who has been updated to the newest nortons??

Hi Bunkhouse Buck

I Don't Trust The Way NIS 09 Updates

I'm not anywhere near as experienced with computers as a lot of other people here are
However!
Something just doesn't feel right / ring true .. About the way NIS 09 Updates
Pulse Updates
Even though they have now been fixed ... I'm still not convinced Pulse Updates are real

Automatic Live Update
Strange how it sometimes says it ran for just 1 second ... Yet - Complete
Then I run Live Update myself... And get 2 to 4 Updates

Scheduled Scans
What a Joke!
What a Nightmare!
What a Con!

So Why Do I Keep NIS 09 On My Laptop?

1/ The NIS 09 Firewall
That's the one part of Norton I've always liked.
Easy for people with very little knowledge of Firewalls
Great if you've got Children.
Time and time again...
I get drawn back to Norton for it's Firewall.

2/ At The Moment...
For Me - There just doesn't seem any alternative to NIS 09
They all seem to have faults.

3/ It's Christmas ... & ... I'm Not Very Well!
So I just can't handle the thought of changing over to something new.


I Know One Thing Though...
I have NIS 09 On My Laptop
My Desktop Has - AVG 8 ( Paid ) .. & .. PC Tools Firewall Plus ( Free )
Even though I don't particularly like AVG 8 either.
My Desktop is always much happier and settled than my Laptop.
So there is No Way I'd ever put NIS 09 on my Desktop.
When my AVG 8 runs out... I Might Try - Avast
Not Sure Yet!

 

Have you tried Eset Smart Security version 4? The firewall works in aoutomatic mode at default settings meaning wont bother you, though if you look in the firewall settings looks pretty dang advanced, ids n all

 

^^ been there imo the nis firewall is better overall. i had way to many issues with the beta 4 firewall loosing rulesets among other things

 

Hi GES/POR


Sorry!

From what I've read..
Can't say Eset would be an option for me either

 

Hi

I Can't Believe I Forgot...

My Biggest NIS 09 - Pet Hate ... Idle Time!

Fine...
If you leave your computer on 24 hours a day.
Probably Fine...
If your computer is on for most of the day .. And often left idle.

NOT - Fine...
If your computer gets - Turned On - Used - Turned Off Again!
Idle Time Is A Nightmare
Especially...
Norton Insight Scan
Norton Insight Submission
Background Full System Scan

I'm fed up with having to deliberately leave my Laptop Idle .. Just so NIS 09 can do a job.
Even Worse!
I can make a meal .. Eat a meal .. Wash up after the meal ... And still NIS 09 won't have done a job.
So...
I have to deliberately leave my laptop Idle... Until It Does!

Why can't we just run the NIS 09 things - When We Want?
I know when I'm going to eat tea or take a bath.
NIS 09 ... Obviously - Doesn't!

 

yeah that is annoying my desktop will go to sleep then pop back on for a bit then take time to go back to sleep this happens all day long.. really annoying i agree

 

I have turned off background Full System Scan and set idle timeout to 5 minutes. Never gets in the way for me. The background jobs stop immediately if you touch the mouse. But i agree on a laptop running background jobs isn't very good for battery life.

 

Hi rolarocka

Yep! ... I've got my Idle Time set to 5 Minutes too!

NIS 09 .. Doesn't Do Any Idle Jobs On Battery Power.
Good job I hardly ever use Battery Power

To Be Honest...
When it comes to Full System Scans .. I haven't got a clue where I am at the moment

Why?

Well...
After a few months of living with NIS 09
I got so fed up with Idle Full System Scans .. Like You .. I Turned It - OFF
I then tried to Schedule a Full System Scan
And ended up in a right pickle
Coz... NIS 09 Uses - Windows Task Scheduler
And was asking me for a Windows User Password .. Which I Don't Have Or want
Not knowing how to get back to how I was - Idle Full System Scans .. I was in a right state
Then I Finally Figured Out... I Could Bypass Giving A Password
Either By...
a) Just Clicking OK Without giving a password
You get an error message.
But the Scan is still Scheduled.
Or By...
b) Just Clicking Cancel on the password box
No error message.
And the Scan is still scheduled.

So...
Weekly Full System Scan Scheduled and Working.. I Was Happy! ... For a While
Then Came The Big Update : 16.2.0.7
And just like everyone else that had Scans Scheduled with NIS 09 ... My Scheduled Scan Was Killed
Apparently!
When NIS 09 has a Big Update .. Like : 16.2.0.7
Any Scans that we have Scheduled .. Will No Longer Work!
Why?
Coz... They loose their path

So...
Having lost my Scheduled Full System Scan
Yesterday I decided I would Delete it - As we're advised to!
But I Thought...
Rather than Schedule another one .. Just to eventually loose that one as well...
I thought I would just - Delete It!
Then not bother making a new one
I Decided...
From Now On.. I would just run a Full System Scan Myself - Once a Week!

Trouble Is!
When I deleted the Scheduled Full System Scan ... NIS 09 asked me did I want to go back to - Idle Full System Scans
I Thought... Better Had! .. While I've got the chance
I can always turn them off again.
So Now...
I'm still waiting to see a - Idle Full System Scan .. Run!

NIS 09 -

 

After ditching NIS 2009 for automatically removing something, I put the trial version AVG 8 IS on my desktop. Original idea was to use it until I could think of something else to run, but so far I like it, so maybe I'll keep it for the duration of the trial.

 

Hi Greystoke

Although I'm Not A Huge Fan Of AVG 8
I Will Say..
AVG 8 - Has been far less problematic than - NIS 09
Doesn't cause any hangs when opening Firefox or IE7
And my Desktop Computer - AVG 8 .. Does feel like it's mine

Where as My Laptop... Often feels like NIS 09 owns it

I really like the AVG 8 - Link Scanner

What I Don't Like About - AVG 8 ...
Expensive for what you get.
After an update... Killed my AOL Software
Hammers my Hard Drive and Core 2 Quad - CPU when it scans
Would have preferred to have the Full AVG Suit
But after reading in a magazine that the AVG 8 - Firewall is complicated ... Decided to just go for the AVG 8 - Antivirus & Antispyware
I Don't Know Really... Just Not Impressed!

 

this is pissing me off i keep coming back to my desktop to find it on the windows screen and the screen saver NOT RUNNING and it has woke from sleep and will not go back to sleep now.. this has been happening for a while and now i know its from nis2009

 

I recieved the 16.2 patch a day after the initial launch. I reformatted my system twice from then on and recieved the patch hours after reinstalling Norton.