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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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Summary: Norton-Never Again!
Review: I have been loyal to Norton for almost a decade. I am now looking for a new provider of security services.Positive-NAV seems to be working ok (so 1 star)
Negative-the abusive activation scheme
the bundled trash programs (FIREWALL, etc.)
(deserves minus stars and circular file)
Firewall will 100% protect you from internet intrusion and infection, because it cuts you off from the internet. It is very user unfriendly, it doesn't provide adequate support (It cuts you off from the internet, the manual is useless and the ONLY source of help provided is an internet address!!!!!!!!!)
An example of the stupid controls: Scan for threats, find five, programs recommended action DELETE, then gives a choice of ALLOW (the threat becomes permanent!?!) or skip (no action this time, spend another 2 hours and get the same stupid choice later)! I restored internet access after hours of tweaking, next time I had to do it all over again, BUT my previous tweaks wouldn't always work!!! Never will I buy Norton again!!!
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Summary: such nonsense
Review: I have no idea who wrote the previous reviews but they're all wrong, badly wrong!
I have used Norton's products for years and never had a problem with any of them. These people obviously haven't got a clue as to how to set up Norton Personal Firewall. It's so easy it's childs play!
Norton have great on-line support and the one small item I queried was answered completely and to my asatisfaction.
The only thing I will say is that you MUST remove all traces of the old program before installing the new one or there will be some conflict while the new product looks for traces of pirated Norton material.
If at first you don't succeed, READ THE INSTRUCTIONS!
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Summary: Quirky, but it works
Review: I haven't had experiences quite as bad as other customers have had. The software seems to work well enough, and the Symantec Automatic LiveUpdate works flawlessly. One thing I don't like: every time I turn on my computer, the software pushes the Internet Explorer Dialup Connection window "front and center", and I haven't yet found a way to simply cancel it or prevent it from popping up automatically. It stays put until I go online. (I know that NPF is causing this. I had to do a reinstallation, and the problem stopped when I uninstalled it.) NPF's not bad, but I'll be looking for alternatives in the future.
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Summary: Appears to work well
Review: I recently installed this product, but it seems to be working completely behind the scenes. I went to the Symantec Security Check website and started a scan, but the firewall detected it as a port scan, (which the firewall within Windows XP did not) and automatically blocked it. Additionally, it showed the IP address that this scan came from, and I was able to track it to the node. This was a reassuring exercise, and I am pleased that the Symantec product will even block scans originating from Symantec.
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Summary: Windows 95 and NT are not supported....read the directions!
Review: I upgraded from Norton Personal Firewall 2003, which was working fine. Now I cannot access the Internet without disabling my firewall.
Zone Alarm is free, and Windows XP comes with a firewall. I'm tired of having my computer corrupted by Norton Utilities and my Internet disabled by Norton Personal Firewall. I will not purchase any more Symantec products.
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Summary: Norton Personal Firewall 2004
Review: I'm using Windows 98 SE and have run Norton antivirus 2000 for several years and was very happy. Then a very dark cloud appeared - it was called Norton Personal Firewall 2004. I had to clean my hard drive for other reasons and when I reloaded everything I decided to get rid of my old firewall, Black Ice and install Norton's new Firewall 2004. After I reloaded everything and got back up running the computer speed gradually became slower and slower until it virtually stopped. After discussion with several experts I decided to uninstall both the 2000 and 2004 Norton versions. I did reinstall Nortons Antivirus 2000 and got a new firewall, Zone Alarm. The computer runs just fine. I am not a computer expert, but it seems to me that Nortons Firewall 2004 did something very naughty to my computer, and my blood pressure. I would not recommend Norton's Personal Firewall 2004 to my enemies.
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Summary: Why did you do it - Norton?
Review: Recently bought new computer preloaded with Personal Firewall 2003 - had problems accessing some website features but was able to fix following excellent advice from ATT. Received message from Symantec saying my version should be upgraded to 2004 version - BIG mistake - cannot access ANY website (including Symantec) with Firewall enabled - no matter what! - no advice available from Symantec website (unless I pay $29.95 per call) - very unprofessional< Symantec - expected much better from you. Hope I can uninstall. Star rating - minus two.
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Summary: Post Mortem on my computer lock-up
Review: This is a follow-up to my earlier troubles following installation of Norton Firewall 2004. After two completely lost days at work - and $200 in consulting tech support - trying to sort the problem out, we solved it. If you are unable to defrag your hard drive, or use your "A" drive or CD-ROM like I experienced, then you must UNINSTALL ALL REFERENCES TO NORTON, not simply Firewall 2004, and then reboot! Although I had already installed, and was quite happy with, Norton Antivirus, Symantec's software integration "feature" when adding Firewall 2004 apparently left hooks in my computer to render it problematic. Once uninstalled - and I mean COMPLETELY - then everything worked fine. After uninstalling, search for any reference to Norton or Symantec, then delete any and all. Later, I downloaded the free version of Zero Alarm's Firewall and it works great! Very user friendly, intuitive, seems to work as advertised, and FREE! Don't waste your money (and TIME!) with Norton's version.
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Summary: Not Worth the Money
Review: This is one program I wish I'd never bought! If I could rate it 0 stars, I would. I had nothing but problems after I installed it and System Works on my computer. My CD R/W drive stopped working, and I could no longer print from the Web. But even worse was the firewall itself. Even with it enhabled at the lowest settings, it prompted me one right after another about the inbound ICP addresses to the point where I could not do anything on the Internet. Even selecting Permit did not stop the onslaught of prompts. There was an option on 2002 that allowed you to turn the warnings off, but it was apparently either removed from this version or too well-hidden. Plus, there was no option to uninstall the program as in the earlier versions. Once I got it off my computer, all the problems I was having went away. With so many obvious bugs, it makes me wonder if they rushed to get it out without doing a thorough beta test.
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