Norton AntiVirus

Norton AntiVirus is an anti-virus or anti-malware software product founded by Peter Norton, developed and distributed by Symantec (now Gen Digital) since 1990 as part of its Norton family of computer security products. It uses signatures and heuristics to identify viruses. Other features included in it are e-mail spam filtering and phishing protection.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The developers are greedy, with some of the pricing plans being expensive. Sometimes, they will jack up the price after a year. This has led to multiple lawsuits.
 * 2) Operations can impact your system's performance due to resource-intensive scanning processes.
 * 3) The program is hard to understand for inexperienced computer users.
 * 4) The program is adware, constantly advertising other Norton products often randomly.

Good Qualities

 * 1) It provides real-time protection against malware and viruses and includes a VPN for online privacy.
 * 2) You get online backup straight out of the box.