Symantec Seeking Beta Testers

Iria · May 19, 2006, 03:32 AM

Source: BetaNews
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Security software vendor Symantec is seeking beta testers for its 2007 line of products, including Norton AntiVirus, Internet Security and Norton Save & Restore. The company also has a number of new products in the pipeline, which will be provided to the Symantec Beta Testing Team.

Interested users can complete the brief registration process on Symantec's Web site. The company has also added an electronic non-disclosure agreement to ease the process. "Participants are expected to remain active throughout a project lifecycle and communicate issues to Symantec team members," the company says.

Partizan · May 19, 2006, 04:45 AM

No way I'm gonna be a Symantec guineapig.

Once you have their software installed, the only way to get completely rid of it, is Windows reinstall...

Thanks, but no thanks.

**temeteus82** · May 19, 2006, 08:21 AM

lol
I've been beta tester for symantec for some time and I haven't have any problems with their software ...

Shaga · May 19, 2006, 02:30 PM

Resource-hog softwares for innocent people.

Brutality · May 19, 2006, 03:01 PM

Lol. Are they gonna buy me a new PC after i'm done testing their next product? Nope...

My friend tried Norton 2005 beta just for fun. It screwed up his PC so bad, even BIOS needed overflashing.

niceguyrichy · May 19, 2006, 03:07 PM

I don't understand how they keep in business

Avast is better, doesn't completely f*ck up your comp, and is completely free.

norton and mcafee should crawl away and die

**temeteus82** · May 19, 2006, 03:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by niceguyrichy

Avast is better, doesn't completely f*ck up your comp, and is completely free.

Corporate users!
Well I've tested NIS 2006 and NAV 2006 betas and they didn't F**** up my comp. It just might bee user issue....
I've been giving them feedback from gamer's point of view...

Brutality · May 19, 2006, 04:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by temeteus82

Corporate users!
I've been giving them feedback from gamer's point of view...

And have they listened to you? Have they done ANYTHING regarding your feedback besides sending you an automated message: Thank you, come again.

EcPercy · May 19, 2006, 04:33 PM

I signed up on their testing site some time ago. I currently, still, run Symantec Antivirus on all of my Windows Computers. (SAV is A.K.A Norton Corporate Edition) I have no problems with any of their products.

SAV seems to use around 40MB of memory. What is so "bloated" about that. I can't even tell it's running. I do have 2GB of memory though.

I hope to take part in their Vista product testing and I plan on using their products in the future. (Mind you, I do get SAV free from work)

**temeteus82** · May 19, 2006, 05:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brutality

And have they listened to you? Have they done ANYTHING regarding your feedback besides sending you an automated message: Thank you, come again.

Well, we have frorum like this one at the beta site. They have noticed it and I had some other testers to back me...
but when you are HC gamer you count every byte of RAM used so ...
I can play BF2 and COD2 fine with NIS 2006 at the back.

Brutality · May 19, 2006, 09:19 PM

I am a gamer. Not maybe HC but still i game a lot. I don't count every bit of my RAM. I don't use Norton or SAV because i don't have to: Why would i give up "my precious" NOD32 system

This baby has everything:It's so fkn lightweight, it only takes 10 MBs of RAM. It has real time protection which eats no resources what-so-ever. It usually has 2-3 updates every day and those updates take only 1-2 seconds to download, install and continue it's work. NOD32 is the best known AV system and i'm not gonna give it up.

Now, can we compare Symantec with that? How many updates per day, how long does this take, how long are the scanning times? I don't know because i haven't used Symantec's software for a long time so maybe someone could give me some information?

A little apology: That friend who's PC got screwed because of Norton 2005 Beta forgot to uninstall his Mcafee stuff before and then 2 AV's collided and it had catastrophic consequences ( damn, so much hard words, phew). So it wasn't really Norton's fault.

**temeteus82** · May 19, 2006, 11:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brutality

Now, can we compare Symantec with that? How many updates per day, how long does this take, how long are the scanning times? I don't know because i haven't used Symantec's software for a long time so maybe someone could give me some information?

Live Update runs every four hours so I think is enough for me. It takes about 35 minutes to scan my tree HD’s and the file count is around 322641 files most of them are zip files. For some reason Symantec don’t have the perfect zip file scanner :P

The_Neon_Cowboy · May 20, 2006, 01:04 AM

I've used norton for years, I was even "norton certified". Nuff said,,,,

By all means lead me to a better and cooler looking AV firewall?

You can't really compair scan times due to the fact some scanner do not scan
as deply and if you set nortons hieritics up or down it affects this and the quailty
of your results. Alot of these others tend to give alot of false positives

May 19, 2006, 03:32 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Symantec Seeking Beta Testers Source: BetaNews __________ Security software vendor Symantec is seeking beta testers for its 2007 line of products, including Norton AntiVirus, Internet Security and Norton Save & Restore. The company also has a number of new products in the pipeline, which will be provided to the Symantec Beta Testing Team. Interested users can complete the brief registration process on Symantec's Web site. The company has also added an electronic non-disclosure agreement to ease the process. "Participants are expected to remain active throughout a project lifecycle and communicate issues to Symantec team members," the company says.

May 19, 2006, 04:45 AM	#2
Partizan Fun loving criminal Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Slovenia Posts: 1,182 Rep Power: 62 System Specs	No way I'm gonna be a Symantec guineapig. Once you have their software installed, the only way to get completely rid of it, is Windows reinstall... Thanks, but no thanks. __________________ Live and let live!

May 19, 2006, 02:30 PM	#4
Shaga Intelligent Life Form Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Nordic Region Posts: 383 Rep Power: 48 System Specs	Resource-hog softwares for innocent people. __________________ Server: Currently Offline

May 20, 2006, 01:04 AM	#13
The_Neon_Cowboy HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 16,009 Rep Power: 92 System Specs	I've used norton for years, I was even "norton certified". Nuff said,,,, By all means lead me to a better and cooler looking AV firewall? You can't really compair scan times due to the fact some scanner do not scan as deply and if you set nortons hieritics up or down it affects this and the quailty of your results. Alot of these others tend to give alot of false positives __________________

May 19, 2006, 03:01 PM	#5
Brutality DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Estonia Posts: 887 Rep Power: 0	Lol. Are they gonna buy me a new PC after i'm done testing their next product? Nope... My friend tried Norton 2005 beta just for fun. It screwed up his PC so bad, even BIOS needed overflashing.

May 19, 2006, 04:33 PM	#9
EcPercy HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Iraq Posts: 1,535 Rep Power: 0	I signed up on their testing site some time ago. I currently, still, run Symantec Antivirus on all of my Windows Computers. (SAV is A.K.A Norton Corporate Edition) I have no problems with any of their products. SAV seems to use around 40MB of memory. What is so "bloated" about that. I can't even tell it's running. I do have 2GB of memory though. I hope to take part in their Vista product testing and I plan on using their products in the future. (Mind you, I do get SAV free from work)

May 19, 2006, 09:19 PM	#11
Brutality DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Estonia Posts: 887 Rep Power: 0	I am a gamer. Not maybe HC but still i game a lot. I don't count every bit of my RAM. I don't use Norton or SAV because i don't have to: Why would i give up "my precious" NOD32 system This baby has everything:It's so fkn lightweight, it only takes 10 MBs of RAM. It has real time protection which eats no resources what-so-ever. It usually has 2-3 updates every day and those updates take only 1-2 seconds to download, install and continue it's work. NOD32 is the best known AV system and i'm not gonna give it up. Now, can we compare Symantec with that? How many updates per day, how long does this take, how long are the scanning times? I don't know because i haven't used Symantec's software for a long time so maybe someone could give me some information? A little apology: That friend who's PC got screwed because of Norton 2005 Beta forgot to uninstall his Mcafee stuff before and then 2 AV's collided and it had catastrophic consequences ( damn, so much hard words, phew). So it wasn't really Norton's fault.