Free Norton Antivirus 2005

[deldd]

Here is the link


You have to answer a few questions to get it though.

 

[TheGizmo]

hot IMO

 

[nordlaw]

According to their site, "Symantec's Norton AntiVirus 2005 is the world's most trusted antivirus solution."

Amazing really, all things considered.

 

[Yo2]

this only good for 30days - IMHO too much effort to be their test rabbit and then having to remove or upgrade

 

[Lanyap]

Just DL'ed mine.

"We will give away 50 FREE copies of Norton AntiVirus 2005 to the first 50 beta users that submit undocumented bugs."

"Please note that this Beta Release expires 30 days after product was installed."

 

[Zorro]

Originally posted by: Yo2
this only good for 30days - IMHO too much effort to be their test rabbit and then having to remove or upgrade

 

[Rorschach]

Norton AV is like the Patriot Act - it causes more damage than the attacks it's trying to prevent. I hate it when I have to help someone with their computer and they have Norton, that sucker infiltrates everything.

I use AVG, it's free and has worked well for me. I have it updating every night and it also filters email and files in real time.

http://www.grisoft.com

 

[deldd]

Didn't know about the thirty days, sorry guys.

 

[Dug]

"We will give away 50 FREE copies of Norton AntiVirus 2005 to the first 50 beta users that submit undocumented bugs."

"Please note that this Beta Release expires 30 days after product was installed."


I found an undocumented bug!!

It breaks everything on your computer as soon as you install it

 

[pcmax]

They should have done this with 2004 instead of making everyone who installed it a beta tester. :disgust:

 

[cswake]

I believe they have done this since 2003.

 

[ZoNtO]

I like AVG but you could also try AntiVir if you like as well. Both are supposed to be very good for the price

aka they're FREE!

 

[imported_chrisbtx]

I had way too many problems with NAV2004, and ended up reinstalling it like 10 or so times (literally) within a month's time before I gave up and moved on to AVG free edition. IMO this is not hot....

 

[shawnman]

Thanks, I was wanting to test out the new version. I need to either renew my av dat sub or upgrade to a new version; this will be a good test drive.

 

[oldfart]

Does the free version of AVG insert ads into your email as this site claims?

 

[Rorschach]

Wow that's a weird review:

* Comes only with a basic (automated) interface without the possibility to adjust any settings
- Not true, the interface is more limited than the corporate version but it has everything I've needed. I'll admit it could be nicer.
* Some users have had freezes and other major stability issues on Windows 2000 and XP
- I use it on XP, never had a problem
* Slows down your computer considerably
- I would say the opposite of this is true, especially compared to the other AV suites.
* Inserts ads in your email messages.
- No idea where they got this. You can tell it to insert text saying that the email is virus-free but I have it turned off.
* You need to use DOS commands for some advanced operations.
- I've never used it from DOS
* Log file displays limited info
- I dunno, the log lists what files were infected, that's all I've ever needed to know.
* You can't see anything in systray, so you don't know if it's running or not
- Not true, it's in my systray right now.

Major flaws - AVG Antivirus:

* Terrible virus detection rate
- I've found it to be great at catching virii actually.
* Doesn't update their virus definition files very often (monthly intervals, should be twice a week)
- Mine checks for updates every night. The last database update was 6/27/2004 and it's usually that current.
* Deletes infected files without warning. This is especially bad if the file didn't contain a virus after all (a false positive).
- Not true, it puts them in a virus vault
* Very low on scripts, backdoors and trojans.
- Don't know where they get this, I've never had it miss a virus.

I don't mean to sound like a spokesman for AVG but it appears that this guy was just flat out lying in his review. I don't get it. Install it and see if you agree with anything he said.

 

[ginfest]

Originally posted by: oldfart
Does the free version of AVG insert ads into your email as this site claims?

This is the standard "ad" that appears in emails:

---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.712 / Virus Database: 468 - Release Date: 6/27/2004

I have to say that after using both Norton and MacAfee over the years that you can't beat AVG, both in price (free version) and functionality (both versions) w/o adding a bunch of crap and overhead to the system.


Mike G

 

[oldfart]

Originally posted by: Rorschach
Wow that's a weird review:

* Comes only with a basic (automated) interface without the possibility to adjust any settings
- Not true, the interface is more limited than the corporate version but it has everything I've needed. I'll admit it could be nicer.
* Some users have had freezes and other major stability issues on Windows 2000 and XP
- I use it on XP, never had a problem
* Slows down your computer considerably
- I would say the opposite of this is true, especially compared to the other AV suites.
* Inserts ads in your email messages.
- No idea where they got this. You can tell it to insert text saying that the email is virus-free but I have it turned off.
* You need to use DOS commands for some advanced operations.
- I've never used it from DOS
* Log file displays limited info
- I dunno, the log lists what files were infected, that's all I've ever needed to know.
* You can't see anything in systray, so you don't know if it's running or not
- Not true, it's in my systray right now.

Major flaws - AVG Antivirus:

* Terrible virus detection rate
- I've found it to be great at catching virii actually.
* Doesn't update their virus definition files very often (monthly intervals, should be twice a week)
- Mine checks for updates every night. The last database update was 6/27/2004 and it's usually that current.
* Deletes infected files without warning. This is especially bad if the file didn't contain a virus after all (a false positive).
- Not true, it puts them in a virus vault
* Very low on scripts, backdoors and trojans.
- Don't know where they get this, I've never had it miss a virus.

I don't mean to sound like a spokesman for AVG but it appears that this guy was just flat out lying in his review. I don't get it. Install it and see if you agree with anything he said.

I read through some more of his reviews. Seems very biased to me as well.

 

[BS911]

Originally posted by: Ginfest

Originally posted by: oldfart
Does the free version of AVG insert ads into your email as this site claims?

This is the standard "ad" that appears in emails:

---
Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
Version: 6.0.712 / Virus Database: 468 - Release Date: 6/27/2004

I have to say that after using both Norton and MacAfee over the years that you can't beat AVG, both in price (free version) and functionality (both versions) w/o adding a bunch of crap and overhead to the system.


Mike G

All you have to do to get rid of the "AD" in AVG is go into options under the e-mail scanner tab and turn off "Certify Incoming Mail" and "Certify Outgoing Mail"!

-BS911

 

[ToxicMussels]

Originally posted by: cswake
I believe they have done this since 2003.

This is true!
Back in 2002 I became a beta tester for NAV2003. I was one of the early ones to find an "unreported bug" with the beta. Symantec would give you updates to the beta release as bugs were fixed. When final retail came out, it was provided to me as a download only. I used my "free" download for over a year until just after the one year virus def update expired.
I didn't want to pay for NAV and have been happily using AVG Free ever since.

It's kinda fun to run the beta from NAV, but you are hard pressed to be one the lucky few to find a first time bug.

GL

 

[nyarrgh]

I'm still using the 2003 version. I tried the 2004 version and didn't like it.

 

[nvmyz71]

Originally posted by: nyarrgh
I'm still using the 2003 version. I tried the 2004 version and didn't like it.

Same here... I hope they really improve 2005.

 

[chuck2002]

Wow that's a weird review:

* Comes only with a basic (automated) interface without the possibility to adjust any settings
- Not true, the interface is more limited than the corporate version but it has everything I've needed. I'll admit it could be nicer.
* Some users have had freezes and other major stability issues on Windows 2000 and XP
- I use it on XP, never had a problem
* Slows down your computer considerably
- I would say the opposite of this is true, especially compared to the other AV suites.
* Inserts ads in your email messages.
- No idea where they got this. You can tell it to insert text saying that the email is virus-free but I have it turned off.
* You need to use DOS commands for some advanced operations.
- I've never used it from DOS
* Log file displays limited info
- I dunno, the log lists what files were infected, that's all I've ever needed to know.
* You can't see anything in systray, so you don't know if it's running or not
- Not true, it's in my systray right now.

Major flaws - AVG Antivirus:

* Terrible virus detection rate
- I've found it to be great at catching virii actually.
* Doesn't update their virus definition files very often (monthly intervals, should be twice a week)
- Mine checks for updates every night. The last database update was 6/27/2004 and it's usually that current.
* Deletes infected files without warning. This is especially bad if the file didn't contain a virus after all (a false positive).
- Not true, it puts them in a virus vault
* Very low on scripts, backdoors and trojans.
- Don't know where they get this, I've never had it miss a virus.

I don't mean to sound like a spokesman for AVG but it appears that this guy was just flat out lying in his review. I don't get it. Install it and see if you agree with anything he said.

Ya that review was way off. I agree with all of your rebuttals. AVG works like a champ for my installs and for any friends I have than need free AV software.

 

[mzkhadir]

you are correct for the most part, but most virus solutions are the same. I am using McAfee Virusscan 7.0.

 

[lowenbotten]

This isn't really hot since it's just a beta. Plus, two things:
1) Norton just plain sucks.
2) You're only acting as a guinea pig and this is likely to hose up your computer.

Not hot. You'll be coming back to the hot deals thread looking for cheap parts to rebuild your computer after Norton trashes it.