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    Norton 2009 beta......Should I

    Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by Full-English, Aug 23, 2008.

  1. Full-English

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    Whats the risk of running a beta AV program.

    I might give Norton 2009 beta a try but not sure if i'm leaving myself open.

    It's saying on the website it uses less system resources but i guess they would!!!!

    The only thing i'm worried about is not getting the updates or something being vulnerable??

    Should i shouldn't i, anyone else done any beta testing????
     
    Full-English, Aug 23, 2008
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  2. Dook

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    Create a virtual machine and test it on that. That way you can see how it does without the possibility of funking something up.

    EDIT: I'm curious to see if Norton is as bad as it was a couple years ago also, so I'm installing on a VMWare virtual machine running Vista. Theres no way I would install it on my main machine. Especially being beta.

    EDIT AGAIN: Ok. It's installed and meh. It's got a few nice perks such as the ability to easily skip trusted files from being scanned and a nice little graph showing how much of your resources its currently using, but who knows if this is even accurate. I guess I'm just used to the likes of NOD and Avira. I'll give it a couple of days running in the VM environment to see if it changes my mind about Norton products. I like being surprised.

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    Dook, Aug 23, 2008
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  3. Full-English

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    Thats what i'm thinking about the resources. I've run norton before and it's just zapped the whole computer, lets see what happens, i think i'll create a VM and give it a go. I do like seeing what firms have to offer when it comes to new product!!!!

    I am very dubious about the resources stats it gives for the reasons i said above. Lets see if norton surprise us!!!!!
     
    Full-English, Aug 23, 2008
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    Give Norton a whirl and try it. Who knows?

    Let us know how things go with your testing.

    Cheers,
    Theo
     
    TeeJay 44, Aug 24, 2008
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    Dev1ant Notebook Consultant

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    Try it lol. Norton 2009 beta reports have actually been quite good. An improvement in speed+detection rates (of which is evidented by users at wilderssecurity forums).
     
    Dev1ant, Aug 24, 2008
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    Well i've tested it for a couple of days now and it seems ok, When i've been running full system scans it seems real smooth. Doesn't really seem to have any effect on my system. Updates seem ok, runs real quick and smooth. Looks good aswell!!!!!
     
    Full-English, Aug 25, 2008
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