Why do people hate Norton?

Norton just isn't good enough. When it scans it seems to miss everything that it is scanning for. There are better applications out there, and they do a much better job than Norton ever will.

Besides Norton may have that auto-update thing and specific scanners for specific viruses, but they never seem to work. I recently ran Norton on a virus invaded PC and Norton found 7 viruses, i then ran XoftSpy and this found something in the region of 350 infections. I then ran AVG anti-virus and this found a few more infections. The PC also claimed to have blackworm on it, but Norton failed to find it, whereas AVG did but was unable to deal with it.

As for the Norton firewall, i think that we can all agree that even Windows firewall does a better job than this.

In conclusion there are more reliable, and better options on the market.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by RYU

there big different between Viruses & Spyware,Norton AntiVirus for all viruses types and also can find famous spyware.isn't that mean is bad program,is make for protection from all viruses.and XoftSpy can scan for spyware not viruses.
that why we see alot programs for protection from spyware

I also ran AVG anti-virus and this found viruses that Norton didn't. I'm not saying it's a bad program, just that it's not a fantastic one. I know that Norton primarily scans for viruses, but also scans for spyware. i know this because when i ran Norton on my folks computer it found over 300 spyware entries. All of them were tracking cookies though, nothing too serious.

When i used to use Norton i thought that it was the best on the market, but now that i have found the internet and the viruses/ spyware becomes more common i have had to look into alternatives and found that other programs do a better job at a cheaper, sometimes free price than Norton.

AVG for anti-virus. Good program, free and reliable.
Zone-Alarm for firewall. Simple effective and most of all, free.

These are just suggestions. I have had no trouble with either of these programs, and they do the job that i installed them for.

There's nowhere I can't reach.