what is the difference between "Norton AntiVirus" and "Symantec antivirus"?
Are they same or different softwares?
Which one is better?
When compared to Microsoft Security Essentials, which one would you recommend? and why?
Windows – what is the difference between “Norton AntiVirus” and “Symantec antivirus”
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Best Answer
Norton *anything is usually their home/personal brand so Norton Antivirus would be for personal usage at home. Symantec is usually their corporate branding. So Symantec Antivirus (Corporate Edition) SAVC would be their server based product for business.
Corporate type antivirus solutions are usually server based - the server pushes updates to the clients and monitors who is protected, who isn't, who has updated, who hasn't, who is soing risky stuff...
For home use there will alawys be flame wars as to who is "better." Currently MSE appears to be a relatively light weight (doesn't bog your system down) and decent solution. One of the reasons people hate Norton was that it SEVERELY slowed your system down though recent versions have been better. They were also known for going into your system and sometimes crashing and then refusing to uninstall - you had to really dig it out with special uninstall tools. Again recently they've been better. Note that MSE is changing - their new versions are coming out and they will include more features. How this will affect, no one really knows. Also note that they are free if you have a machine certified as genuine, otherwise they will turn off.