The following information is 100% my opinion and has NOT been endorsed or sponsored in any form by the mentioned programs:

 
Over the years I have been observing the behaviour of what are arguably two of the best antivirus programs on the market, namely Norton Antivirus and Kaspersky Antivirus. Though for the most part I have used Norton Antivirus, Kaspersky has always been of interest to me. It was not until I conducted several tests of both programs did I realize that, in my opinion, Kaspersky is by far the better of the two. What has led me to my conclusion? Well, here are a few things I realized:

1. Norton Antivirus literally hogs any available memory. My computer ran much slower and froze at times for many seconds at intervals when Norton was installed. Kaspersky on the other hand did none of that. Programs ran much faster, and even when performing background scans, it was hardly noticeable which is in stark contrast to Norton which slowed down other program load times.

2. Boot up times for Windows was much longer with Norton Antivirus. I really cannot understand what it could be loading to the extent that long after my desktop background came up, the icons took forever to appear. On the other hand, with Kaspersky installed Windows booted up much quicker and the desktop icons started showing even before Kaspersky loaded.

3. The frequent updates by Kaspersky Antivirus did not drastically increase CPU Usage and really works in the background – you never really realizew when it is working. The opposite is true of Norton Antivirus – it really made it known that it was performing background checks. There are times when I would be working on a document and try to save it. The time it took to actually save a document while Norton was updating would have been the same amount of time it would take for me to get a glass of juice, watch TV for about 5 minutes, shower and return.

Well, as I said these are thoughts based on my use of both antivirus software. Don’t get me wrong though because they both have pros and cons when put to the test. Each has something over the other. When going shopping for either of the two, make a proper comparison and choose the one you think will give you the best results. Just keep in mind that you can learn something about them from another persons experience using them. The final decision is however still your own.

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