Norton vs Trend Micro

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Jim L

I have a friend trying to convince me to switch from Norton AV to Trend
Micro AV. Anybody have any info that would help my decision?
Thanks,
 
Jim L said:
I have a friend trying to convince me to switch from Norton AV to Trend
Micro AV. Anybody have any info that would help my decision?
Thanks,
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Norton AntiVirus: 98.31% coverage
Trend Micro: 91.31%
(see http://www.av-comparatives.org)

So Norton has better coverage (detects more viruses). That only
measures coverage. You did not mention on what parameters you were
basing you comparison of the two products. Like other users have
complained (worse for 2004 than 2005), the last 2 versions of NAV often
have a significant impact on performance (regarding responsiveness).
Some complainers have noted that it takes longer to load the later
versions but that is hardly a condemnation regarding performance.

You can experiment with the trial versions to see what YOU like. Just
be sure the disable the on-access (real-time) scanner for the other AV
products if you leave them installed and just let the on-access scanner
run for the AV product that you are trialing.
 
I have a friend trying to convince me to switch from Norton AV to Trend
Micro AV. Anybody have any info that would help my decision?
Thanks,
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A lot of people have had trouble with Norton AV, especially the
update process. If you haven't had problems then Norton is probably
a decent AV. You could go to http://housecall.trendmicro.com, using
IE, and try it. I think that they also have a 30 day trial on that
page. HTH...
 
From: "Ernie B." <ernie-baresch_REMOVE_@att._THIS_net>

| On Mon, 16 May 2005 13:32:25 GMT Jim L wrote:
|| A lot of people have had trouble with Norton AV, especially the
| update process. If you haven't had problems then Norton is probably
| a decent AV. You could go to http://housecall.trendmicro.com, using
| IE, and try it. I think that they also have a 30 day trial on that
| page. HTH...
| --
| Ernie B.
|
| Communication: The art of moving an idea from one mind to another,
| hopefully without distortion.

Housecall is an on-line scanner and is not representative of their desktop product for "On
Access" scanning. This is purelly an "On Demand" scanner.
 
Jim,

I made that switch due to performance issues with NIS2005. I'm very happy
with PC-Cillin.

Juan
|I have a friend trying to convince me to switch from Norton AV to Trend
| Micro AV. Anybody have any info that would help my decision?
| Thanks,
|
| --
| Jim,
|
|
 
Hi Group,

I'm running PCCillin Internet Security 2005 30 day trial and so far very
happy.
Definitely no adverse effects on system performance.

Regards

David.
 
Jim said:
I have a friend trying to convince me to switch from Norton AV to Trend
Micro AV. Anybody have any info that would help my decision?
Thanks,
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I would recommend, as have others, you trial Trend's software before you
make any decisions. The latest release of PCCillin (2005) incorporates
an upgraded Trojan scanning engine which I find pretty hard on the CPU
on the one PC (Win98SE) I currently have it installed on. It ran much
better on a Win 2000 Pro machine, but I removed it for business reasons.
The product has very good detection capability and if you're into having
a complete security package, it comes with Wi-Fi monitoring, a personal
firewall, anti-spam, anti-spyware, etc. Personally, I think Trend has
gone quite a bit overboard, trying to pack 10 lbs. of sh*% into a 5 lbs.
container. But, one can elect to not install some of these extras.

Trend does an excellent job, usually, of getting updates out, sometimes
as many as 3 a day.

But it all comes down to what you need. If it were me, I'd go minimal.
I'm not big on protecting my equipment as though I were planning for a
nuclear disaster.
 
Housecall is an on-line scanner and is not representative of their desktop product for "On
Access" scanning. This is purelly an "On Demand" scanner.
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Yeah, I know it's on-line. Representative? I dunno. The trial
version on the next page should be representative though.
 
lee said:
I would recommend, as have others, you trial Trend's software before you
make any decisions. The latest release of PCCillin (2005) incorporates
an upgraded Trojan scanning engine which I find pretty hard on the CPU
on the one PC (Win98SE) I currently have it installed on. It ran much
better on a Win 2000 Pro machine, but I removed it for business reasons.
The product has very good detection capability and if you're into having
a complete security package, it comes with Wi-Fi monitoring, a personal
firewall, anti-spam, anti-spyware, etc. Personally, I think Trend has
gone quite a bit overboard, trying to pack 10 lbs. of sh*% into a 5 lbs.
container. But, one can elect to not install some of these extras.

Trend does an excellent job, usually, of getting updates out, sometimes
as many as 3 a day.

But it all comes down to what you need. If it were me, I'd go minimal.
I'm not big on protecting my equipment as though I were planning for a
nuclear disaster.
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Jim

Are you still getting regular updates for v2005? I am using PC-Cillin
(2004) and have noticed that in the last few weeks updates have slowed
from a torrent to a trickle. The only updates in the last couple of
weeks have been for the antivirus and anti-spam. Tried reinstalling the
software but hasn't made any difference. I am wondering if they are
deliberately cutting support for older packages.


Rod
 
I have been using Trend Micro for 3.5 years and I like the fact that the
updates come regularly (several times per day) and automatically on my
screen. I am presently testing Norton, which came pre-installed in my new
laptop and, although I have configured it for live updates, nothing
happens. Each morning, I have to go get them. They do not come
automatically.

Also, when I can not find what I need in the knowledge base, it seems that
there is no way of contacting Symantec by email, which is very annoying.
Trend Micro seems to have a much better after-sales policy, because they can
be contacted by email.

If anyone has a solution to these 2 problems, please give it.
 
ah said:
Also, when I can not find what I need in the knowledge base, it seems that
there is no way of contacting Symantec by email, which is very annoying.
Trend Micro seems to have a much better after-sales policy, because they can
be contacted by email.
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Or by phone.
 
Per Jim L:
Anybody have any info that would help my decision?
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I went from Symantec to Trend's PC-Cillin.

IMHO - aside from a serverly-English-language-challenged "support" org,
PC-Cillin has one serious flaw: the way it responds to attacks.

I'm over this since I got a router, but if you have some sort of malware on your
PC sending out invitations to attackers, the attacks can come very frequently
-as in a couple of times per second.

In that scenario (been there....) your PC is rendered useless by PC-Cillin's
behaviour as long as it's online: namely, PC-Cillin's attack notification popup
takes focus every time it pops up. Try typing into a text doc sometime when
focus is taken away every second or so.

Ironic, because PC-Cillin does it's job - i.e. the attacks are thwarted - but in
such a way that it interrupts your work.
 
(PeteCresswell) said:
Ironic, because PC-Cillin does it's job - i.e. the attacks are thwarted - but in
such a way that it interrupts your work.
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But Pete, that's your cue to shut down what you're doing and take care
of removing the problem.
 
Per optikl:
But Pete, that's your cue to shut down what you're doing and take care
of removing the problem.
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Didn't seem that way to me. Seemed like PC-Cillin was doing the job it was
supposed to do: blocking the attacks - rendering them not an immediate problem.

It was just PC-Cillin's behavior made it nearly impossible to do anything while
online - like browse Trend Micro's website looking for an explaination....

If their popup notification didn't take focus, I'd still get the message - but
also be able to finish what I'm doing and/or look for something about the cause.
 
Isn't there a way to tell PC-Cillin to work in the background, without
grabbing focus whenever it finds something?

I know Norton has such an option. I was thinking of switching from
Norton to Pc-Cillin, but not if Pc-Cillin grabs focus every time it
deletes something from an email, or whatever.
Jack.
 
Per (e-mail address removed):
but not if Pc-Cillin grabs focus every time it
deletes something from an email, or whatever.
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I can't speak to the email part - only to attempts from outside the 'puter.
 
(PeteCresswell) said:
Per (e-mail address removed):

I can't speak to the email part - only to attempts from outside the
'puter.
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TrendMicro Pc-cillin Internet Security2005 outperforms Norton by far.Doesn't
slow your system down and has been the number one in many comparisons..It
comes with anti-virus,firewall,anti-spam,and privacy controls,even finds and
eliminates spyware..You can't get any better than that..It's also less
expensive than NIS and does more,also costs less to get another year of
updates..ciao RH710..check out the reviews online
 
TrendMicro Pc-cillin Internet Security2005 outperforms Norton by
far.Doesn't slow your system down and has been the number one in many
comparisons..It comes with anti-virus,firewall,anti-spam,and privacy
controls,even finds and eliminates spyware..You can't get any better
than that..It's also less expensive than NIS and does more,also costs
less to get another year of updates..ciao RH710..check out the reviews
online
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you missed out a few things regarding pc-cillin..

bad points; anti-spam is poor, spyware option is extremely limited,
doesnt scan IM downloads and needs setting up correctly on install as
the default settings are pretty piss poor!

Good points; updated daily, AV is brilliant, firewall is also damn good,
has wi-fi detection and loves networks plus its a lot more robust than
NIS 2005
 
From: "Cøllap§ed Lûng" <[email protected]>


| you missed out a few things regarding pc-cillin..
|
| bad points; anti-spam is poor, spyware option is extremely limited,
| doesnt scan IM downloads and needs setting up correctly on install as
| the default settings are pretty piss poor!
|
| Good points; updated daily, AV is brilliant, firewall is also damn good,
| has wi-fi detection and loves networks plus its a lot more robust than
| NIS 2005
|
| --
| Rob
| Sleeping where no shadows fall

Bad point; Trend Micro is very slow to add a signature to the CPR for a submitted sample.
From my 2004 tests, it took as long as 6 weeks for the avg. consumer user.
 
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