if yes, why?
I may do it on a Virtual Machine to see what they have done in latest version what is new coming in the V3.0
I’m sure it would not be better than avast! but I like to see what they do 
Go ahead, try.
We’re very biased against Symantec products 
I don’t care about company!! I try anything to find what’s best, until today I found avast! as best AV
Me too… I’ve used Symantec, I talk about my personal experience.
Anyway, using in a Virtual Machine, any antivirus will run slowly and the machine itself will be slow.
Will you test it into Windows 7?
I would not have Symantec bloat ware if they paid me.Avast is light and reliable,if you find a good product keep it. ;).
I know it would be slow and it’s a good point, because you can feel how much resource would it use, you can feel it better.
I would test it in Sun VirtualBox and it’s not slow like Microsoft VirtualPC or VMWare…
usually first I test in Windows XP and then Vista, but, this time maybe I test it in a Windows 7 too, and not Virtual, make my System Dual Boot with windows 7 and try avast! and Norton (and maybe avira and…) in that windows
after done it, I would share result in my computer security software blog: http://getrideofit.spaces.live.com/
it would be my first post that I’ve personally tested
I was a Symantec Norton user from about 6-7 years ago, I know them very well, Yes, you right, avast! is very very better than Symantec and I never would not replace my avast! with anything else.
Norton has many problems, a lot of false positive and removing them in background by default, it miss a lot of risk and…
we cannot ignore that their product performance has improved and the 2009 products are light in system performance, but, still it’s not friendly and usable like avast!
Not with all the bad press about PIFTS.exe belonging to Symantec that is snooping.
I might try it if they gave me a system to run it and an all expense paid trip to Barbados or Cancun for a week.
Agreed, Symantec’s products are resource hungry junk. Both their Mac and PC software.
No! No! No! it’s NOT! it’s not junk, maybe it’s not strong like avast!.. also, 2009 products for windows 32bit is not resource hungry like old products… you can see I’m just talking about things that I’ve tested. I don’t have any idea about their products for Windows 64Bit and Mac and Linux…
I’m an avast! Fan!!! but I don’t like to lie about other things…
A lot of people say this. I’m not a lier, just said we’re biased…
Always I like all your responses!! :
-= I can’t get myself to Norton again… There’s a possibility that v.3 is 3 times heavier and will turn you over 360 degrees from your seat while waiting for your monitor to refresh… haha…
I don’t trust Norton any more and I wouldn’t go near any Symantec product on the market and they should go broke.
Please try it before commenting about it (i say to the ones who talk about its resource usage). Norton AV is definitely lighter than Avast. If you don’t wanna try, then look at the performance test result which was done by AV-Comparatives. Also i’ve found Norton 360 3.0 very light (the version 2.0 was very light too).
But i think Norton products have no web shield since they don’t abort the connection when a virus is found. They react just like when a virus is found on harddisk. This situation may be not to slow the connection speed, however, the web shield of avast works greatly without slowing internet unlike the other av softwares do.
There is no option for archive files to be scanned by real time protection. I think this is also because of not to slow the pc performance. The settings aren’t customizable enough. There should be more options for those who want to manage the program well.
And i must say that Norton Insight feature has a very important role on the lightness.
The only Norton I liked was the 1970s Norton Commander Motorcycle.650.cc. ;).
it’s not heavier
Their AV is not good like avast!, but they are not
Thanks for your NICE and TRUE response, I like it and I say AGREED!
I’m just 20 year old and it’s about 7-8 years that use computer 
Hi
Over the last 3 years - I’ve Tried…
On Windows XP
NIS 06 … Worked Fine - Light - Rubbish Protection!
N360 … Never Worked - Couldn’t Get It To Work - Eventually… Killed My XP 
On Windows Vista
NIS 07 … Stopped Updating after 3 Weeks - Light - Never Felt Protected! ( Thank god it was only a 60 day trial - That came on my new Vista computer )
N360 - Again! … Worked Fine - Light - Felt Protected!
N360 v2 … Never Worked - Felt Heavy - Rubbish Protection!
NIS 08 … Worked Fine - Felt Heavy - Never Felt Protected! ( Thank god it was only a 60 day trial - That came on my new Vista Laptop )
NIS 09 … Bugs, FP’s, Problems & Lies! - Felt Heavy - Never Felt Protected! … Complete pain in the Bum … & … Felt like Spyware >:(
And that was all before the Ask and PIFTS thing :
mevcit Said…
And i must say that Norton Insight feature has a very important role on the lightness.
In My Opinion!
Norton Insight - Was…
1/ At Best - Half Truth … & … At Worst - Complete Lie!
2/ Only affects Scan Speeds if computer is left on 24 hours a day.
3/ Took at minimum of 30 minutes a day for Norton Insight Scan and Norton Insight Submission to run.
4/ A Load of Rubbish … & … Complete Nonsense!
5/ Felt Like - Spyware!
And as for… Norton Idle Time / Background Tasks … Don’t get me started! :
I’m Stickin With Avast 8)
To the Avast people
Please, please Please…
Never make Avast even the tiniest bit like NIS 09
Coz … NIS 09 … Is - 
Avast … Is The … Winner!
Avast is the Winner … Avast is the Winner … Na na na Na … Na na na Na! Avast is the Winner … Avast is the Winner … Na na na Na … Na na na Na! Avast is the Winner … Avast is the Winner … Na na na Na … Na na na Na! Avast is the Winner … Avast is the Winner … Na na na Na … Na na na Na!
@Hally: Thanks for your reply, I appreciate it
all of the programs you noticed has one problem!! (all before 2009), they have one process ( I don’t remember exactly, maybe svchost.exe or something like that ) that get CPU busy on 100% when computer is working (and sometimes when it’s idle). it’s not just my problem, since I am a member of Norton Forum too, I’ve seen many user have same problem too
I like Norton 2009 too, but it has a lot of false positive and also don’t offer good protection like avast!, I love avast! because “avast! is the Winner”
Hi, I can’t speak of norton 360, but nav 2009 blocks the eicar test file every bit as fast as avast web shield does.