Norton Antivirus 2009 or Kaspersky Antivirus 2009

aura · 26-02-2009, 04:24 PM

My question is how many of you have tried Norton 2009 ?

Its has really improved from its previous edition mainly in its overall performance and memory usage is far less than the previous editions. This made me raise the question is Norton now really better than Kaspersky Antivirus ?

Norton Antivirus 2009 CNET Review
http://reviews.cnet.com/internet-sec...-33246574.html

Kaspersky Antivirus 2009 CNET Review
http://reviews.cnet.com/internet-sec...-33193837.html

desiibond · 26-02-2009, 04:47 PM

Norton 2009, I would say.

Reason is taht this new version is very light and powerful. Get Norton Internet Security 2009 for more protection.

furious_gamer · 26-02-2009, 04:55 PM

I prefer Kaspersky 2009 over Norton , as Norton is very power hungry.. If what desiibond said is true.. then go for Norton...

desiibond · 26-02-2009, 05:01 PM

^^ yep. Norton 2009 is lot lot lot lot different to earlier versions.

himadri_sm · 26-02-2009, 06:07 PM

I vote for norton 2009. Its really light & unobtrusive.theres also a gaming edition.

pradeeocitm62 · 26-02-2009, 07:45 PM

what about the price difference?

IronManForever · 26-02-2009, 08:17 PM

The hype is with Norton 2009. Sail with it.

Sathish · 26-02-2009, 08:32 PM

have nortan 2009 released hourly virus signature update like kasperksy.???

himadri_sm · 26-02-2009, 09:34 PM

yup..it has pulse updates...it updates every few minutes also.

comp@ddict · 26-02-2009, 09:45 PM

I've used both and I'm very happy with both I must say. Use the one you please.

Kl@w-24 · 26-02-2009, 09:48 PM

After my previous experiences with NAV (2003 & 2005) I'm a bit skeptical about Norton. Kaspersky though has not given me any cause for complaint (yet).

desiibond · 26-02-2009, 09:49 PM

^^ Yep. I too thought like that. But this one rocks

Give it a try. See if you can get a trial version.

confused!! · 26-02-2009, 09:54 PM

Yeah Norton really sucked during 2005..but as all are saying 2009 edition might well be revival for them

himadri_sm · 26-02-2009, 10:08 PM

there's a 15 day trial available.

Kl@w-24 · 26-02-2009, 10:10 PM

I'll give it a try then, someday.

amol48 · 26-02-2009, 10:13 PM

wow cool... I must give it a try then... Thanks for the news guys!

**topgear** · 03-03-2009, 10:01 PM

Certainly Norton Antivirus 2009. I'm using it. It only consumes 8MB of Ram in idle & around 10MB during scan though the scanning is a little bit slow.

It takes around 1 hour and 30 mins to scan around 27GB of data on my windows vista ultimate istall partition.

Indyan · 03-03-2009, 10:08 PM

Norton topped kaspersky by a decent margin in detection in the latest av-test.org comparison done for pc world.
Its definitely one of the fastest and lighest av around.
I may give it another try soon.
Pc world review : http://www.pcworld.com/article/15815...rotection.html

Kl@w-24 · 03-03-2009, 10:21 PM

Man, I'm getting more and more attracted towards this Norton edition. I'm currently using KIS 2009 and my license will expire in August. Let's see...

naveen_reloaded · 03-03-2009, 10:53 PM

guys.. is really norton new edition that good...??

man i cant believe my ears...

04-03-2009, 12:29 AM

I had been a loyal user of Kaspersky Internet Security for over 2 years and always loved it.

But last November, when my KIS was about to expire; I thought of giving Norton Internet Security a try. And man, this new version really blew me off with all its features and ease of use. This new version is really easy on the system and doesn't throw up messages to scare any innocent user. Since, my machine is also used by my wife (who is a non techie) at home, since the time I've installed Norton; she has become a happy internet surfer!

Try Norton once... it is worth the time!

ECE0105 · 04-03-2009, 02:27 AM

What's the cost of Norton 2009, cos Kaspersky now retails for around 400-500 Rs. for a 3 PC License.

I find Kaspersky to be pretty good in detection rates, cos the most problems I encounter are due to the Pen Drive viruses.... And has never let me down as yet... Only once, when my Comp. was already infected and when I tried installing it, gave me a lot of headache... till finally, I had to use the System cleaner by Trendmicro and then clean the PC (This runs for an awful amount of time) and then install Kaspersky again.

Dark Core · 04-03-2009, 06:38 AM

+1 for Norton Internet Security for its Speed, Light and gud detection rate with pulse update that updates every 15 Min

rajivnedungadi · 04-03-2009, 07:42 AM

I use Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 and it works fine. It does detect viruses and malwares, just fine. Its also available at around Rs.500/- for a 3 User license.

rhitwick · 04-03-2009, 10:06 AM

Checked on eBay and Rediff shopping ...
Norton Internet Security2009 costs 1999/- without shipping (single user), whereas KIS2009 costs 550/- for 3 user.
Now u choose.

KIS2009 wins hands down, its worth every penny.

himadri_sm · 04-03-2009, 01:53 PM

seeing the price differences, there's no competition at all...KIS FTW

Kl@w-24 · 04-03-2009, 01:58 PM

Yup, the price difference is too much.

desiibond · 04-03-2009, 02:20 PM

gosh. I didn't know that there was this much price difference. IN this case, go for KIS

phreak0ut · 05-03-2009, 07:19 PM

I had a chance to install NIS on a brand new machine and I thought it was fast only because of the configuration and the new OS install, but when going through the details, I was awed to see it work so well. I still haven't shifted. I'm on the 15 day trial. One thing is keeping me from buying this. Though the speed has improved and the memory footprint has decreased, the detection rate improved, I felt that the scan is still very sloooow!! It took ages to find common viruses on a pen drive whereas Avast! could find the same in 4 seconds. NIS took nearly 5 mins to scan, detect and take measures on the viruses

While it removed the virus, it didn't do the clean up properly