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  • Jebenn23: Leo is a Mac fan. Norton not needed.

  • I've used Norton Internet Security for over 10 years on my succession of computers, except a few years ago when I purchased a new laptop and decided to go with something different...I decided upon ZoneAlarm, being that at that time, it was rated to beat out Norton, BitDefender and some of the other competitors Absolutely nothing but problems from the start! Good or bad, it's been back to Norton...I've learned it's better to deal with the devil you know, than the one you don't!

  • Norton is just annoying. It's like a control freak of the programme world. It will not take no for an answer. I just turn it off in task manager every time I start the computer up. It keeps deleting files that I need! I don't care if the file is a trojan seriously, can't I just open it without intervention and then do a full system scan to clear out any trojan that was 'installed'? Apparently not.

  • 28 dislikes must be norton users. rofl

  • Microsoft Security Essentials ftw lol

  • Is Leo a McAffe fan?

  • I have Norton licensed and working great, ppl use cracks and trial resets then cry go bi..tc.hes use crack go go................

  • @MrBEB123 I find it unimaginable that 2 white people can have sex and give birth to a hate filled person, such as yourself. Grow up and GTFO, we're all on this planet together so let's all just get along. Skin colour doesn't matter, you're either born an asshole or not. Unfortunate that you seem to be a born asshole.

  • @3dmentalist In the words of Doctor William Luther Pierce, you do not have an idea in your head that wasn't put there by a television set.

  • @MrBEB123 I haven't watched a TV set in many years, most of my ideas come from reading a variety of literature and studying behaviour in myself and others. In this day and age there is no need for racism. Racism is spread through fear and ignorance.

  • Norton Rocksssssssssss

  • @loki079

    Give your head a shake! AVG SUCKS. Avast rocks! AVG also hogs resources like Norton. Avast does NOT miss stuff like AVG and Norton and AVG has a bloated virus chest. In Avast if you delete it out of the chest (Quarintine) you delete it off your computer. In AVG if you delete it out of it's vault it goes back on your computer. WTF is with that stupidity? Therefore if you keep getting viruses or spyware it has a bloated chest. DOH!

  • I think i've seen this show on actual TV

  • ya old norton you might as well just install a virus on your computer as a firewall because thats what it was. i remember my sub expired and it would literally pop up a renewal notification like every 5 minutes and minimize anything i was doing gaming internet what ever. with absolutely no way to stop it without renewing. its come along way now though and it actually works great

  • Norton 360 is the worst anti-virus I've ever used. It actually gets a virus that turns it all off. I've never had that problem with any other "anti-virus" software. I'll never subscribe to Norton 360 again!

  • No! Norton 360 is a great product!

  • @TheSupernanoman LOLNO

  • My sentiments about Norton exactly! Haha!

  • Hahaha! Those were my sentiments of Norton a few years ago. However, the company has come a long way in resolving most of the complaints people have had with their products. Even some of the harshest critics of Norton have reviewed products like Norton Internet Security and have praised it for its level of security and minimal system footprint.

  • AVG is the best; end of story.

  • @LoticaStudios Avast ftw

  • @loki079 Shut the hell up. I used that thing and it didn't work for jack shit. AVG has saved my computer millions of times, Avast doesn't do shit. End of discussion.

  • NOD32 FTW ^_^

  • Actually, what Norton does is its software lets you acquire a virus, malware, trojans etc. When their product fails and you need support you need to pay them at least another USD 100 without any guarantee they'll succeed in restoring your system back to its proper state. It doesn't stop there. If you decide to uninstal and unsubscribe they'll try to latch on to you with spam email and even POP-UP warnings!!! Excuse me isn't this what malware does???

  • Norton 360 got flamed....with flame shoes

  • norton is the best now !

  • Yes ahahaha, to those who say it's good is cause you haven't been attacked go to a site with a virus and norton won't stop it till the damage is done.

  • I love the kick at the end

  • ...and this is the vid I show anyone who either is having probs with a Norton product or who is talking about wanting to buy a Norton product. It just saves me so much time trying to explain just how bad it is....

  • @fallfarewellx Ironically mine is for Emergency use (I run avast pending on Panda's cloud though but I don't know how much bandwidth it'd take up and my internet is 600kb/s (1.2mb/s being split Two ways currently).

    I've been using Spyware blaster to block Vicious/Malicious sites and even hunting them down on my own and blocking them (Which ironically a few came up in a "Google" advertisement, coincidence? Or is google trying to mock people since most know them to be Spies?)

  • Norton 360 WAS a piece of crap, it's gotten better, but still, not worth paying for.

  • @luciferiexcelsil So true, it's why they're having a "So called" deal right now, companies like norton NEVER cut the price unless they are desperate and know the product is junk, (Like apple with the iphone right now at 49$ in specific locations) but they still want to lure users there instead of to Free products. lol Avira, Avast, and Bitdefender are the TOP dogs in detection rate and usability as for kasperky well.....it's as Good but it needs a system up to Modern spec to run properly. lol

  • @thepredatorwinner just shut the f*** up fanboy..

  • The ironic part is I tend to rarely have such an emergency in fact the only virus's to get me recently were really weak and did no system damage they just tried to disable things like Firefox, and Desktop shortcuts which even then they failed to do properly. ROFLMAO

  • norton 360 is a deushe software.. i hate that i bought it and there's a 360 days left to get rid of it

  • @doodlehacker no it's not

  • I heard that Norton 360 v 4.0 is probably the most improved antivirus program and much faster than the previous versions. I'm getting a new PC with a 15-month sub for Norton 360 v 4.0. Will I have any problems running it on a high-end PC? Will it slow down my PC at all? My new PC's specs below:

    Intel Core i7-950 @ 3.06 GHz

    12 GB DDR3-SDRAM 1066 MHz (6 DIMM)

    1.5 TB SATA 7200 RPM HDD

    ATI Radeon HD 6770 1 GB GDDR5

    Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit

  • @skydragon8525 shouldn't but i recomend Trend Micro i have its the best never had a problem and i love it i recomend it buy it from newegg.com

  • Avast! me hardies... been using it and no invaders have so much as laid one bit, byte, trojan or virus on my machine. (i.e. I highly recommend Avast)

  • @SappleScoot avast is fake av

  • +10 more stomps for me leo, thanks!

  • norton is the best of the world

  • Do people even pay for antivirus anymore?

  • It sounds like some of you have a lack of pc experience, lol honestly you guys think norton messed up your pc's not you hmmm 0-o

    p.s. Avira ftw anyday.

  • norton in the past has had its shitty moments but the internet security suites from 08 on have worked superbly for me. i have never gotten a virus from it

  • Another problem of hers is that she's using an acer.

  • This should be retitled "Smash My Norton 360"!

  • Norton thinks 10 page midterm papers are viruses... Fuck you Norton... Props to you leo...

  • @pupnasty Or macros, or remote access programs, or apache servers, or task automation software, or unix command scripts, or serial key generators, or no-cd patches, blah i could think of way more. stupid norton.

  • Vista ultimate? So this is relatively new?

    Is this is "Canada Only" show?

  • haha,

    Leo: Am i right?

    Intern: Ya absolutely!

  • I paid for the 1year sub in a hope it would detect obvious Virus activity on my Pc. Doesn't get rid of Google Redirect Virus. I even had the on-call help remote control my PC and use some Eraser tool but they found nothing. yet my problems still persist. but what SH*Ts me most is how much it slows my system down. DVD burn / produce times have doubled, strangely around the same time I installed Norton 360.

  • @80sOGRE  ComboFix will get rid of a google redirect virus.

  • Im using the 360 4.0 atm and I gotta say its the fastest norton IS product ive ever used.. its slighly fast then FREE AVG!!!

  • Leo u rock

  • Definitely feel the same way about Norton, *especially* 360.

  • i disagree so im disliking this

    

  • lol love Leo

  • For me, norton 360 version 4 is the antivirus program, next to it would be a toss between eset smart security, avast internet security, and avira premium. 3rd would be Trend Micro Internet Security and PC Tools Internet security. 4th is Vipre. 5th I guess would be AVG.

  • Norton 360 WAS a Piece of crap back in the old days. Now its on the top if compared to other A/V programs.

  • This guy knows where its at.

  • norton 360 isn't that bad if you get the premum or professional editions and constantly update it and add to it some other specialized symantec software.

  • Actually, I used to think norton was a peace of crap, but then I tried norton 360 v4 and I was surprised about what I found, I have used f-secure, Bitdefender Total Security, Kaspersky Internet Security and seen well over a couple of hundred reviews of security solutions for pc (don't ask me why) and tested the ones I have said and a couple more, and norton 360 v4 were the best of them O O. It has rock solid protection, updates every 5-15 minutes (very often) and it's very very light on you pc!

  • Anyone can step on a cardboard box but not everyone can give good arguments.

  • UNKLIKED THIS VIDEO 

  • Ok... If you want to keep your PC Safe... Get Microsoft Security Essentials... It doesnt bog your system down with a bunch of shit. It's free... AND IT WORKS! Hell, it works better then the shit you pay for. So Leo.. I salute you...man of genius...

  • Fucking assholes saying that norton sucks WHEN THEY HAVE NO FUCKING IDEA.

  • @MeDiaTrUck LOL! They do have a fucking idea... And that idea is that Norton... Fucking... SUCKS! Deleted my 8 page report the day it was due because it thought it was a virus, and that was the only thing it found! Fuck norton... All I need is Microsoft Security Essentials..

  • And here we are three years later and Norton is still junk. Forget the fact that there are 24 other Anti Virus products out there, download cinebench and do your own benchmark tests on Norton.

  • Leo Laporte is the coolest guy ever

  • This guy is boring. This guy sucks. This guy don't like anti-viruses. This guy is a virus.

  • @gtamission100m you suck northon will just  crash your computer n00b

  • @ReallyJ0127 It's Norton asshole. Also it crashed your computer because you don't clean it you bitch.

  • we bought norton 360 for $20 on a black friday sale probably for such a low price because its garbage, but i would say that a free downloaded antivirus like AVG is better than norton.

  • @SHADOSTRYKR lol AVG is one of the worst possible security solution you can have on your pc, except no protection at all.

  • I hate Norton, I hate symantec all together. I used to support Ms hardware and ppl would always complain about Symantec.

  • ESET FTW!

  • "Norton Security for Android Released" Wonder if Leo will be installing that :D

  • How does it suck? I was thinking about getting it but I need SOLID reasons why I shouldn't and what would be better. Any suggestions??? Thank you in advance.

  • @amalthea25 pretty much everything about it sucks: it's as slow as a turtle, it decides from out of nowhere that some file you made is a virus, etc, etc. IMO you'd be better off with AVAST security, free version. As a Comcast customer, I had Norton for free for awhile until I got tired of its BS and uninstalled it, and downloaded avast. Still, IMO you should also download Threatfire security program also and perhaps Ad-Aware or SpybotS&D for your anti-adware campaign.

  • @amalthea25 So, truth be told, you need about 3 programs for a complete PC security campaign. If you want to pay for a good security suite (which, as I said, is IMO incomplete without a behavior-based program like Threatfire and an adware-remover like Ad-Aware) then at least get Trend Micro or McAffee or Kapersky and leave Norton alone. Symantec *should* dig itself out of the security software doghouse, but for now, they suck. And this is Norton 2010 I'm talking about.

  • @amalthea25 The best thing is to read online reviews from professionals. I work with computers everyday and there are always reasons why people complain for certain products. For ex, people complain that Norton slows down their computer, yet they are running like 1 gb of ram.

    Ive tested on multiple computers that programs like Yahoo Mes. take way more memory than Norton for example. I was restoring a friends computer that has an A/V but didnt detect anything, yet Norton did. So research..

  • amen brother

  • Eset Smart security 4 + Malwarebytes Pro is EPIC

  • I find Norton 360 to be good =(

  • YOU GO LEO!!!!

  • Norton is for noobs and Leo is totally 1337.

  • i have norton 360 and it crashed and now it doesnt work and i cant even del it or uninstall it i cant download any other antivires untill this one is uninstalled CAN ANY ONE HELP MEE

  • @Kennethstupi revo uninstaller

  • AVG free.

    Most effective AV I've used and by far the least system resource hog.

  • Norton 360 is such complete shit. I've fixed a lot of computers, and Norton has caused *FAR* more problems than any viruses have. Hell, I've even fixed a pc that got a virus while it had Norton on it.

  • I have G Data that Microsoft recommended when I installed Windows 7. It works great. I've always found that Norton uses a lot of resources. G Data works just as good or better than AVG.

  • @svbeattie40 G data is WAY better then AVG G data has a 99.6 detection rate compared to AVG 94.11.

  • im making alot of money from norton 360... no not selling it... fixing or restoring computers that have been screwed up by this product. Ironically I get more computers with 360 problems than those with SmitFraud Fake Antivirus progs!

  • I've been useing Norton 360 for over two years and It's been the BEST!! AVG does not come clost!!! Back in the day norton had some real SUCKING PROGRAMS and since then they have rewritten their software and came up with some OUTSTANDING PRODUCTS, Don't knock it till you have really tried it. Since 1980 I also have been building computers and know whats out there. GO WITH NORTON 360

  • word to the wise get nod32

  • norton blocks websites of other anti-virus programs. it even blocks its own uninstall! i had to go into safe mode to just to delete it.

  • lol great vid i HATE Norton lol! tried Norton many years ago but should have done what he did lol!

  • LOL.

  • AVG is fantastic! Even the free version!

  • @jdrydendotme Is AVG free + Windows Firewall secure enough?

  • @Hewson60 Hell yes! :) I've been using that for about 2 years~ish and it's perfectly fine! I've had no problems!

  • why are all the free security packages better than the ones you have to pay for? it angers me that people think norton, mcafee, etc. will help them? i would rather have tons of viruses than deal with those shitty anti-virus packages.

  • Go leo!

  • he's so right! norton sucks!

  • NOD 32 or Kaspersky FTW!

  • norton is shit.....

  • Norton is rubbish, it slows down your computer to much and there are some really good FREE softwares which can don the same job! Your paying for free stuff.

  • Ok I did that to the box. Now back to the Norton Program. How do I delete the Quarantine list ?

  • eset nod32.... nuff said

  • NORTON 360 SUCKS BALLZ!!!!!!!!

    If you ever have any trouble connecting to the internet, remove NORTON products works like a charm.

    Download Microsoft Security Essentials

  • its no avg pro 9.0

  • i had no problems with norton 360 at all, don't slow down my computer on me at all

  • How ya delete Quarantine List .

  • I would love to know what politicians in the senate and congress get kick backs and own stock in Norton because they should be thrown in jail for life for legislating theft.

  • The fuck are you talking about?

  • LOL

  • One solution for any norton AV - Ghost is good:  norton_removal_tool.exe

    Problem solved.

  • I found it pretty amusing XD

  • prior to making such a comment, you should perhaps explain to all of us why norton 360 ISN'T a piece of shit.

  • After you're done explaining why N360 is such a piece of crap perhaps you'd want to do the same thing ;)

    (it's generally an awful resource hog, massive conflicts with a load of software and - crucially - fails epically at actually stopping virus infections!)

  • hell yeah

  • Dirt > Norton

  • go avg

  • I remember using a Computer that worked fine until System Works was installed.

    If Norton was sold with your system, give it to someone you hate with a passion.

  • Norton is a bloated piece of shit that you have to go through the fires of hell to fully uninstall.

  • @AKAGl lol as i said below, hard to believe it's norton screwing up your pc's!

    "Norton is a bloated piece of shit that you have to go through the fires of hell to fully uninstall." WOW isnt there tools that assist in cleanout old reg entries,

    Like-ccleaner, tuneup utilities, cleancache, norton removal tool so on.

    

  • @loki079 CCleaner is the shit!

  • WTF is this guy doing indeed? I'll tell you what he's doing, he's destroying a bloated and completely pointless POS. Norton causes more problems than it solves.

    FYI Leo Laporte is a long established tech journalist, who does a weekend radio show. Frequently asked question on the show, 'I can't get on the internet', nearly always it's Norton causing the problems.

    Get rid of it, install a lightweight antivirus like NOD32, Avira, Avast. You'll be amazed at how much better your PC performs.

  • @mukatuna does more than that... ran tv show for a while too.. leo is a personal hero of mine :) and i couldnt agree more... norton was ok in the late 90s at best.

  • rofl

  • Norton is a piece of crap..

  • omg norton sucks ass, they are the worst ever, lol i lmao when leo bashed norton lol  and stomping on it was a bonus haha

  • I still have McAfee kicking around, anyone feel like stomping on it?, LOL.

    You think Norton is bad, try Panda.

  • Leo claims 2008 is better than previous Nortons.

    I still don't know if I fully trust Norton.

    I remember using System Works, it just slowed my system.

  • LOL Norton Sucks, Leo is Great

  • classy, I miss the screen savers

  • This was a good episode, HeHe.

  • I don't like Norton 360.

  • i'm calling peta

  • Yeah, let Peta know that Norton is cruel to software and digital pets.

  • I never got 360. It came with the LapTop with a Free trial. Now I renewed it for a year. And it don't work.

  • Its two days later, and now mysteriously my Norton works fine. WTF, does it not update on weekends ? It was Friday late night I updated it. When it would work. I woke this morning. Now its fine.

  • Mine came with a trial too and then after I renewed it, it stopped working *headdesk*.

    I called them up chewed their asses out and got a refund. I suggest you do the same.

  • IT NEVER INSTALLED THE UPGRADE CORRECTLY. CALLED NORTON TECH AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD ASSIST.

    They remotely accessed my notebook.. claimed the program was installed and running properly. A few hours later I could not boot up my computer, went to a back up, but strangely UNABLE to connect to INTERNET. They could not figure out why things happened that way. MORONS. Finally after spending hours with useless tech support on fon, I had to reformat my entire HDD, REINSTALL VISTA AND ALL. HORRID

  • Norton 360 is horrible. I had it bundled with my Toshiba Satellite operating 64 bit Vista. It kept insisting any way to be installed.... UNREAL. Used it for a couple of months.. then decided to upgrade to 360 v3... I

  • stupid ass you cant hack or nuthin I GOT NORTON.

  • lmao Leo you are the MAN! I am going to show this to my clients cause I hate norton with a passion.

  • clam win rocks

  • oh yea screwed my laptop ='(

  • Never get Norton 360 at all it sucks!!!

  • Freeware beats anything. Why pay for things there are better alternatives to? AVG, Avira, Avast are very good examples.

  • I love Avira and have used AVG and Avast. Best of all Microsoft will have its own antiviral software soon. Woo hoo!. You are exactly correct, why pay for things that are better alternatives. I guess we can say bye bye Norton.

  • anything 360 is garbage - xbox and the red rings ziiiiiiing

  • It doesn' work half the time or properly for me. I have already bought it. I want a software like it. Why should have I got???

  • hahahahhahaha

  • norton 360 is shit i have it