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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: 2008-08-17
Still the leader in security
I have other security products on my home desktop and laptop in addition to this, but Norton continues to offer a very robust and diligently maintained antivirus system, and a strong firewall that can be tailored to meet the needs of users across the spectrum, from those who wish to be involved in every decision to those who wish to "set it and forget it." Every year, I consider other firewalls and other antivirus programs, and every year, I buy this one. And when I buy security products for my friends, I always choose Norton Internet Security. Useful parental controls and anti-spam features are available as a free download from the Norton site, so be sure to avail yourself of those if you need them.
Date: 2008-08-15
As advertized.
No problems with the install. My firewall settings were defaulted and it took me a couple of minutes to figure out why I couldn't access my media center computer but after that, all good. New GUI is pretty. No slowness issues as reported by others, running now for almost a month. New version detects tracking cookies. I would recommend this product.
U.S.A.
Date: 2008-08-12
Promises everything but delivers little
Norton looks so professional.....it ends there. NIS actually performs OK at best, but it has failed me for the last time. I am now in search of a product which can protect me from such simple things like Blackster.exe, the About:blank hijack; neither of which NIS provided any protection from. In addition, tech support is nearly non-exsistent. The company refers you to its website for menu-driven troubleshooting. If the menu gives you a proposed solution that does not fix your problem, they apologize but provide no other solutions. As for me, I have a non-functional version of NIS 2008 which refuses to load or update correctly. It all seemed so simple at first....buy, install, use...NOT! F--- Norton!
Date: 2008-08-05
Overly Comprehensive
I'm pleased with the level of protection but I've noticed a considerable slowdown in Internet Explorer once I installed Internet Security 2008. I know it is the product and not my broadband connection as I also use Opera web browser and it still maintains the same speed as before. Who wants so much protection that the protection slows down the program it's protecting?
Date: 2008-08-04
Not just bad, but sinister: I had trouble accessing these reviews!
I was alerted by my old Norton Internet Security 2006 that I should resubscribe because my subscription was running out. So I clicked on the button and read about the new features. At the end of a list of stuff I don't care about (parental controls etc.) it said, Ad and pop-up blocking no longer available. Hmmm...I'm not sure what's been providing my ad and pop-up blocking, but I thought it was Norton, so I opened the program and looked at the stats. Yes, apparently it's been blocking ads and unsolicitied pop-ups for me. So I needed more info. I went to the Norton site and looked for an email or phone # to contact them. There wasn't one! All I found was an invitation to PAY to ask them a question!
At this point, I went shopping for alternative security software. I found a couple of reviews, and one of them pointed out that Norton is very badly rated by Amazon users. So I went to Amazon to read the reviews. When I clicked on the link to show the reviews, my computer froze and I had to turn it off (this almost never happens to me). After I rebooted, I got back on Amazon and checked to see if I could access other reviews. Yes, book reviews, other product reviews, all came up fine as usual. Then I tried again on Norton Internet Security 2008 and the computer froze again!
What can I think but that Norton is actually BLOCKING people from accessing these reviews?
Using an alternative pathway, I managed to access the reviews, and now that I've succeeded, of course I will avoid Norton like the plague. I am now researching how to get rid of it, and with what to replace it. I'm leaning toward BitDefender, but will need to check it out more thorougly. I hope Norton doesn't block my research!
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