Norton Anti-virus 2006, renew subscription or buy 2007?

[Mikey]

Have Norton Anti-virus 2006 on 3 computers at work. It's
time to renew the subscriptions. But, I can buy Norton
Anti-virus 2007 for the same price as a one year
subscription, and 2007 comes with a one year subscription.
So, should I just renew the 2006 subscriptions, or buy 2007?

 

[Victek]

Have Norton Anti-virus 2006 on 3 computers at work. It's
time to renew the subscriptions. But, I can buy Norton
Anti-virus 2007 for the same price as a one year
subscription, and 2007 comes with a one year subscription.
So, should I just renew the 2006 subscriptions, or buy 2007?

I would read a review (or two) of NAV2007 and unless there is some special
problem with it I would definitely get it Vs new subscriptions for NAV2006.
Although the older version may continue to provide good protection, the
latest version usually has new features which make it more desirable. I
used Norton AV for a number of years and that was my experience.

 

[Mikey]

I would read a review (or two) of NAV2007 and unless there is some special
problem with it I would definitely get it Vs new subscriptions for NAV2006.
Although the older version may continue to provide good protection, the
latest version usually has new features which make it more desirable. I
used Norton AV for a number of years and that was my experience.

Thanks for the reply. That's what I was thinking. I wonder why anyone would
renew the subscription for the old version when they can get the newer version
for the same price?

 

[Victek]

Thanks for the reply. That's what I was thinking. I wonder why anyone
would
renew the subscription for the old version when they can get the newer
version
for the same price?

That's a good question. Some years ago NAV was not as heavily discounted as
it is today. The online upgrade to the new version (from the Symantec
Store) was around $40, so a $20 subscription renewal for the previous
version could make sense (if there were no compelling new features).
However, today you can often get NAV for FREE after rebates so paying for a
sub is silly.

 

[Virus Guy]

Have Norton Anti-virus 2006 on 3 computers at work.
It's time to renew the subscriptions.


Thanks for the reply. That's what I was thinking. I wonder
why anyone would renew the subscription for the old version
when they can get the newer version for the same price?

In 2002, I bought a still-in-box version of Norton System Works (NSW)
2002 for $10 at a swap meet. NSW includes Norton Anti-Virus (NAV).
NSW 2002 was released in the late summer or early fall of 2001.

I have installed (and re-installed) NAV-2001 and NAV-2002 on about a
dozen machines over the past 4 years, and when the subscription is
over I uninstall and reinstall the product and get another year of
free updates. Newer versions of NAV employ increasingly sophisticated
methods to prevent renewing the update service for free.

Once installed (even as recently as in the past few weeks), those old
versions of NAV will update themselves with the most recent scan
engine and virus definition files from Symantec's web site, so they
are just as capable at detecting viral files as the newest versions.
What these older versions of NAV do not do is any real-time monitoring
of the registry, or try to protect you from browser hijacking,
re-direction, phishing, etc. Then again, I don't know if the newer
versions of NAV do that - or not.

Newer versions of NAV have been universally derided for becoming
"bloat-ware" and consuming inordinate amounts of computer resources.
I have not found that to be the case with NAV 2001 and 2002 but I can
believe that for NAV 2003 and newer.

Norton/Symantec does not say, nor will they say if those older
versions are supported. But indeed they are, via LiveUpdate if
nothing else (but that's what counts).

 

[Mikey]

That's a good question. Some years ago NAV was not as heavily discounted as
it is today. The online upgrade to the new version (from the Symantec
Store) was around $40, so a $20 subscription renewal for the previous
version could make sense (if there were no compelling new features).
However, today you can often get NAV for FREE after rebates so paying for a
sub is silly.

Unfortunately most of those rebate deals are good only in the States and I live
in Canada. There is a rebate deal I found here where I'll get $35 off if I also
purchase some tax software. I'm not paying for the Norton software anyway, the
company is.

 

[Mikey]

In 2002, I bought a still-in-box version of Norton System Works (NSW)
2002 for $10 at a swap meet. NSW includes Norton Anti-Virus (NAV).
NSW 2002 was released in the late summer or early fall of 2001.

I have installed (and re-installed) NAV-2001 and NAV-2002 on about a
dozen machines over the past 4 years, and when the subscription is
over I uninstall and reinstall the product and get another year of
free updates. Newer versions of NAV employ increasingly sophisticated
methods to prevent renewing the update service for free.

Once installed (even as recently as in the past few weeks), those old
versions of NAV will update themselves with the most recent scan
engine and virus definition files from Symantec's web site, so they
are just as capable at detecting viral files as the newest versions.
What these older versions of NAV do not do is any real-time monitoring
of the registry, or try to protect you from browser hijacking,
re-direction, phishing, etc. Then again, I don't know if the newer
versions of NAV do that - or not.

Newer versions of NAV have been universally derided for becoming
"bloat-ware" and consuming inordinate amounts of computer resources.
I have not found that to be the case with NAV 2001 and 2002 but I can
believe that for NAV 2003 and newer.

Norton/Symantec does not say, nor will they say if those older
versions are supported. But indeed they are, via LiveUpdate if
nothing else (but that's what counts).

Interesting. I would think that eventually Norton would make updates to
its older products unavailable, even if it had a valid subscription.
Maybe they do, maybe it's a cycle of 6 or 7 years and NSW hasn't reached
there yet.

 

[Leythos]

Unfortunately most of those rebate deals are good only in the States and I live
in Canada. There is a rebate deal I found here where I'll get $35 off if I also
purchase some tax software. I'm not paying for the Norton software anyway, the
company is.

If you are getting this through/for a company, I would suggest that you
purchase Symantec Antivirus Corporate Edition for Workstations and Servers
version 10.2. You can purchase as few as 5 licenses and it's not going to
expire every year, uses a LOT less resources than the home (norton)
product does, and works a lot better on computers than Norton products do.

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