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Summary: norton nightmare
Review: After 5 faithfull years of norton i gave this load of stress one star,as it installed flawlessly thats about all i can say thats positive really.The program is not user friendly in any way shape or form,"does anyone know what all these numbers mean", program control popup alerts are a pain in the a-se,they ask you to make a decision to allow or not but dont tell you what they are, its just way too clever for me! and with no way to disable them its annoying, also in this day of privacy it keeps way to many logs. I suppose its a pity i registered it so i cant sell the over-complicated load of cr-p,"good job i got it cheap" im just going to sling it in the the bin and buy z-alarm pro. DUH
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Summary: Buy a router instead of a firewall. It's worth the money.
Review: After having a hacker leave a virus on my computer, I finally decided I need some protection. I went back and forth between getting a firewall or a router. Routers were pricier, so I looked at reviews for firewall software. If you look too, you'll notice none of them on Amazon get fantastic reviews. They have some serious potential to screw up your system. I figured that I have Norton AntiVirus, so their firewall should work fine. Plus, I get a discount since I have another product of theirs. I bought and installed it. Once that was done, I realized that to get the discount I need proof that I own the earlier product. Good luck getting proof of ownership from a downloaded product. I'm pretty sure that's a dead end.Like many others, though, it really screwed up my system. I get 5 - 10 error screens I have to Enter through when booting up, nothing is loaded in my system tray, peripherals can't be found, and it hangs on shutdown. Oh, and the firewall program says it is disabled. Why? Who knows. But when I go to enable it it says that I don't have the necessary rights/priviledges etc. to do so. I'm the only user on the computer. How can that be? Again, who knows. Maybe Symantec, but I ain't paying $30 to call them. The best part to this whole thing is that the hacker who originally acessed my system didn't really do any damage. I had to pay 50 bucks for my "protection" to really screw me over. Thanks, Symantec. Get bent.
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Summary: Norton Firewall 2004 Causing More Stress Than Its Worth
Review: After having such a great experience with Nortion Antivirus over the last several years, I just assumed that Norton would have a good firewall program too. I was wrong. First and most irritating, my computer became extremely slow on start up after installing the program (adding about 4 - 5 minutes!), despite having a new computer with more than enough drive space and RAM. I removed the program for awhile and regained normal start up speed. Second, the popup warnings are a mixed benefit. While it does block some obviously bad attempts to access my computer, I sometimes have to tell it 10 or 15 times within a few minutes to allow access from permissable sources even though I am clicking "always allow" access from this source. Third, the privacy blocker seems like a good idea (you enter in your private info that you do not want sent over the computer such as your home address, phone, etc), but I had to turn that feature off when I tried to make a purchase on-line DESPITE clicking "ALLOW" about 20 times. The warning window repeatedly popped up every time I clicked allow. The program just didn't get it. I keep checking the Norton website for patches, but to date there are none. Today I was so fed up with the slow start up that I removed the program again. So much for my $50.00... I say it's worth about $5.00
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Summary: BEWARE of ANY SYMANTEC PRODUCT!
Review: After many years of using Norton Antivirus I figured I couldn't go wrong. I was already using ZoneAlarm's shareware firewall and I decided that Norton would be the real deal. What a mistake. This program simply is too difficult to understand to find out whether it indeed could work. It seems far less flexible than programs that are given away for free. If you want an idea of what others think of this piece of garbage check out ebay. You can buy earlier versions for less than the cost of shipping! One of their competitors will give you $10 rebate for the disc. It's more than you will get from anyone else. Don't waste your money. Be advised that once you register this baby Norton will try to trick you into a subscription every time you renew Norton Antivirus. And they will ignore your attempts to get the charges reversed.
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Summary: Waste of Money Do not buy.
Review: After many years of using Norton Antivirus I figured I couldn't go wrong. I was already using ZoneAlarm's shareware firewall and I decided that Norton would be the real deal. What a mistake. This program simply is too difficult to understand to find out whether it indeed could work. It seems far less flexible than programs that are given away for free. If you want an idea of what others think of this piece of garbage check out ebay. You can buy earlier versions for less than the cost of shipping! One of their competitors will give you $10 rebate for the disc. It's more than you will get from anyone else. Don't waste your money. Be advised that once you register this baby Norton will try to trick you into a subscription every time you renew Norton Antivirus. And they will ignore your attempts to get the charges reversed.
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Summary: Why did you do it - Norton?
Review: Bad uninstalls of previous Norton products can cause this one to hang and not install. No customer support (they promise to email you in 3-5 days.....). No easy was to self-troubleshoot the problem (even though there are lots potential causes listed on the Customer Support web site).
I've used and recommended Norton products for ten years, and will now switch to another brand. This was obviously released before it was fully developed.
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Summary: Very difficult to install
Review: Bad uninstalls of previous Norton products can cause this one to hang and not install. No customer support (they promise to email you in 3-5 days.....). No easy was to self-troubleshoot the problem (even though there are lots potential causes listed on the Customer Support web site).
I've used and recommended Norton products for ten years, and will now switch to another brand. This was obviously released before it was fully developed.
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Summary: Norton Personal Firewall
Review: BIG FAT risk writing this. Read on to see why. As a designer, I've been using my Anti-Virus and Firewall with NO problems for a while now. As I do every morning, I get online and check for Norton updates (especially Virus Definitions). So, about two weeks ago, I load in a bucket-load, only to find my perfectly-tuned work machine slowing like an F1 car running out of fuel at Monaco! Now I can't see ANY webpages WITHOUT disaabling my Firewall - DESPITE granting IE/Opera/Mozilla net access SEVERAL TIMES. When I do connect with Firewall enabled, I get attacked with heaps of twats using trojans. But I can't see any web sites. There's absolutely NO CHANGES made to an already successful set-up, so WHAT'S GOING ON SYMANTEC???????? Every time I go online, I'm comprimised. What sort of Firewall is that???? I'll be buggered if I'm going to spend more cash simply because you can't be bothered to support 2002 users with this software. I have paid for my updates until October 2004! I've also had a heap of customers with this new 2004 Firewall/Ad Blocker installed saying the website I made doesn't work! It even blocks legitimate branding images on a web page as adverts! It presents users, critically, with NO CHOICE and makes the job of legitimate enterprises and designers alike with a VERY business-biased veto option on what we see. I had the utmost respect for Symantec for years, then this! No support, then 'Sorry, we didn't get $50 out of you this year, go swim!' Atrocious. Get something else!
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Summary: BEWARE of ANY SYMANTEC PRODUCT!
Review: Do NOT buy ANY Symantec Product UNLESS YOU WILL NEVER HAVE A NEED FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE - THERE IS NONE! I have just spent 4 hoursAFTER HAVING PAID for SUBSCRIPTION RENEWAL trying to get my renewal activated. After going through 15 menus on-line to try and email customer service, I was given a form. I entered the info. When I finally got an email response, it had nothing to do with my question, then told me if it didn't help, I would have to REPEAT THE ENTIRE ON-LINE Process! I then called their "Customer Service" line - PUT ON HOLD FOR 30 MINUTES! Finally had to redo renewal by phone without answer to question. This is typical of ANY NORTON PRODUCT CUSTOMER SERVICE!
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Summary: Product activation Key
Review: For those who have concerns about the "activation", I found on Symantec's web page the following statement about that product:
"Permits users to transfer the software to their upgraded or new PC without having to purchase a new copy of the software."
I hope this will help to decide whether to buy it or not.
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