Bitdefender Internet Security vs Norton 360

[kimy27]

Bitdefender Internet Security vs Norton 360


do you have experience about these two software?


i dont know which one is better.

i am familiar with norton because i have used it for 5 years when i was in Korea.

Bitdefender Internet Security is 1st ranked in 2012 security software competition.


please inform me your experience...and recommand me one of them.

[stevenma188]

Norton is terrible. Huge resource hog.

I just use Microsoft Windows Security Essentials. Free and works well.

[Nooby31]

Not a fan of Norton either. My free version of spyware Doctor could pick up more stuff then it.

+1 for Microsoft security essentials as well

[Hyperion]

Avast!

[Zuluwun]

Norton is terrible. Huge resource hog.
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QFT. I have 360 and, while I am happy with it, it does use quite a bit of resources.

[KL3]

AVG

[Ozil]

no security :chuckle

[SKYMP3]

Kaspersky

Not free, but always on sale for $19.99 (reg. price for 69.99)
Been installed and renew it since 3 yrs ago.
PC never crashed since then no matter how many p0rn I watched. :chuckle

1 price gives protection for 3 users. (I can spare you 1 if you need, just PM)

[Sparcas]

If I HAD to choose - BitDefender. ~~ Norton products have always been a resource hog... I never really liked the GUI...and they're not very good at picking up Malware.

AND It's all MALWARE. For the budget minded/myself - I typically recommend running Microsoft Security Essentials + Malware Bytes.

Both MSE and MBAM are either free or very inexpensive. Also very lightweight.

Most of the calls that come into our helpdesk are malware related. Malware Bytes does a good job of preventing/removing malware from your computer. It also does a great job of preventing access to malicious websites.
It also has a relatively broad definitions database that protects against trojans/keloggers/etc.

Some Articles:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2406906,00.asp - BitDefender

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2409124,00.asp - Kaspersky

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2409973,00.asp - Norton 360

[terapr0]

stop opening unsolicited email attachments, clicking on mystery links, downloading free screensavers, mouse trails, registry "optimizers", sketchy pirated games or applications and you wont require any of these things. They're offensive resource hogs and a resounding waste of money (except for the free ones, obviously).

If you insist on persisting, I'd go with AVG....as others have already mentioned, all of the Norton products are notoriously resource heavy