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I’ve been using Norton 360 since it came out and it’s kept multiple computers in fighting condition without me having to do anything. I love the straightforward interface and how non intrusive it is. I forget it’s even running until it blocks something nasty or warns me about a sketchy site. The 2GB of backup storage is a joke, and if you want more it’ll cost you, but I didn’t buy this for it’s backup anyway.
If you already used Norton 360 and have it set to auto renew each year, cancel it immediately. Norton charges twice as much for this as Amazon does. All you need to do is uninstall your version of Norton 360 right before it expires and start fresh with a this one. Easy peasy and you save more than 50%. Go ahead and buy this now and just hang on to it until your current subscription expires since there is no expiration date on these.
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I upgraded from Norton 360 2013. The upgrade took about two minutes and I didn’t have to reboot or uninstall the prior version first. It also activated automatically. One thing to note is if you enter a new key from a newly purchased version rather than renewing your current subscription through Symantec, the remaining time on your current subscription does not carry over. Although remaining time does carry over if you renew your current license through Symantec, I’ve found purchasing new licenses to usually be less expensive. Not only that but you can upgrade to the latest version using your current key by clicking the new version check link under the support tab. If you have a month or more remaining on your current subscription, I’d suggest first upgrading your current program to the newest version and waiting until you’re close to the expiration date of your current license before entering the new key.
As for the program itself, other than a minor background color change from dark to light, the main interface is the same. The sub menus remain largely unchanged except for removal of the check vulnerability protection link for checking vulnerable programs you may have installed. Another change I noticed was the reputation scan link missing from the scan sub-menu. Reputation scans are just another scanning option for scanning files and programs based on their reputation in the Norton community. A new feature added is Norton power eraser. Power Eraser will now handle scanning for any grey area programs that don’t register as viruses but still cause unwanted pop-ups and other annoyances or leave your system vulnerable. Norton also offers Power Eraser as a free download for anyone, even those without a Norton product installed.
Scanning times seem about the same. So really, Norton 2014 is, at least on the surface, a minor upgrade from Norton 2013. Other than whatever they changed under the hood to possibly improve scanning results, you’ll be hard-pressed to notice any differences other than the changes I mentioned. I’m not sure if detection rates have improved but so far I haven’t experienced any infections while using Norton 360 for the past year. There have been a few occasions where I almost entered reportedly malicious sites and Norton stopped me in my tracks. I never re-visited the sites to see if they were truly compromised or not. I’ll take Norton on its word. As a precaution, I occasionally scan my system with other scanners just to see if Norton may have missed anything and my system so far has remained clean.
I can honestly say I’m happy with Norton 360. I have it installed on every PC in my household and plan to continue using it for the foreseeable future. I do browse responsibly don’t recklessly visit high risk sites like those hosting illegal-downloads, porn, cracking tools or other questionable content. Unfortunately, for those who do frequent sites that have a high likelihood of being compromised, there isn’t an antivirus in existence that won’t eventually let something slip through or even be overpowered and disabled if you regularly visit risky sites. Norton 360 is great and effective if you browse responsibly but don’t expect miracles if you’re a high risk taker.
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