Symantec - Norton

Make sure your system is up to date and has the latest protections in place.

AVG anti-virus: 08/31/08
Avast: 08/30/08
Norton anti-virus: 08/27/08
McAfee anti-virus: 08/27/08
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 08/26/08
Spybot Search and Destroy: 08/27/08
Microsoft Windows Defender: 08/27/08
Nod32: 08/29/08

Updates as of August 31, 2008 6:00am CDT.

Back on August 1st, 2008, I wrote a review of Norton’s newest Anti-Virus program coming at us for the 2009 computing season. [See review here.] I tried the beta version and found that it was in fact faster and less intrusive than previous versions. I also stated that I would recommend the product and asked […]

At a press conference yesterday at LinuxWorld,  IBM announced that it has partnered with Red Hat, Novell, and Canonical to offer “Microsoft-free” personal computers. IBM’s main goal is to offer Lotus Notes and Lotus Symphony software as an alternative to Microsoft office. So why is IBM making this move now?
Well it seems that Big Blue […]

First let me say that I have not personally used any Symantec products since late 2003. But I have seen previous versions of Symantec products such as Norton anti-virus or Norton Internet Security products and have been less than impressed. In fact I have advised clients to uninstall trial ware of Norton on new systems, […]

Make sure your system is up to date and has the latest protections in place.

AVG anti-virus: 07/27/08
Avast: 07/26/08
Norton anti-virus: 07/23/08
McAfee anti-virus: 07/23/08
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 07/24/08
Spybot Search and Destroy: 07/23/08
Microsoft Windows Defender: 07/23/08
Nod32: 07/25/08

Updates as of July 27, 2008 6:00am CDT.

About a week ago or so, I download Norton’s 2009 Beta software for a look see. The download file is about 48.9 MB in size. The process to install the beta requires a valid email address, since a product ID number is sent to activate the software. The installation of the software is very quick. […]

I received the following comment from Noah Edwardsen of Symantec about their new beta software:
Hi Ron,
The 2009 Norton Antivirus and Norton Internet Security betas are live and ready!
http://www.symantec.com/norton-beta/
I’ll send you a link to the press release as soon as it hits the wire and would love to answer any questions you might have.
Feel free to […]

Make sure your system is up to date and has the latest protections in place.

AVG anti-virus: 07/13/08
Avast: 07/13/08
Norton anti-virus: 07/09/08
McAfee anti-virus: 07/09/08
Lavasoft Ad-Aware: 07/11/08
Spybot Search and Destroy: 07/09/08
Microsoft Windows Defender: 07/09/08
Nod32: 07/11/08

Updates as of July 13, 2008 6:00am CDT.

As most of us know, Symantec has been labeled as a resource hog, and many of us have chosen not to use any longer. I wrote an article back in May in which less than flattering remarks were made about Symantec. [See article here.] But one of the comments came from a Symantec representative by […]

First of all this is not going to be about what anti-virus program is the best, because quite frankly, most A/V programs do a fairly good job of protecting your system. If you wish to argue about the best of the best in A/V protection, there are plenty of forums to vent your preference […]