How well is norton antivirus going to find viruses?

I am thinking of downloading torrents and I have Norton Antivirus (2005 to be specific)

I was wondering if my computer gets a virus will it definitely catch it or is there a chance it might slip through?

How well is norton antivirus going to find viruses?noton

As always the problem with antivirus software is how recent is the update.

One way to go aorund this is the online scan service offered by Panda at http://www.infectedornot.com

They let you try their Panda Nano scan and Panda Total Scan there for free, as part of their new "Infected Or Not?" campaign. They will always be updated, they definitely have more virus definitions than anybody else, and their tools scan computers not only for viruses but for all kinds of malware, such as worms, trojans, spyware, adware, and hacking tools.

How well is norton antivirus going to find viruses?stinger

well there is no anitvirus that can identify every virus because hackers are making them every 10 minutes or less so yea and microsoft cant keep up with difintions and stuff to find it the best way is to scan ur pc every week i would recommend hit me up if other questions
hm...from my experience i tried Norton 2003 was ok but norton 2005 and above are pretty bad

try AVG, panda, or mcafee.
Just keep your Norton updated and if you do get a virus that Norton can't delete it just download a free anti-virus software and run it and it should get it. Try AVG 7 here at http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php/doc/...
No anti-virus catches anywhere near 100% of all viruses and other malware (spyware, worms, trojans, etc)