Norton Security Scan => NO Antivirus installed?

Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security
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Hi,

I am using Avast Home Edition for about 3 months now and i am very satisfied with the program as for the support given by email and on the forums.

I visited the norton website a few days ago and did a “security” check.
Hacker exposure seems OK, Firewall seems OK,…ect,…BUT
“Norton was unable to detect a Antivirus-system”.

Now I know that Norton knows their marketing-lessons.
Is this a trick to tell a novice computer-user that the AV (in this case Avast) is not a real AV-program? So instead they buy Norton?

Just wondering :slight_smile:

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It’s possible Norton would do that >:(

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They detect:
F-Secure
Mcafee
Norton AV 2000,2001,2003,2004
Norton AV Corporate edition 7.51 or higher

They dont detect avast neither did they detect command which I used before avast.
All they want is for you to buy THEIR software.

You are fully protected with Avast

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i guessed the same thing maclover…just found this weird
but i knew it is marketing-related :slight_smile:

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guessed the same thing maclover...just found this weird
Yea very weird. It does show up as detecting an AV on my systems because I have F-Secure 5.51 as well( but I only use its on demand scan not the real time scanner)
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It does the same thing with firewall things too.
If it is not norton related or such…you “don’t have a firewall” :stuck_out_tongue:

so i guess their security thing is a bit “uncorrect” :slight_smile:

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for a better test try shields up! http://www.grc.com/default.htm scroll down to the bottom and click the shields up link

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done this one before…computer seems to be OK :wink:
I only wondered if there was another reason besides the marketing thing that “norton security check” avast does’t recognise as a AV system :slight_smile:

I know Avast is some kind off an underdog …but a very good one :slight_smile:
So i prefer this underdog :slight_smile:

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none that I know of ;D I never trusted symantec’s firewall or AV.
But Norton Utilites is good

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Symantec is a bloatware :frowning:

Just Norton Utilities and CleanSweep work… :smiley:
No NAV, no firewall >:(

It is a joke… if avast! is previous installed in your computer, installing NAV will mess everything… And this wonderful package does not even alert the user :o

Oh, better, installing NAV will mess everything in any situation ;D