N360 works better than Live One Care. In Vista(ensure if N360 it is the designed for Vista version). If buying retail, check the box... A higher learning curve than most for configuring the included firewall but significantly easier than Vista's Windows Firewall. The N360 included NAV operates much similar to earlier versions in configuration and update. The footprint for N360 is significantly smaller than prior full version Symantec security products.
Prior versions of Symantec products do not function as well in Vista and in many cases for some in XP. That experience is usually the foundation for a variety of negative comments on Norton products. It would also be hard to believe that *almost* anyone voicing concern based on a prior Norton product has actually installed and used N360 in a Vista environment.
Live One Care historically is in the bottom of the list with respect to success and prevention, though one's surfing, file sharing, and email habits contribute to the success or lack of for any security program.
For Vista....free versions Avast and AVG are the choice of many. Fee based versions most would suggest Kaspersky, BitDefender, NOD32.
I've N360 and Kaspersky separately running on two Vista Ultimate retail RTM installs and use Avast on a dual boot XP/Vista Pre-RTM Ultimate installation.
Imo, if new to Vista choose AVast and get comfortable with Vista, if you need something more capable or have a desire to play a greater role in managing the security options then move up to the fee-based versions.
Good luck.
..winston
"Mac" <aaa@aaa.com> wrote in message news:7A8373F2-799B-4CD7-BEBF-55F987E3FA37@microsoft.com...
:I am considering Norton 360. I have now LiveOneCare (which my trial ends in
: 30 days..)
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: Any thoughts if Norton is better. My esperience in the past with Norton
: products is that Nortons provide very good protection and utilities, but
: they tend to be very large program, and make PC slugish... Norton 360 is
: double the cost of LiveOne Care....
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: Thanks,
: mac
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