Review by Rawim

I remember back in the day. Norton was really the only game in town when it came to anti-virus protection. Then came along McAfee and we had some competition. Now there are a multitude of options out there and I have had some experience with just about all of themand to be honest I still think Norton is the best.

Reasons for that: I feel Norton still spends the most resources on updating and fighting new threats compared to others. I have interacted with them before on a particular virus problem and they were very good and very professional. And I believe they take very seriously all the threats that are out in the world.

360 is Nortons kind of all in one product, meaning it focuses on everything from viruses in downloads, scams in email, outside intrusions into your personal network. The software really does try to offer a 360 degree protection for your machine.

This is a one user, three license product, meaning it is intended for one person to use on perhaps three different machines. You basically sign up for your Norton account and you can now download the software on to three separate machines. One desktop, two laptops; or two desktops and one laptop, you get the picture. You can move the licenses if you need to but it is a bit of a hassle. As uninstalling Norton is never easy.

The two biggest negative things I have to say about Norton is that, one, it is a resource hog. You really need a somewhat up to date computer. Anything too old or two slow and this software can cause things to come to a crawl on your computer. You won’t have any viruses, but your computer will run pretty darn slow.

The other thing I don’t like is the control scheme, Norton can be really easy to use, if you let Norton do what it wants, but if you are a power user, and you like to change a lot of settings and really control what Norton does and when it does it, it is harder rather than easy. I wish Norton would have two different interfaces. One for regular users, and perhaps one for power users that allows easy changing or settings.

Other than those two issues I still like the product and will continue to use it. If you have a question about the product, feel free to leave a comment below and I will try to answer it.