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    Just found Norton Internet Security, Ghost 10 and Partition Magic 8 free after rebates while browsing http://www.bensbargains.net/. Go to http://www.outpost.com/product/4833830 for details. Great price for anyone needing any of these!
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    Originally Posted by bevills1
    Just found Norton Internet Security, Ghost 10 and Partition Magic 8 free after rebates while browsing http://www.bensbargains.net/. Go to http://www.outpost.com/product/4833830 for details. Great price for anyone needing any of these!
    I love Partition Magic.

    I'll pass on Norton after past experiences.

    A friend said I should try Ghost but I haven't yet.
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    Norton produces by far the worst series of "security" products of any major manufacturer. In fact, as a Security Consultant, Norton is the one and only product vendor (aside from some of the scammish "anti-spyware" tools) that I categorically will recommend against to my clients. Besides, on just about any given week, some major retailer also offers McAfee, Ez-Trust, and some others for free after rebates as well, there is no reason to thing this free Norton's deal is anything special.
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    I'm gonna have to pass on this deal. I don't want to install a virus filled worm on my systems.
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    Mr. Dweezel, I might agree with you regarding Ghost 10 since I've read it requires Mocrosoft's dot net framework thereby using much resources, but I have Partition Magic 8 that works very well with no problems. I have no experience with the security software and can't comment on it. However, I got Ghost 2003 from a $3.99 download which works very well and uses minimal resources.
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    Originally Posted by bevills1
    Mr. Dweezel, I might agree with you regarding Ghost 10 since I've read it requires Mocrosoft's dot net framework thereby using much resources, but I have Partition Magic 8 that works very well with no problems. I have no experience with the security software and can't comment on it. However, I got Ghost 2003 from a $3.99 download which works very well and uses minimal resources.
    I haven't tried Ghost yet, but a friend said that he uses it and likes it a lot.
    My Norton disc has Ghost on it. I should try it someday.

    I do use Partition Magic and love it. I have version 7.0

    I don't know if I mis-understood your post, or if mine was confusing!
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    According to what I've read Ghost 8 and earlier uses fewer resources than later versions, but Ghost 2002 was very buggy, which I tried before getting Ghost 2003. Ghost 2003 just happened to be included in the System Works 2003 Corporate Edition that I purchased. You should definitely give Ghost a try if you have a version 8 to 2003 vintage.
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  9. Add me to the list of Norton haters. Never again.


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    I don't care for Norton myself, but McAfee isn't any better. Partition Magic helped me recently and I liked the ease of use. I may look into it.
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    throwing in my 2 cents also, staying clear from nortons resource hungry software. give me AVG and Acronis.
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    I, Like Treebeard, throw my support behind AVG... Have bought the latest and greatest Norton for one of my PC's and caused me nothing but trouble..Sucks up way to many resources, and takes forever to boot up..Same with Macfee which came with my new PC.. I deleted em both and installed AVG..
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  13. The latest version of Norton last I checked specs 256MB of RAM. Not a chances it's going on any machine of mine. I second Acronis in place of Ghost as well. I used it just yesterday to recover a work machine from the brink of disaster with not even the slightest flaw in the process.
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    I have always had Norton's on my home machine, and all the major firms I have worked for have used it. I have never had resource problems, and never had anything get past it. I have had avg on a number of client machines, and seen a number of false positives. I rate Avast higher - pity about the interface.

    Looking at the process list as I write this, Norton's IS 2005 is currently using no cpu and around 22mb of memory. And having read some of the other advice given in these forums by the more vocal Norton's haters just reinforces my opinion that I am right to use it.
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    Free? From the page linked:

    Price: $99.99
    After Rebate: $79.99
    Is this just someone spamming the board?
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  16. AV should be judged by its engine,not how lite,or heavy on using resources. after testing AVG,norton,avast and few more Kaspersky is the best I ever seen.nothing pass it at alllllllllllllll .Norton is the AOL of the AV software
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  17. I think it was free when I checked it yesterday,but I'm not sure
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    AVG Free is better, and free!

    Paragon Drive Backup is better, far less bugs than Norton.

    Partition Magic is a good deal, if you actually need it (most do not). Honestly, you're always better off NOT using these sorts of software, just re-fdisk, re-format and re-install. Better yet, clone all data to a new drive, and use the old one as a data, archive or video drive.
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    Originally Posted by MJA
    I think it was free when I checked it yesterday,but I'm not sure
    Yes, it was free. Now it appears you only get $20 back for every virus you purchase.
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    According to a test results I read in a magazine Norton anti-virus is rated at the top for virus detection, but as I said I can't comment on it from experience since I've not used it.
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  21. Norton remains WAY over-bloated and a resourse hog. It also is a pain to get rid of. I found it really bogged down my machine. I even had to disconnect the internet and turn norton off for some video work.

    While AVG Free is pretty good, the LATEST McAfee Virus protection is now rated very high AND they trimmed it down to not be a resourse hog.

    I NEVER put all the crap they bundle these things with.
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    The norton antivirus program sucks because too many times it missed trojan viruses that AVG or AVAST would detect which is why I stopped using norton. The only thing I miss about nortons systemworks is using their defrag and windoctor utilities.
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  23. The top programs tend to change in comparative reviews (depends on the test bed & methodology), though they don't change drastically. It's rare to see one rated #1 in one mag and dead last in another. If I were paying, I like Kaspersky - it's consistently at or near the top and has fewer "hog" or "bloat" or "took over my effing PC" complaints than Norton.

    But I'm cheap, so Avast for me. I do like how it catches more trojans than Norton, though I don't think that's usually a big part of typical test methodology - I think they concentrate on virii. Plus, there's A squared & Ewido for that.
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    Magazine reviews mean aboslutely zilch. Of course they're going to rate Norton high - Symantec is one of their biggest advertisers. I've seen Norton miss a lot. I've even seen it miss something on one pass, and find it on a second (this is why I usually do two-pass scans with any AV, though it seems to be principally a Norton's problem.) I've also submitted two discovered malware, but Norton (I don't remember if it was Symantec at the time or not - this was around '99 or '00) considered them too rare to include, despite being particularly aggressive bugs.

    Another problem I've run into is with their Parental Control, which filters lots of sites it shouldn't (incl. network security sites) but lets through some it shouldn't.

    Oh, yes, and I've found it to be a resource hog as well, a b---- to remove, royally messes up systems, incapable of supporting non-IE browsers (at least the less-recent versions), and tons of other stuff.

    Bottom line is, there are better tools out there, and at better prices.
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  25. Ghost 9 (2003 I think) works very well and can be uninstalled after you image your boot drive. I do this for all machines I use after updates and all software needed is installed. All other Norton software can be avoided with other products.
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  26. Partition Magic...yeah.... Norton....NO!

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    Originally Posted by guns1inger
    I have always had Norton's on my home machine, and all the major firms I have worked for have used it. I have never had resource problems, and never had anything get past it. I have had avg on a number of client machines, and seen a number of false positives. I rate Avast higher - pity about the interface.

    Looking at the process list as I write this, Norton's IS 2005 is currently using no cpu and around 22mb of memory. And having read some of the other advice given in these forums by the more vocal Norton's haters just reinforces my opinion that I am right to use it.
    I have to agree - I've been using Norton products for about 10 years now and have not had any problems with them.

    I especially agree with your second sentiment.
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  28. I'll lighten up a little bit on Norton AV because any AV is better then none at all.

    But wasn't there a major issue with their live update or something with the 05/06 versions?

    Haven't kept my eye on Norton's proformance for some time now but I do recall issues recently.

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    Originally Posted by Sabro
    I'll lighten up a little bit on Norton AV because any AV is better then none at all.
    Not always - that depends on how tight a ship you run and if you have unusual circumstances. I've run w/o AV on both my networked and non-networked machines for years. With one exception, the only malware I've ever had was malware I deliberately infected myself with for analysis purposes, and I fix that with a reformat from a disk image. I've only recently begun running Avira Antivir on my network, and my secured machines (normally non-networked - mainly used for software development) have don't have AV on them, and, probably never will. I'm just careful about what goes on those machines.

    I know this may sound bizarre coming from an infosec guy, and I certainly would not recommend to my clients or the general public not to run A/V. However, there are a few circumstances (e.g. software and driver development.) in which expert users may not wish to run A/V software, least of all Norton's because of the resource penalty of those products.

    But wasn't there a major issue with their live update or something with the 05/06 versions?
    There were a lot of folks p/o'ed about the DRM back in IIRC 2004 when they started that. My biggest beef was that LiveUpdate never seemed to work, and oftentimes it could not be uninstalled even after removing the rest of the Symantec products. I do remember the Norton/Symantec firewall really sucking and having lots of problems though, so I wonder if that is related.
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    Originally Posted by bevills1
    According to a test results I read in a magazine Norton anti-virus is rated at the top for virus detection, but as I said I can't comment on it from experience since I've not used it.
    I read this weekend in a magazine while buying milk and eggs that batboy has been found alive wth his girlfriend. pictures included.
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