Norton Antivirus Classic 2009

No one seems to be addressing whether this stripped down version, although marketed to the uninitiated and useless these days as a complete solution, may in fact be a GREAT BENEFIT to sophisticated users. Norton is not a Best-of-Breed AntiSpyware Solution, nor are NOD or Avira. Installing NAV or NIS 2009 AND any memory-resident Best-of Breed AntiSpyware solution (eg. Spyware Doctor, Spysweeper) will slow a system noticably and can cause hangs. I am wondering if Norton Classic 2009 alleviates the conflict causing redundancies and better accommodates other, better AntiSpyware solutions? Alas ... the AntiSpyware Community wants to get into the AntiVirus business, and their antivirus capabilities pale in comparison with the Top Tier AV products, so maybe they will never co-exist peacefully. This would be a good avenue for investigation.

 

Viruses and spyware have blended into malware. Some malware which is technically a virus, behaves like spyware.

Definitions may vary, but a virus is a program that replicates.

There are many kinds of malware: trojans, backdoors, rootkits, malicious scripts, ransomware etc. You may want one program that deals with viruses, and another that deals with spyware. But how could you be sure that both programs just complement each other, do not overlap, and leave no gap ? That's just not possible.

And two real-time scanners consume significantly more resources than one integrated scanner.

As a side note, AVs tend to be more stable and reliable.

 

For an alternative point-of-view, consider: “Norton scored better than any other suite or standalone antispyware utility on the current round of tests” (see The Best Security Suites for 2009).

On a general note, the report Performance Test: Impact of Anti-Virus Software on System Performance may be of interest.

 

Ah! But they do!
It's a litlle rough around the edges.
It's called PC Tools Antivirus/

 

yes they offer a good firewall PCTOOLS FIREWALL FREE and they offer good stuff too from Pctools

 

Actually i really like this products. It still protects you from rootkits, Trojan and Worm.
For 14.99 it is a bargain. The only things is Classic Version is not avalible anywhere else apart from US.