http://dicksmith.com.au/product/xs1878web/
Norton Internet Security 2011 for 3 Users + Online back-up
Found on the site, I currently have this installed, and it's a great anti-virus and cheap.
This product is normally found around $70-80. On sale today only and online exclusive.
free upgrade to 2012 it is a years licence not really a product
I used this once, found it used ridiculous amounts of my computer's resources.
Thought I'd give it another try a couple of years ago. "Surely they've fixed it by now". Nope, still a resource hog.
You can always try AVG. It's free virus protection. Add it to free scam protection, filtering, anti-malware… works out to $39 less than this, and you can pick and choose best in class rather than being lumped with a suite that's average at everything (and a resource hog).
Just sayin'.
Avast is also quite good.
Both crap all over Norton, McAfee, Kapersky, etc. All those programs are just aimed at older computer users who don't know any better. A dying breed, really, in this day and age.
How does anyone know that their AV is better than whatever. They could give you a placebo for all i care and you will say its best, and if your computer is slow you'll blame it on registry errors.
This. I'm sick of people saying this is better than that. It's subjective.
No-one cares if you refuse to pay for software, or you used it 10 years ago and it bogged down your computer. This is a DEAL site, not a pissing contest about how has the best AV.
If you want to compare AV's, go to one of the many comparison sites on the net and argue to you're hearts content! Not here.
How do you decide if a product is a deal by only looking at the price?
new one is fast and low in resources pre 2009 was trash with each year they have improved it exponentially
It may be better than it used to be, but it is still horrible. The 2011 version made my friend's 2.9GHz dual processor laptop slower and less responsive than my 1.6GHz netbook with Avira. Uninstalling Norton made it super-fast.
Very valid link, not all home users need a license for three computers so the staticice link is the best alternative for one license.
Virus in itself, as mentioned previous, massive resource hog….avoid
Not cheap at all. JW Computers is selling Norton 360 Retail 3 user for $49 plus shipping. http://www.jw.com.au/norton-360-v50-full-retail-pack-p-2148
so its not cheap if it is $10 + shipping cheaper than next best supplier
worst comment ever
I think the flin didn't look at the description and thought it was a one user deal.
nice price
Microsoft Security Essentials is free and much better.
I have used Norton AV for many years. It's the easiest to use - no messages pop up asking you to confirm things. It just works quietly in the background.
At this price its a great offer.
People still pay for AVs?
Well some people may believe that they also need protection from Microsoft so opt not to use Security Essentials and free versions of A/V software do lack certain functionality, most importantly the firewall but also sandbox features
Also the first place a malware program will try to attack is Windows components such as Windows Firewall, Windows Defender, using a third party gives you some extra protection
I use Malware Bytes and Avast!
As most others I find Symantec products too resource hungry, Norton is the worst
Avast is by far the most lightweight I've used.
Also tried MSE. When it first performs it's first update, it needs to download a definitions file which I assume is the actual components of the application.
So while the core app is only a 8+ megabyte download, the scanner, definitions and real-time engine is downloaded after you first update the app. This update takes a long time even with my 11mbit ADSL connection.
The second issue with MSE is the ridiculously long time it takes to perform scans and remove malware. I tested it's performance on a fairly powerful system (3.67 ghz Intel E8500, 4GB RAM and 7400RPM drive) and it took about 10 hours to remove a fairly common trojan.
So yeah — wasn't impressed with the speed. Avast might have more false positives, but it certainly gets the job done quicker.
If your router has a proper firewall (Windows 7 also has a pretty decent firewall), then there's really no reason to go for installing more bloat.
Yes. Reverse-engineering modern malware is hard, and there's a lot of it, and that makes doing it expensive. Anti-virus companies that charge money for their product can afford to hire engineers to do that work; companies that give their products away for free can't. At best, they can pay people to work on some of the threats, for a while, until they run out of money.
ok… AVG and Avast both have paid versions, so they include the same updates that they have in their paid versions on their free ones. Does that answer your question?
Norton sux. U couldn't even pay me to use it
What about if I pay you $5 for it?
cool, great. I'll send you over my paypay details :)
Is this OEM or Retail? If OEM then you are buying a product that cannot be upgraded to NIS 2012 which is already being sold. If retail it is ok because you CAN upgrade to NIS 2012.
I think big retailers sell the Retail box. Other online sellers sell the OEM pack, which is meant to be sold with the new PC pr Laptop.
HORRIBLE product! A friend bought a brand new 2.9GHz dual-core i7 laptop last weekend and was complaining about how slow it felt. He brought it over to my house and it actually felt like it was broken, that there must have been something physically wrong with the laptop, because it was crawling when compared even to my little 1.6GHz Atom netbook. Simply opening a window in Firefox took about 30 seconds and opening a movie in VLC locked up the computer for nearly a minute with no apparent reason. The only thing installed and active was the Norton Internet Security 2011 which was pre-installed.
I downloaded the Norton Removal Tool, and after nearly TWO HOURS of waiting the application finally said the uninstall was complete (it still didn't remove norton backup, which had to be uninstalled manually). After NIS was uninstalled, the (new) laptop actually FELT like a NEW laptop. My friend couldn't believe the difference. Double-clicking on something opened things instantly instead of pausing for 30 seconds. Movies and music played immediately.
Installing this software on your computer is an idiotic thing to do. People who've been using it for years may never realise how fast their computer might actually be if it was uninstalled. Selling this software is almost criminal.
Norton spend too much money on advertising but they really lost their good "old" reputation.
You see fanbois negged you and you'll get more and more and me too lol
PS: check very "carefully" the computer's hard drive because even after Norton uninstall tool, Norton still leave some folders and files which interact with the internet.
I would call those hidden applications "viruses"!
Norton no more for me that is for sure.
Aye Aye, tis Norton rubbish should be exterminated!
You can buy the 2012 version (OEM - 3 user pack) for $33 from ARC Computers (delivery charge applies)
http://www.arc.com.au/pub.php?gid=23245&pid=42074&p=product