Jane Talks Tech!

After over a year and some, I am giving BitDefender another try. I've been an otherwise satisfied user of Norton Internet Security 2010 for over 15 months , but when I got an email from the Social Media monitoring team at BitDefender offering me the chance to give their latest 2011 security product a whirl, I was sufficiently intrigued and leapt at the opportunity. ...

I'm a happy user of Norton Internet Security 2010 (referrred to as NIS 2010 henceforth). I have never been infected with any nasties primarily due to a combo of taking common-sense precautions (like not downloading "free ringtones", "sexy videos" or any "codecs" to view said sexy videos), being aware of my internet surroundings and having NIS take care of things when I'm lax. However, NIS 2010 has issues that I need to vent about....

I apologize for the long absence. I've had a lot of ideas to blog about, but interestingly, I've daunted by the flood of ideas and how best to present them. Like I always end up solving dilemmas like this (i.e. a lot to do and being at a loss for how to tackle tasks), I take it one step at a time. I've twittered about my woes with Bitdefender Internet Security 2009 and how I started a trial of Norton Internet Security 2009. Well, I'm here to let you know that I'm now a bonafide customer of Symantec once again.

I once used (back in 2005) Symantec Client Security and it bogged down my computer. I have had such a horrible experience with Symantec products, ranging from being a resource hog to being plain impossible to uninstall. Fast forwarding to 2009, I find that the installation experience for Norton Internet Security 2009 is remarkably smooth and very unobtrusive. I mean, I didn't even have to restart the computer!! This was mind-boggling to me after coming off Bitdefender Internet Security 2009's rather clunky installation method. According to a review on CNet, this streamlined installation process is indeed new and borrowed from another of Symantec's flagship products (Norton Ghost). Scanning my laptop (a full scan) does not leave my system hanging although in fairness to Bitdefender Internet Security 2009, a full system scan didn't bog my laptop down.

There are a few things I miss about Bitdefender Internet Security 2009 and I wish these things would be incorporated into Norton Internet Security 2009: Read More >>