is norton security the same as 360?

[Red8]

hi thanks for reading this, so i currently have the kaspersky antivirus and malware bytes. i had thee norton security for my pc free trail on their site for a month and it expired recently. i dont really like teh kaspersky very much and wanted to know if i purchased another norton key would it be for 360 or the internet security key to use on the norton security app i got on their site for my pc? also which i better between the 360, internet security, adn the kaspersky? thanks all help i s appreciated!!!

 

[A_Goat]

They are all the same. They are all piratically useless.
They all bog down your computer.

The only anti-virus that is going to actually protect your computer is a little education on browsing safety.

 

[Red8]

okay thanks but wich one is redeemable for the norton scurity app on my pc? do i need both

 

[Red8]

or there is bitdefender all on g2a.com

 

[A_Goat]

okay thanks but wich one is redeemable for the norton scurity app on my pc? do i need both

You do not need either of them.
Any paid services from those companies will offer the same "protection" as free software like AVG.

 

[Karadjgne]

Norton 360 is just that, 360° coverage, so not only has antiviral coverage, but utilities for PC, like back-up, defrag etc. It's basically an expanded version of Norton security.

I don't know much about the kapersky, but the thing about Norton products is they are 'deep diver' programs. They get their paws associated with everything. Years ago, this was a bone of contention with many as it could drastically slow a pc down with all the running services. What that would mean though is the program would recognize much better any changes. With hijackers and other Trojan in that genre, many anti-virus programs don't see them till it's too late, and a scan is run.

I've run Norton products for over 20 years and only run into 1 Trojan that was not automatically removed. Norton did recognise it and had a fix on their website, but it involved manual participation due to the nature of the Trojan.

Which one is better? That's usually a matter if opinion, but Norton hasn't failed me yet.

 

[Red8]

well which one is best tho?

 

[Red8]

how about "bit defender all around 2015"

 

[Karadjgne]

There really is no best. Too many hackers and virus artists come up with too much crap on a daily basis for 1 single anti-virus program to be truly effective. Also to consider is that it's people who are targeted most, not the companies that write the virus scanners, so Norton and others rely on those people to send them the virus to be torn down and a scan/fix implemented.

Norton is pretty good, and has an extensive community to draw from, it helps that some people actually pay for the service. AVG is free, and also pretty good, as are others.

I prefer Norton, and I chase it with Spybot Search and Destroy. I've tried Ad-Aware, AVG, malwarebytes, McKafee and several others. They all worked pretty much the same, I just prefer Norton's way, and have had a good history with them.

If you are happy with the idea security and have no use for the other stuff, stick with it. If you need stuff like backup, tune-up, defrag, optimize etc, then go for the 360, they will have the same anti-virus, one has more additions than the other. Try Norton Web page and look up what does what and decide what you need.

 

[Paul NZ]

Avoid Mcafee its the worst, and its crap. I wouldnt bother with any of them all of them will crash sooner or later

Use common sense

 

[ohiou_grad_2006]

I run avast free edition. If you get on download.com and look under their top downloads section, that is usually number one each week, the editors there rate it 4.5 out of 5, same for the votes it has for users.

Plus it's light on your system. Kaspersky is decent, I'd run avast, enable it's PUPs protection, and use common sense. One thing i like with avast as well is it has a boot time scanner so if you think you have issues it can scan before the computer starts all the way up. That's what i trust my system to, had a tech recommend that to me a while back and have always been happy with it.