Norton AntiVirus

Symantec Norton

I used this anti-virus software before since I heard nothing but good reviews. For an anti-virus software, I think it is pretty good. It is your standard anti-virus software which gives you the option to either scan the whole computer or some chosen parts of your entire system, and when it does scan it also looks for any potential harmful elements like viruses, malwares and spywares. It informs you if a virus is found, and after a few minutes the program comes with a result of the scanning process.



It does like what other programs do, like AVG and McAfee, so I can’t say if it is better than those two. However, even though it scans and removes viruses, it is very slow! When I run it the other programs I run are slowed down, too, causing them to close or crash. There was a time when I was browsing the web on Firefox, and I should have known that the two did not go well together because after a few minutes of running Norton, Firefox suddenly crashed. But, just as I said, it keeps my computer clean from viruses, spywares and malwares. It informs me if a website I’m about to visit can potentially attack my computer. It erases my temporary files, cookies and empties my recycle bin. It frees a lot of my unused disk space, which is something I can do, anyway, using the Disk Cleanup feature available in Windows XP.



Another feature of theirs I like is called the Download Insight, which pops up at the corner of my desktop to analyze everything I download and gives me a report if it is clean or not. Moreover, it gives me a monthly report of the infections and status of my computer. It is a lot more expensive than McAfee and other premium programs, but then again, I am not complaining. One thing you should note is that, it auto-renews your subscription after a year so if you are using it and plan not to use it year later, you should change the subscription length of the program int he setting menu.The only thing I don’t like about it is its large size. It swamps my disk space. All in all, however, I think it is a decent anti virus program which protects my computer.