Has anyone heard anything of these? don’t worry about me getting interested I still believe Norton to be crap and Avast! the best but according to reports from users on Wilders security forum NAV and NIS 2009 are alot better with previous versions (mainly faster/ less resource hog) and was wondering if anyone on here knows if there’s any truth behind these claims.
-Justin
Well first I don’t think it would take much to be better than previous versions. However out of principal I wouldn’t have anything to do with Symantec products (if at all possible) and NAV/NIS in particular no thanks.
They haven’t improved so much as to be free and even then I think it would be too high a price to pay.
I agree with David, I wouldn’t use it for free either… 
as Ive said before I agree with Both of you I was just trying to get peoples opinions on this trying to see if Symantec was trying to “Clean up their act”
I doubt you will get an opinion about another AV on any AV forum, why, because to try an other AV you would first have to uninstall avast! and to do that for NAV/NIS which you have to pay for is plain crazy.
So we would be in no better position to comment than you are, less perhaps as I haven’t even read the Wilders topic.
Comparing it to previous versions of itself is a poor comparison when for the majority of people IMHO would be more concerned with how it stacks up against other AVs or Security Suites. But when you get into that debate it is hard to get past the marketing blurb.
Justin
On the basis of Symantec’s own PR which went something like; “Hey everyone! Our 2009 product is so much better than the bloated 2008 slug you paid good money for…”, I’ve had the NAV 2009 beta for some time on test on a PIII 733mhz 256MB RAM PC (I’m not brave enought to try the NIS. ::))
Compared to avast!, I wouldn’t call it low-impact on this machine (NAV2008 must be rally bad) but it’s certainly usable and seems friendly so far. ;D
I don’t know if the deep CPU use analysis is carried over to the release version. Also “Delete” is the only option in the example shown. Clicking “Finish” does allow you to continue ignoring the detection but I’d prefer more explicit choices. Maybe it’s safer the way it is for most users.
Compared to Sunbelt VIPRE, it’s slower to start Windows but faster at scanning executables.
Thanks for the pics Vladimyr I myself am being “forced” to work with the 2008 slug untill the subsription runs out and am then buying a license to avast! prof. edition
Sorry…
Gah, I may hate it but at least I still have MBAM and SAS installed so I feel like I have programs that aren’t crap
What firewall is liked by you vista 32 users?
AFAIK, NAV 2008 subscription would entitle you to free 2009 upgrade. Check it out.
As a user who has often been tempted to stray onto Nod32 for its light impact , I just couldnt let this release pass me by and i have one of my systems testing it as we speak.
I do believe it raises the bar but time will tell.
I mostly like the option of being able to detect a file that hasnt significantly changed since previously scanned and thus ignore scanning of that file.
Regards
Hi…
Can Vista x64 users chime in? 
The Windows (Vista) firewall is sufficient for me, although I do wish it had more configuration options along with activity reports, outbound monitoring (that can be easily set up,) and network traffic graphs like other firewalls.
Best Regards…
I had to stay with it…
There is some hardware or network in my notebook that give me BSODS on firewall installation (Webroot and Comodo). Online Armor worked (but it’s a 30 day period beta). PCTools (although belonging to Symantec) seems to be the only one available…
Hi Tech…
That’s too bad 
I think it’s a case of Vista software overall being too new for the bugs to be ironed out and experience with the OS gained (on the part of the software makers,) particularly with the x64 version.
Best Regards…
well…i’m stuck with nod32…my parents bought a 1year subsription and to be honest i like it a lot…but i always be an avast fan…its the best free solution and its comparable with many paid AV…anyway…NAV2009…hmm…i think it must be better thab the previous crap…but still…it remains crap…symantec never changes… 8)
Indeed, Vista manages the firewall/network in a complete different way of XP (drivers, schemes, etc.).
Alright I have settled on what I’m going to do for a security setup Im going to buy a subscription to Avast Professional and buy either SAS or MBAM which one do you guys prefer? to me there both excellent anti-malware tools but am not quite sure which one to buy.
The free version of both… just on-demand…
Just looking at my signature will tell you which one I prefer for my on-access anti-spyware ;D
I think if you use the Upgrade link in SAS it costs $19.99 for a lifetime license, I don’t know how much MBAM costs or if that too is a lifetime license.