McAfee vs. Norton

ChaosMaster · January 2nd, 2005

Which would you prefer?
McAfee or Norton?
At the moment, I am using the McAfee AV vr.9, with antispam.
What do you use?
Edit

on't make choices based on Antivirus only. |Choose depending on othe applications as utilities, etc...

**Chrono Archangel** · January 2nd, 2005

im using Norton (Symentec)... i never tried McAfee

Viper_Viper · January 2nd, 2005

Out on my dads computer is running the newest verson of McAfee, which I despise alot. It is very slow and does not have alot of options. I currently run the Norton Symentec Suite 2004. It runs great and all the little things like the cleanup program make my computer run smoothy. I recomend Norton.

The Aviator · January 2nd, 2005

I advise you if you use Norton though for the new user to be careful cause some packages of Norton involve everything including Ghost etc.. which is crazy and sometimes can boggle down your system. On the other hand mcafee can do the same so its basically up to you.

ChaosMaster · January 2nd, 2005

The reason why I changed to mcafee is because of adware.
While I was using norton, weekly I was bombarded with adware, and the norton could not delete them.
That's why I changed to mcafee. to me, it's much more convenient than norton.as for utilities, I don't use either much. I count on other programs to do my maintanence stuff.

Cid Highwind · January 2nd, 2005

eTrust Antivirus here.
So far I like this one a lot, better than the old Mcafee v4.xx we used to have. I don't like Norton AV as well for some strange reasons I can't explain. I like eTrust better.
And for spyware I use Webroot Spysweeper which is the best program IMO, and beats the Spybot + Adaware combo.

**Razor Blade** · January 2nd, 2005

I used to use McAfee, but went to Norton later. No reason really. I'm sure both are great, but after renewing my liscence three time, Norton has served me well. Virus free for 3 years

Except for that damn blaster worm, but none of the anti-virus programs did squat till later ^^

**Raziel** · January 2nd, 2005

As far as Symantec is concerned, I'd go for Symantec Antivirus, and not Norton Antivirus, doesn't pretty much the same without being the ressource intensive slut Norton is.

**Razor Blade** · January 2nd, 2005

Hey Raziel, are they both the same price?

**Kane** · January 2nd, 2005

Anti-Spam software: Mozilla Thunderbird/GMail
Spyware tools: SpySweeper and Spybot S&D
Firewall: HW Firewall and Windows Firewall
Antivirus: Symantec AV.

Thus, as you can see, I don't use either. Sure Symantec AV is from the same company as Norton AV, but it's not the same product, as Raz already pointed out. I use Symantec as it does all the protecting I need, without telling me how to run my d*mned computer (like most suites do these days) and hogging my resources.

RZetlin · January 2nd, 2005

I have installed and used Norton myself and I have troubleshoot folks that used Norton.

And I gotta say that Norton is a pile of s**t.

Norton messes up your resources and slows the performance down while it protects your computer. I don't know why Norton is the popular brand.

As for McAfee I have used the software and I have no serious problem with this software.

I recommend McAfee over Norton.

Now what do I use myself? Neither Norton or McAfee.

I'm using F-Prot which is lighter on resource use.

Cid Highwind · January 2nd, 2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kane-Sama

Anti-Spam software: Mozilla Thunderbird/GMail
Spyware tools: SpySweeper and Spybot S&D
Firewall: HW Firewall and Windows Firewall
Antivirus: Symantec AV.

Thus, as you can see, I don't use either. Sure Symantec AV is from the same company as Norton AV, but it's not the same product, as Raz already pointed out. I use Symantec as it does all the protecting I need, without telling me how to run my d*mned computer (like most suites do these days) and hogging my resources.

Is it necesary to run Spybot after I've done a search with SpySweeper?

**Kane** · January 2nd, 2005

>Is it necesary to run Spybot after I've done a search with SpySweeper?

Sometimes Spybot picks up stuff Spysweeper doesn't

**FLaRe85** · January 2nd, 2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by RZetlin

I have installed and used Norton myself and I have troubleshoot folks that used Norton.

And I gotta say that Norton is a pile of s**t.

Norton messes up your resources and slows the performance down while it protects your computer. I don't know why Norton is the popular brand.

As for McAfee I have used the software and I have no serious problem with this software.

I recommend McAfee over Norton.

Now what do I use myself? Neither Norton or McAfee.

I'm using F-Prot which is lighter on resource use.

Hehe...I didn't know anybody else used this. I have that running on our mail server, filtering virii from emails. It's absurdly cheap. They only charge $50/year (commercial licensing).

GSDragoon · January 2nd, 2005

Common sence. You might dislike me for saying that, but seriously. Where do people get viruses? Just be careful and watch what you download. I haven't had an anti-virus program in like 3 years on my computers. Haven't had a problem yet. Spyware is much more of a problem than viruses, IMO. I use spybot and ad-aware myself.

RF · January 2nd, 2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by GSDragoon

Common sence. You might dislike me for saying that, but seriously. Where do people get viruses? Just be careful and watch what you download. I haven't had an anti-virus program in like 3 years on my computers. Haven't had a problem yet. Spyware is much more of a problem than viruses, IMO. I use spybot and ad-aware myself.

True, your worst enemy can be yourself sometimes. IMO its still good to atleast run anything because you never know what can arrive in your inbox, or somebody else clicking on stuff while you arent there.

I use SAV myself.

RZetlin · January 2nd, 2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by FLaRe85

Hehe...I didn't know anybody else used this. I have that running on our mail server, filtering virii from emails. It's absurdly cheap. They only charge $50/year (commercial licensing).

F-Prot scans for e-mails? I don't see this option anywhere.

I like F-Prot a lot. Unlike Norton or McAfee, there's no subscription fee or limit the number of times you can update the virus definition.

**FLaRe85** · January 2nd, 2005

Quote:

Originally Posted by RZetlin

F-Prot scans for e-mails? I don't see this option anywhere.

I like F-Prot a lot. Unlike Norton or McAfee, there's no subscription fee or limit the number of times you can update the virus definition.

http://www.mailenable.com/pro_edition.asp

http://www.mailenable.com/kb/Content...sp?ID=me020144

D.D. · January 2nd, 2005

my dad's computer uses symantec antivirus. mine runs nothing.

james.miller · January 3rd, 2005

neither. they are both a pain in the ass. Avast AntiVirus is working a treat on my system and its free

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January 2nd, 2005	#1 (permalink)
ChaosMaster ダテオトコのハガネ Join Date: May 2004 Location: Far Far Away Posts: 359	McAfee vs. Norton Which would you prefer? McAfee or Norton? At the moment, I am using the McAfee AV vr.9, with antispam. What do you use? Editon't make choices based on Antivirus only. \|Choose depending on othe applications as utilities, etc... __________________ A True Hero isn't measured by the size of his strength, but by the strength of his heart!!! There is no save game in real Life!!! My PC Specs: -Intel Pentium4 2.8 Ghz(Not H.T), BUS 533 1 Mb L2 Cache -2x256 Mhz DDRAM V-Data BUS 400 + 1x512 Mhz Kingston. (Overall 1Ghz RAMs.) -MSI V-Class P865 Neo-II Mobo 400/533/800 -Xfx Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT -Asus DVD Burner 16x Dispair Imbodied: Son of Sparda; You must repent your sins. Dante: Don't speak. Just Die... sig image too big, limit is 500x130px and 25kb

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Chrono Archangel Administrator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Montreal, Canada Posts: 7,233	im using Norton (Symentec)... i never tried McAfee __________________ When Pigs Fly: The Death of Oink, the Birth of Dissent, and a Brief History of Record Industry Suicide.

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Viper_Viper Experenced But New User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: United States of America Posts: 865	Out on my dads computer is running the newest verson of McAfee, which I despise alot. It is very slow and does not have alot of options. I currently run the Norton Symentec Suite 2004. It runs great and all the little things like the cleanup program make my computer run smoothy. I recomend Norton. __________________ MY PC!!!! Intel 2.44 ghz // Intel Desktop Board D845PEBT2 (533MHz FSB) // 1GIG DDR PC2700 (NEW) // 120 gig Western Digital HD // 8x DVD+/-R 4x DVD+/-RW Burner (NEW) // 48x15x48 CD-RW // ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128mb // USB 2.0 // Firewire (soon) // 6 Channel Digital Audio // Serial ATA // 3Dmark05 Demo - 2108

January 2nd, 2005	#5 (permalink)
ChaosMaster ダテオトコのハガネ Join Date: May 2004 Location: Far Far Away Posts: 359	The reason why I changed to mcafee is because of adware. While I was using norton, weekly I was bombarded with adware, and the norton could not delete them. That's why I changed to mcafee. to me, it's much more convenient than norton.as for utilities, I don't use either much. I count on other programs to do my maintanence stuff. __________________ A True Hero isn't measured by the size of his strength, but by the strength of his heart!!! There is no save game in real Life!!! My PC Specs: -Intel Pentium4 2.8 Ghz(Not H.T), BUS 533 1 Mb L2 Cache -2x256 Mhz DDRAM V-Data BUS 400 + 1x512 Mhz Kingston. (Overall 1Ghz RAMs.) -MSI V-Class P865 Neo-II Mobo 400/533/800 -Xfx Nvidia GeForce 6600 GT -Asus DVD Burner 16x Dispair Imbodied: Son of Sparda; You must repent your sins. Dante: Don't speak. Just Die... sig image too big, limit is 500x130px and 25kb

January 2nd, 2005	#4 (permalink)
The Aviator Banned Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Earth Posts: 177	I advise you if you use Norton though for the new user to be careful cause some packages of Norton involve everything including Ghost etc.. which is crazy and sometimes can boggle down your system. On the other hand mcafee can do the same so its basically up to you.

January 2nd, 2005	#6 (permalink)
Cid Highwind Ramma Gay Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Somwhere out in space? The Land of the Free? Heaven or Hell? Posts: 11,728	eTrust Antivirus here. So far I like this one a lot, better than the old Mcafee v4.xx we used to have. I don't like Norton AV as well for some strange reasons I can't explain. I like eTrust better. And for spyware I use Webroot Spysweeper which is the best program IMO, and beats the Spybot + Adaware combo. __________________ PC Specs: CPU: Intel E4400 @ 2.66GHz GPU: ATi HD4870 / 512MB / Core: 775 / Mem: 1025 Mobo: Gigabyte EP35-DS3 (rev 2.1) SPU: Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music RAM: 2GB Corsair XMS2 DDR800 @ 4-4-4-12 ~ 800MHz HDD: 320GB Western Digital 16MB Caviar SE PSU: Hiper Type-R 580W Geometry Wars: 198.400 Lumines: 523.879 Rip: Cid's Bleemcast 28-08-2007 X360/Wii/PS3 belong to the current generation, update your mindset FFS

January 2nd, 2005	#7 (permalink)
Razor Blade Locked and Loaded Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I AM CANADIAN! Posts: 12,030	I used to use McAfee, but went to Norton later. No reason really. I'm sure both are great, but after renewing my liscence three time, Norton has served me well. Virus free for 3 years Except for that damn blaster worm, but none of the anti-virus programs did squat till later ^^ __________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Core 2 Duo T7300 2.0 GHz ● NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS ● 2GB DDR2 RAM Hitachi 120GB HD ● Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Drive ● Windows Vista Home Premium ● Dell 2007WFP LCD ● Dell XPS M1330 Laptop ● 1TB Western Digital MyBook External HD ● Logitech Z10 Speakers ● PLAYSTATION 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

January 2nd, 2005	#8 (permalink)
Raziel Beta Administrator Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Nantes, France Posts: 6,151	As far as Symantec is concerned, I'd go for Symantec Antivirus, and not Norton Antivirus, doesn't pretty much the same without being the ressource intensive slut Norton is. __________________ System Specs: OS: Windows Vista Ultimate x64 Edition CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 @4GHz Video Card: MSI GeForce 8800 GTX Motherboard: ASUS Maximus Formula SE RAM: 4GB OCZ XMS2 PC6400

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Razor Blade Locked and Loaded Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I AM CANADIAN! Posts: 12,030	Hey Raziel, are they both the same price? __________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Core 2 Duo T7300 2.0 GHz ● NVIDIA GeForce 8400GS ● 2GB DDR2 RAM Hitachi 120GB HD ● Dual Layer DVD+/-RW Drive ● Windows Vista Home Premium ● Dell 2007WFP LCD ● Dell XPS M1330 Laptop ● 1TB Western Digital MyBook External HD ● Logitech Z10 Speakers ● PLAYSTATION 3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

January 2nd, 2005	#10 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	Anti-Spam software: Mozilla Thunderbird/GMail Spyware tools: SpySweeper and Spybot S&D Firewall: HW Firewall and Windows Firewall Antivirus: Symantec AV. Thus, as you can see, I don't use either. Sure Symantec AV is from the same company as Norton AV, but it's not the same product, as Raz already pointed out. I use Symantec as it does all the protecting I need, without telling me how to run my d*mned computer (like most suites do these days) and hogging my resources. __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

January 2nd, 2005	#11 (permalink)
RZetlin General of Tangerines Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Defending the Sea Posts: 3,885	I have installed and used Norton myself and I have troubleshoot folks that used Norton. And I gotta say that Norton is a pile of s**t. Norton messes up your resources and slows the performance down while it protects your computer. I don't know why Norton is the popular brand. As for McAfee I have used the software and I have no serious problem with this software. I recommend McAfee over Norton. Now what do I use myself? Neither Norton or McAfee. I'm using F-Prot which is lighter on resource use. __________________ AMD Athlon 64 3700+ \| 2 GB RAM \| XFX Nvidia 6800 GS 256 MB XXX Edition \| Win XP Pro SP2

January 2nd, 2005	#13 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	>Is it necesary to run Spybot after I've done a search with SpySweeper? Sometimes Spybot picks up stuff Spysweeper doesn't __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

January 2nd, 2005	#15 (permalink)
GSDragoon Registered User Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,970	Common sence. You might dislike me for saying that, but seriously. Where do people get viruses? Just be careful and watch what you download. I haven't had an anti-virus program in like 3 years on my computers. Haven't had a problem yet. Spyware is much more of a problem than viruses, IMO. I use spybot and ad-aware myself. __________________ Athlon64 3400+ @10.5x250MHz, 2.625GHz \| DFI NF3 250GB 2x512 Corsair pc3200 \| BFG FX6800 OC 128MB \| X-Fi XtremeGamer

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D.D. band Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: HERE Posts: 4,577	my dad's computer uses symantec antivirus. mine runs nothing. __________________ 1. Small, Cheap, Powerful - you can have only two 2. Everytime you engineer something foolproof, the world comes up with a better idiot. 3. 「学問とは虚栄である。」 The PS3 Cell Processor Explained Page, IBM Research's Introduction to Cell Multiprocessor and Cell Processor Programming Guide

January 3rd, 2005	#20 (permalink)
james.miller Mr. Stupendous Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Here, There and Everywhere. Posts: 1,132	neither. they are both a pain in the ass. Avast AntiVirus is working a treat on my system and its free __________________ The HTPC E2160 @ 3.1ghz \| Thermaltake The Orb cooler \| Abit ip35-pro \| 4Gb DDR-II pc6400\| 1.00Tb of WD AAKS storage \| Asus Xonar D2\| 360 HD-DVD drive Pioneer bd204 bluray sata drive \| Corsair HX620w PSU \| *BFG GeForce 8800GTX* \| Silverstone SST-LC17b \| 24" DGM TFT \| 40" 1080p SONY 40w2000 ONKYO TX-SR805 \| bi-amped mission m71i fronts \| eltax center & bipolar rears 2x 12" custom built subwoofers powered by a denon pma-100m \| PS3 with linux and a 250gb 3.5" internal drive \| Nintendo wii