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Norton Internet Security 2008 up to 3 Users [OLD VERSION] Review (continued)
More User Submitted Norton Internet Security 2008 up to 3 Users [OLD VERSION] Reviews
Date: 2008-09-30
Amazon statement of 3 users is incorrect.
Amazon states this is for 3 users which is incorrect. It is for one user only, with 3 PCs. I wasted money on this as I could have bought the one for only one computer. I had to install due to canceling from my Internet that was charging me $ 6.00 a month. It also came with the antivirus so I would not have had to pay for either.
Date: 2008-09-26
I use it, I detest it
Norton just may be the best of the AV suites available, but that doesn't make it much more palatable. The software is a pain to install and worse to renew, has a major (negative) impact on performance, and is paternalistic to the max. Turn off anything - anything - in the suite, and you'll never see the end of warning messages in your system tray warning you of Armegeddon, even with notifications turned off. From a protection standpoint, the software is pretty good, but by no means a panacea, and things do slip through. Personally, I suspect there are some memory leaks somewhere in the software, as my machine is unresponsive to the point of being unusable after a full system scan.
I went to an AV suite after running without one for years, but finally got hit with a virus that required reflashing and a ground-up rebuild. Given the performance problems running AV software, however, my current thinking is that I might be better off simply taking a conservative approach with data security and redoing the build once a month. Given that's an immensely easier task on the Mac OS (more secure to begin with), I'm switching in the next couple of months. Norton and Vista aren't my idea of better off.
Date: 2008-09-26
Norton Internet Security 2008
Does the job but is a bit of a CPU resource hog when it is scanning. One annoyance lately is that each time I boot the PC I get a nag screen from Norton live update asking if I want to check for updates (Yes/No)? and I have to answer it each time. This even after I set live update to "off" in the Norton Internet Security control panel settings. It nags you.
Other than this, it seems to do a thorough job of protecting. Firewall is maybe a little too thorough as it has blocked some things that I don't want blocked and caused a kensington bluetooth Windows Vista driver to not install properly (until I disabled the firewall). Running it on up to date fast Intel based multi-processor laptop PC's also, so it does not slow things down in normal use. Overall I am happy with it. The package I bought allows you to install and use it on up to 3 PC's. It's not a bad package and does its job well.
Date: 2008-09-22
Nice Streamlined virus/firewall protection
I was suprised to find that the install and operation of this product went well on Vista. I wasn't sure what to expect because Norton's antivirus product has gotten large and added extra fluff over the years... but Norton Internet Security is a good stable product so far.
Date: 2008-09-22
Works great. Some performance tips
If you are having problems with your system getting bogged down by Norton Antivirus (whatever version), I think I have a good tip for you. Try to reduce hard drive activity on your PC. Your software (especially Windows) read/writes more stuff to disk than you think and they all have to wait for that mechanical arm to move around. It's an incredible bottleneck and if your PC is already pretty busy, the nature of Norton Antivirus probably pushes it way over the edge.
First off, I turn of any kind of (disk) auto-scan I can find in Norton. It will remind you anyway when it is time for a full system scan and I prefer to pick my time when I let it take over. Until then it is running in memory inspecting files being created anyway and should catch anything evil. The monthly(?) full scan should catch anything that slipped by for whatever reason.
Then, try to reduce disk activity in Windows. I'm currently running Vista and it indexes and caches and prefetches so much that there is very little left for what I'm actually doing.
You may have to fine tune it for your particular use, but personally I turned of disk indexing, prefetching, various other caching and since I have 3 Gigs of memory I actually turned of virtual memory as well (even if you have lots of memory, Windows will swap things to virtual memory and that disk activity is usually what makes your PC slow down). I also use Hibernate when I shut down my PC. That eliminates a lot of the disk activity that happens when Windows (especially Vista) starts up again. Hybernate actually powers your PC off, so I only use Shutdown every couple of weeks to let it get a fresh start.
My Norton 2007 went from making me literally scream at the computer to being virtually unnoticeable and the full system scan never turned up anything (the program running in the background on the other hand caught several viruses and unauthorized access attempts).
Now I upgraded to Norton Internet Security 2008 and it zooms along just as 2007 did after my tweaks. So technically, I don't know if 2008 is any faster than 2007, but other reviewers have said they have observed it to be much faster.
However what I can say is that I like its interface A LOT MORE than 2007.
The numerous attributes (Virus, Spyware, Firewall, eMail, Phishing etc) are listed separately on the Home screen and even though there is a Fix Now button that will fix all of them for you, you have the option to individually configure and update each attribute. I have my Windows Automatic Updates set to inform me of updates, but not to download or install them until I choose. What bugged me in Norton 2007 was that it considered that a threat and would not give me the green checkmark in the taskbar even though everything else was up to par. So since I had a permanent warning icon down there, I would not notice if anything else had gone critical. In 2008 I am now able to tell it to ignore the Windows Updates when determining to give me a green checkmark and will notice when something I actually care about goes critical.
2008 removed the ad-block feature which I miss and added a password and forms filler, which a lot of browsers and tools provide. Personally I use RoboForm, which I like a lot.
There is also a Network Map, which looks interesting, but to which I can't speak since I don't have a network.
Another tip: If you have a previous version of Norton, use the Norton uninstaller before installing 2008. It's easy and may avoid problems. You can find it by searching for "Norton uninstaller" in Google.
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