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Summary: Not Recommanded at all STAY AWAY FROM THIS PRODUCT
Review: I do not recommand this product at all. There is a major design flaw with this product. As many other mentioned, it realy kills yours system. I installed it in a Windows 2000 machine with P4 1.2 Ghz but after the installation the system went to complet halt nothing was working properly and system was extremly slow. I had to reformat and reinstall the entire system and the NA only worked properly after I installed it in the clean system after installing only the OS. This the only way you can fix some of your problem you have with this product. They should have mentioned on the box reformating and and reinstalling all your exisitng software necessary before using this product. So for those who have already bought this product going through a complete reinstall might fix your problem.But if you are thinking of buying an AntiVirus stay away from Noroton 2004 at least until they will get their act togther and fix their problem. McAfee works pretty well and it is very performant as well. My last word DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT
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Summary: DO NOT BUY OR INSTALL NORTON ANTI VIRUS 2004
Review: I bought a copy of Norton Antivirus 2004 and proceeded to install it on my Athlon based PC running Windows 2000 Pro (Service Pack 4) When I went to install the Norton Firewall that came bundled with it, my CD drive would not recognise the media in the drive. It gave an error D:\ is not accessible - incorrect function. I then uninstalled the product and the CD Drive now works fine again. Symantec technical support charge 29 Euros to speak to you about each technical problem. So their software screws your machine up then they want to charge you for sorting it out. Most would call that corrupt, possibly even illegal. I tried installing Norton Firewall after this (having uninstalled Anitvirus 2004) and it had the same affect on the CD drive. ##############PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM THIS PRODUCT################
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Summary: Wouldn't work even after a reformat
Review: I worked on a friend's computer who upgraded from Norton 2003 to 2004 because Norton sent her an email saying her subscription was expiring and 2003 wasn't being supported. She bought Norton 2004 for her Win98se computer and installed it but it would not take her serial #. She uninstalled and reinstalled. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling also. The error was 3030,26. I looked it up on Norton and it's a known issue that they haven't fixed yet. Some people who have First Aid or Help Spot can solve this problem by removing it, but it wasn't on her computer. I reformatted her computer with Win98se (OS only, not a system restore cd with all the junk) and still couldn't install Norton. She called and got her money back. We use Norton Corporate 7.6 at work and have had no problems, but I would not recommend the Norton home edition. Get Grisoft's AVG instead, I've never had problems with it.
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Summary: Norton AntiVirus remains the best.
Review: Norton AntiVirus 2004 is the best anti-virus that is out in the market today. It is reliable, has regular virus updates, and the user interface is clean and straightforward. Unlike all of the other users who gave this bad reviews on the program malfunctioning, I had no trouble at all installing and using this program. If you are a computer gamer or you have an older computer, one thing that I would recommend doing is changing the auto protect options from comprehensive to smart-scan. This helps to boost system performance on intensive operations, such as gaming, and Norton AntiVirus still is very thorough in virus detection. It increased my performance quite a bit, even with an Athlon 2400+. The reason I did not choose Norton's biggest competition, McAfee VirusScan, is that it doesn't have a streamlined program interface and it just took too many system resources which results in lower system performance. I would recommend Norton AntiVirus over McAfee anyday. Also, with any antivirus that you may buy, be sure that you update your anti-virus software on a regular basis, because viruses are written all the time and if you have out of date virus protection, a top of the line antivirus product still will not do you any good, so update often!
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Summary: Should never have been released.
Review: After numberous lockups, I finally decided to uninstall this work in progress. My only problem now is after re-installing my 2002 version I no longer have e-mail protection. One step forwards, 2 (3?) steps back. SAVE YOUR MONEY AND DON'T UPGRADE!
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Summary: really poor product
Review: i am really sorry i did not read the reviews before buying this product. i have been a norton user for a long time but this product has really turned me off. i am running windows xp professional and this product only runs half the time. most times it crashes on bootup and has caused problems with other programs. sometimes the crash also seems to screw up my video memory. a trip to the support web site is no help if you can get it to respond at all. last week it decided i was not registered and then refused to run (anyone have a lawyer handy?). a call (the only way you can do it) turned up product support is closed on the weekend. looks like they spent all their effort trying to copy protect this product rather than making one that works. do not waste your money. if you have norton 2003 stick with it or try something else.
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Summary: Product Activation Does Not Work
Review: I upgraded from 2003 version - the product activation keeps resetting itself, even though it has been activated already! It is really annoying to keep redoing the activation - I am going back to the 2003 version.
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Summary: Disasterous Upgrade
Review: After having spent over 4 hours trying to get this damn upgrade to install, I gave up. I can't even boot to a "Last Good Configuration" in XP because Symantec has taken over.
Tried just about all their dead-end online fixes.
Over the years I have weened myself from the other all-too-obtrusive Symantec products. I still liked AntiVirus till this upgrade.
NO MORE SYMANTEC!!
Plus, I have to PAY if I want to get LIVE support! Their online support is useless!
Stay away from Norton Products. Look to the many other equal if not superior options!
Now I need to find out how to get all their garbage out of my "previously perfectly" running system. Fred
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Summary: PIECE OF JUNK
Review: This is the biggest lie in antivirus software. This program itself is a virus. Stay away from this piece of junk. Norton will only take your money,ruin your system, and laugh all the way to the bank.
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Summary: Silly Upgrade If You're Happy with NAV 2003
Review: Norton's AntiVirus 2004 is basically the same thing as 2003 with only a couple of new features, which, in my opinion, are not even worth paying for an upgrade. It's just a 'touched-up' version of 2003. I was hoping for a lot of new features in this one, but they just aren't here. Yes, there is an expanded threat detection and a more comprehensive messenger scanner, but that's it. If you are happy with 2003, I would recommend skipping this version this year and buy next year's version. There is not enough about this product that warrants an upgrade. I gave this 4-stars because it does work well, in my opinion, but I am very disappointed with 'new features'. I almost wished I would have stayed with 2003 another year.
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