. Latest tweaks to the programme are resource friendly updates, a new method of deep cleaning an infected PC or laptop if you are unlucky enough to have to install this on an infected machine, and of course the new licence feature, meaning you can install this programme on 3 machines running Windows (XP or Vista) in the same household. So, in summary this is the bare bones anti virus programme; If you need more of a complete suite of automated PC or laptop care Norton sells that in the form of Internet Security, or 360.
Well worth the money, simple to use, and of course extremely well tested and trusted.
Oh... it does rather need broadband for updates though, and gets rather cranky if you have a dial up connection, you can adapt the settings in it to compensate, but this is reasonably simple. Essential bit of kit though.

Stucumber
N. Wales
19th November 2008

Works Ok
I've been pleasantly surprised by Norton AV 2009 mainly because I'd heard some not too good things about previous versions. This, so far, seems to do the job it was designed for quite well. Without professionaly benchmarking it however, I couldn't be completely sure it hasn't missed anything (but then that could be said for all AV software) and it doesn't flag up all the tracking cookies etc found by AVG.

After an initial, lengthy deep scan subsequent scans are rapid and the automatic updates are unintrusive though sometimes background tasks are a bit slowing on my PC. The interface is simple and usable.

On a fairly serious negative note I did have problems installing. At the point of loading drivers the install seemed to hang. A re-start and re-install brought the same problems and I left it loading for half an hour to see if it sorted itself out. Nope. I very nearly didn't try the third install, if I hadn't then I would have seen it install itself this time with no problems at all and I wouldn't have been able to write the positive things I have.

dragon0303
UK
18th November 2008

Pass
For my sins I do have an older PC at the moment (I'm sure I'll upgrade again eventually!) and after installing this product there were a couple of conflict issues as well as a noticeable difference in the speed of my computer, so much so that after a little tinkering (admittedly I'm no great expert, not be a long stretch) that I gave up and uninstalled it. Because of this I can't really comment about the software's prowess, although I expect it does the job, just not on my aged PC!

Mong
Narnia, Wardrobe.
16th November 2008

Much better than it used to be
The 2009 version of Norton is not as intrusive as the older editions, however it is still a large application which will slow down you PC activities by a noticable amount. In return for this you get A-class security, however there may be problems such as incompatibility with certain software on your PC which may require some complex work-arounds.

If you know you way around a PC and the OS then this won't be a problem, but casual users should look elsewhere.

Mart Music
Essex, UK
14th November 2008

does the job

As a long time user of Norton I guess i'm like many others who simply buy a product for its familiarity and ease of use.

The spec is lower than Norton's 360, but 2009 is more than capable of satisfying most needs.

Easy to load, works without intrusion, and thats what most people require.