What makes Norton so bad (NIS)

[Azag]

Too many choices....... i have

Norton system works 2005 Its has Norton internet security, anti virus etc.. i also have ad aware personal and spysweeper..... i only get viruse when i download a trojan filled program fro limewire or astalavista.com wich i don't visist anymore cause of too maany trojans on that site.

I visit astalavista.box.sk and pick up serials/keygens/cracks from all those nasty trojan packed spyware ridden sites and never get infected or worry about it but than again I'm using Kaspersky and it always picks up the infections and I've never needed to second guess it but I do double check my system sometimes and even though the rest of my secondary AV software misses all the trojan downloaders and other crap KAV did not... ever thus far. And the same goes for downloads from P2P software such as Limewire, Bearshare, ect. or even mIRC, KAV always caught the viruses,trojans and worms.. As far as Norton System Works goes it's a nice collection of bells and whistles with cool looking interfaces which only serve to eat your systems resources like a vacuum while providing many useless bits of info which most people never need  . Why not try SiSoftware Sandra Pro 2005 or better yet Everest Home Edition (which is freeware and eats the least resources).   But I might add that avast seems to be an up and coming AV and has some impressive awards under it's belt, but this is not to say Virus Bulletin is totally unbiased since they don't seem to give such a rigorous run through the gauntlet as people think and they have handed Norton awards right and left as well, for some strange reason, which alludes me.  I could make a virus or worm undetected by Norton AV in a matter of minutes through some simple modifications but if when I tested the same modded virus against KAV it usually catches it and that to me is kind of sad. I've done this before for testing the true abilities and strengths or weaknesses of AV software and some results were shocking, even to me.