Windows 10: Bitdefender vs Norton - distinction without a difference?

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  1. Bitdefender vs Norton - distinction without a difference?


    The yesterday question about password manager led me to today's question about system security...

    I'm looking for system security that works, without requiring babysitting, a multitude of different packages (I looked at what some of y'all are running and it seems extreme), simple to setup and use, etc...

    I've had Bitdefender Antivirus for the last year. It seems to work, and not be a big bother. Not glamorous or anything but adequate. I keep hearing Norton 360 is "awesome", so when it came due, I switched. Several "interesting" things have happened on the computers since the switch, all involving more time and babysitting than I liked. I'm considering going back to Bitdefender to the Total Security, but, here's where you folks who are much more literate than I come in...

    Of THOSE TWO, Noron 360 Deluxe vs Bitdefender Total Security - are there substantive differences between them that are significant pointers to one or the other? Norton has a VPN. They don't SAY whether there are limits on it or not. Bitdefender has a VPN but it MAY have a 200MB/day limit - other places it says "unlimited". I THINK both have some cloud storage - that varies where you look too. Even on their own websites.
    I PRESUME both will work to stop malware and such. Norton has a bunch of stuff you put on your browsers. the Bitdefender we were using (antivirus) didn't seem to have a bunch of stuff in the way of how you browse but did periodically yell about some website.
    SO, is there ONE or more SIGNIFICANT difference between the two that makes one CLEARLY superior? And unless it's Bitdefender, it's definitely not going to be phone support - I got to experience Norton's this morning... Painful.

    :)
     
    GracieAllen, Jan 9, 2021
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  2. Vijay B Win User

    BitDefender missing

    Hi,

    Thank you for being a part of Windows 10.

    As an initial troubleshooting step, I would suggest you to search for BitDefender in the search next to start. If you are not able to find and if you have BitDefender CD/DVD, then I would suggest you to re-install BitDefender.

    Hope this helps. Let us know if you have any other issues with Windows in future.
     
    Vijay B, Jan 9, 2021
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  3. Bitdefender Internet Security vs. Norton Internet Security

    I've had problems with my system after Norton patches that require a restart and Windows 10 Updates that require a restart. When a restart is required after one of these two types of updates the system will somtimes display the Windows logo and then the logo would go away and all I would see is a black screen with a rotating circle of white dots and that's where the system would hang. Sometimes I would have to press the power button and restart the laptop several times before it would get past the black screen and the circle of rotating dots. In addition I've had to uninstall and reinstall Norton 2 times on this laptop on recent months. The first time Windows 10 said the version of Norton I had installed was incompatible with Windows 10. The last time I had to reinstall was a week ago after a patch where Control Panel said that Norton was installed but I had no icons and no record of the app in the system tray or in the applications list when you pressed the start button.. After the most recent uninstall/reinstall things seemed to stabilized but startups were still sluggish. I posted a query about this condition on another forum and the response that I received led me to believe that all of the issues I was having was due to Norton as this person has the same issues and resolved them by removing Norton. Today, just for grins, I again uninstalled Norton on my laptop and installed the 30 day trial of Bitdefender and at this point I'm not sure if it's wishful thinking or reality but it seems that my startups are no longer sluggish and overall system performance seems better. This is one reason why I want to know what others are seeing regarding the difference between Bitdefender and Norton in terms of performance. If it is true that my system is not as sluggish as before and Bitdefender performs equally as well as Norton for Virus preventions, anti-spam, anti-malware, and keeping my inbox clean I might make the switch permanent and also replace Norton on my desktop PC that does not seem to have the problems my laptop is having
     
    ChrisJordan, Jan 9, 2021
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  4. moondoggy Win User

    Bitdefender vs Norton - distinction without a difference?

    Bitdefender Internet Security vs. Norton Internet Security

    Let me ask this question a different way. Has anyone noticed any problems with Norton running on laptops? Since the November release of Windows 10 I've noticed that my laptop takes forever to boot and once booted it takes forever for it to be usable as it's busy loading stuff. I've also had problems with my system after Norton patches that require a restart and Windows 10 Updates that require a restart. When a restart is required after one of these two types of updates the system will somtimes display the Windows logo and then the logo would go away and all I would see is a black screen with a rotating circle of white dots and that's where the system would hang. Sometimes I would have to press the power button and restart the laptop several times before it would get past the black screen and the circle of rotating dots. In addition I've had to uninstall and reinstall Norton 2 times on this laptop on recent months. The first time Windows 10 said the version of Norton I had installed was incompatible with Windows 10. The last time I had to reinstall was a week ago after a patch where Control Panel said that Norton was installed but I had no icons and no record of the app in the system tray or in the applications list when you pressed the start button.. After the most recent uninstall/reinstall things seemed to stabilized but startups were still sluggish. I posted a query about this condition on another forum and the response that I received led me to believe that all of the issues I was having was due to Norton as this person has the same issues and resolved them by removing Norton. Today, just for grins, I again uninstalled Norton on my laptop and installed the 30 day trial of Bitdefender and at this point I'm not sure if it's wishful thinking or reality but it seems that my startups are no longer sluggish and overall system performance seems better. This is one reason why I want to know what others are seeing regarding the difference between Bitdefender and Norton in terms of performance. If it is true that my system is not as sluggish as before and Bitdefender performs equally as well as Norton for Virus preventions, anti-spam, anti-malware, and keeping my inbox clean I might make the switch permanent and also replace Norton on my desktop PC that does not seem to have the problems my laptop is having..
     
    moondoggy, Jan 9, 2021
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