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20 Reasons The World despises Norton Anti-Virus
Do i have a virus or is my computer just gooey???
In the beginning… well, I’ll stay away from that mess of evolution vs. intelligent design. Let’s start back when the Internet began. So there Al Gore was; supposedly he invented this thing called the Internet. Then some other college kid got bored and decided “Hey! I’m going to delete crucial code from a program until it crashes my computer!” Thus, the first virus was born. Ever since then, more and more Windows users have been placing viruses on the Internet, and every person with a PC is running around like a chicken with its head cut off in fear. Then came the good guys; yes, anti-virus software. Until one day a company named Symantec made Norton. Then the good became the bad. Norton turned the tide for PC users… until after it was installed on their computer. At that point they wondered, “Do I have a virus or is my computer just gooey?” Unbeknownst to them, their computer was infected, infected by the disinfector. Norton anti-virus sucks, and the world despises it. Why is it around? Because Compaq bundles it with their PCs. Geek Squad at Best Buy hands it out to old ladies who can’t even get their monitors on, and Al Gore used it to make his slide show of idiocy (look, I apologize for the Gore jokes. From now on, I’ll only make fun of the French.) With the history laid, here are the top twenty reasons why the world despises Norton.
20. Having to type in your serial number while installing and then activating it within 20 days of installation.
19. When Norton corrupts downloading files.
18. When Norton uninstalls its self because a virus threatened it.
17. The stupid task bar tool bar thing that has pop-ups the size of greater Atlanta.
16. The live update reminders.
15. The CPU and RAM consuming virus scans.
14. Its inability to delete any virus, even ones that a three-year-old wrote.
13. How it re-adds its self to your computers start up list.
12. When it says you have spyware on your computer, then does nothing.
11. How when it quarantines a virus, it copies it to the folder.
10. If you use it to delete adware it changes your homepage and locks it.
9. After using Norton to delete spyware it tells you that you have to re-install it to open Microsoft Word.
8. The virus definitions in a Haitian health clinic are more up to date than Norton’s.
7. Norton is over hyped and over-priced.
6. Requires a subscription every year.
5. On any operating system other than XP if your computer gets a virus Norton’s only defense is to initiate “the blue screen of doom”
4. If it comes bundled with a computer and you don’t run thorough set up it will pop back up every time you log in.
3. It tried to tell me that dtgeeks was giving me a virus.
2. The latest version blocks ports that are critical to 99.9% of Internet gaming connections.
And now for the number one reason why Norton is despised worldwide:
1. Because after you realize Norton is crap. You will also find the folder is missing the uninstaller, just like many kinds of adware.
Please feel free to correct me about any of these. As always I’m open to suggestion, and will correct any major mistakes.
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“Please feel free to correct me about any of these. As always I’m open to suggestion, and will correct any major mistakes. “
so here goes the corrections;
20. Having to type in your serial number while installing and then activating it within 20 days of installation.
A. Theyre protecting their intellectual property.
Counter answer
Symmantec never had intellectual property. All they have is your money
Counter answer
18. When Norton uninstalls its self because a virus threatened it.
A. Norton doesnt uninstall itself. it does a scan before installing itself in the newer versions.
Counter answer
it has to uninstall itself otherwise, the older version conflicts with the newer version thus computer crash!
17. The stupid task bar tool bar thing that has pop-ups the size of greater Atlanta.
A. its not installed by default, you can disable it through the settings
Counter answer
Tell me how and I will give you that
16. The live update reminders.
A. to reminds the idiots to update. Whats the point having an out of date AV?
Counter answer
Some of us prefer to manually update whenever we want, not every second hour when the live update popup bugs us while playing CS
15. The CPU and RAM consuming virus scans.
A. Every new generation of software comes with new features, new capabilities and demands more resources. So if you dont upgrade your hardware and expect newer versions of your software to perform just like the old version, then frankly, youve lost the plot.
Counter answer
I dont think you have ever gotten Norton Anti virus software to know how much it hogs your resources
After uninstalling, my CPU was just as fast as it was when I bought my comp 2 years ago
14. Its inability to delete any virus, even ones that a three-year-old wrote.
A. i think thats over-exaggerating a bit my friend
Counter answer
He maybe exaggerating about the 3 year old part but the rest is pretty true
13. How it re-adds its self to your computers start up list.
A. Maybe you should uninstall it the proper way, and if that doesnt work, contact support. or maybe buy a proper copy.
Counter answer
Contact support via phone = $30
Contact support via internet = 5-10 days wasted
Proper copy = just as bad as burnt copy, they both don’t allow a proper uninstallation. A lot of its junk still lies around the computer having it to be manually deleted
11. How when it quarantines a virus, it copies it to the folder.
A. well duh. you cant run files from your quarantine by the way
Counter answer
I think its supposed to “move” the file, instead of copying it. copying it only leaves the file behind right?
7. Norton is over hyped and over-priced.
A. come off the dole and get a job.
Counter answer
The dole has nothing to do with the fact that it costs more than AVG and is shitter than AVG. Remember the old saying “you get what you paid for”? In NAV, you get less what you paid for, therefore, over-priced
6. Requires a subscription every year.
A. do you expect them to give it to you for free?
Counter answer
yes. Think of it in terms of Microshit. They allow updates for free, why not NAV?
5. On any operating system other than XP if your computer gets a virus Norton’s only defense is to initiate “the blue screen of doom�?
A. that was back in 9x days my friend.
Counter answer
And it still happens now, even in XP
2. The latest version blocks ports that are critical to 99.9% of Internet gaming connections.
A. your talking about the antivirus. it blocks dangerous ports which make you vulnerable by default. you can disable it.
Counter answer
Try playing Warcraft 3 on Battle.net and tell me how to fix it, using Norton AV 2008
1. Because after you realize Norton is crap. You will also find the folder is missing the uninstaller, just like many kinds of adware.
A. get a legal copy
Counter answer
I do have a legal copy. Why don’t you try getting a legal copy and try to look for the uninstall.exe file in the symantec folder in program files. Then tell me otherwise.
Even after all that, I prefer Kaspersky to Norton.
For someone who claims to know everything on Norton AV, you don’t even use it. Try not to make a fool out of yourself cause Norton is crap at times and most of this is pretty realistic. Don’t claim you know Norton AV, cause obviously you don’t
By Johnson on Oct. 01, 2006 at 1:34 PM
If you uninstall it from Windows 98, the system won’t be able to boot.
For no reason I can really tell, my Symantec AV Corporate now won’t load realtime protection (but still scans, albeit with lots of messages in the log about not being able to get access to files.) Well, Ad-Aware 2007 did find win32.trojandownloader.[something] and maybe that damaged the SAV. One friend says, forget SAV and get the free AVG. Any suggestions? tx
Suggestion:
Use F-Secure
Or:
Use the best “Anti-Virus” out there: Linux
i do agree
76.
Eh, it’s not like anyone clicks our ads to begin with…