Vista - What do you think about NIS 2009?

I have been using Norton Internet Security 09 since beta version and its working just fine for me. Its not a resource hog as well. Has anyone ever faced any problems with NIS 09? I m getting an option to get Mcafee security center 10. I have never used mcafee either. so which one is the best amongst these two?

NIS 2009 is pretty good. I've been using it for a few months and haven't run to any problems. What I didn't like is that the Vista version is slightly different from the XP version. You don't have the option to right click and scan like the XP version. That's the only thing it lack on a Vista machine. Other than that, works great. The first couple of days will be a little crazy. I was wondering why the suite was disable until I download and applied the updates.

I don't like Mcafee products in general but their site advisor is pretty good compare to Norton.

Yeah i will stick to NIS 09.

They both suck.

That's really helpful

Both Norton and Mcafee day has long passed. Just because your not having problems now dosent mean you wount in the future.

Theres only one good AV these days. Only one that really works.

NOD32

Just because your AV dosent say it sees a treat dosent mean its not there. It just means Norton sucks and cant see the infection. Same for Mcafee.



See bellow.

AV-Comparatives

Norton should be avoided at all cost.

Mind interpreting the data. To me, reading the chart, NOD32 and Norton is about the same, if not Norton scored better than NOD32.

Should i switch to Avast?

Norton failed to recieve 3 star certification due to excessive detection of legimate files/programs as malware (false alarms), and a low detection rate of malware using hueristics. NOD32 was the only Antivirus product to recieve 3 start certification in the most recent round of AV testing.



1. The data for the NOV, 2008 testing period shows Norton lagging behind NOD32 in hueristic (proactive testing) 44% to 54%
2. Norton has an excessive number of false positives which is the detecting of legitimate program/Windows Files as malware, and when deleted this can result in Program/Windows instability and crashes. 12% to 7%
3. Test results for hueristic and retroactive testing over a 4 week period:

On demand detection capabilites of malware (Higher % is better)
(Heuristic) Proactive detection of new samples (1st week)
Norton 44%
NOD32 54%

(Heuristic) Proactive detection of new samples (all 4 weeks)
Norton 44%
NOD32 51%


False positives are the detecting of malware that is fact not malware which when removed can cause program/Windows instability and crashes. (Lower % is better)
Norton 12%
NOD32 7%

Component Detection Results (Heuristic/Virus Signature). (Higher % is better)
Windows Viruses
Norton 57%
NOD32 57%

Script malware detection
Norton 27%
NOD32 11%

Worms detection
Norton 53%
NOD32 60%

Backdoor Trojans detection
Norton 50%
NOD32 58%

Trojan Horse detection
Norton 42%
NOD32 48%

Other Malware detection
Norton 47%
NOD32 51%

On demand detection capabilites of malware (Higher % is better)
(Heuristic) Proactive detection of new samples (1st week)
Norton 44%
NOD32 54%

(Heuristic) Proactive detection of new samples (all 4 weeks)
Norton 44%
NOD32 51%


False positives are the detecting of malware that is fact not malware which when removed can cause program/Windows instability and crashes. (Lower % is better)
Norton 12%
NOD32 7%

Component Detection Results (Heuristic/Virus Signature). (Higher % is better)
Windows Viruses
Norton 57%
NOD32 57%

Script malware detection
Norton 27%
NOD32 11%

Worms detection
Norton 53%
NOD32 60%

Backdoor Trojans detection
Norton 50%
NOD32 58%

Trojan Horse detection
Norton 42%
NOD32 48%

Other Malware detection
Norton 47%
NOD32 51%

Picking an AV program is a little like playing poker. I like that MS One Care has very few false positives.