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Summary: I using NIS w/o problem
Review: Personal Firewall is a must have software (like Anti-virus) for today computer user. I using NIS in my PIII 750MHz Sony notebook w/ Win2K O/S, and Norton System Works 2003. I consider it as an upgrade from Norton Personal Firewall 2002 and everything is fine.
Installation process is smooth too, but the program can detect if McAfee's product (mine is VirusScan 7.0 installed) was installed. It will "warn" you to uninstall McAfee before going on. (I installed it anyway but ok) I don't use any software if it installation having problem at the first of the beginning to avoid trouble (like McAfee personal firewall at my another P4 2.4GHz + Win XP desktop, it screw up my home network setup too).
I didn't turn on the "Parental control" function, so no comment on this. I didn't configured the Spam Alert too... (I think I should but just too busy). Ad blocking is functioning, I guess... I don't visit such kind of websites much through...
The rest is just the same old wine as PFW, upgrade it from version 2002 to 2003 just because I feel the info & programs are more update...and price is right. If you have PFW 2002 installed and satisfy then no need to hurry for this, hope 2004 version have something excite.
Again I dislike the rebate "service" from Norton as I stated at the other reviews. Other stores / vendors' rebate handling already have improvement and do the right job...
I give this product 4 stars because :
1. McAfee Personal Firewall give me hard time, but Norton didn't.
2. Beside this 2 companies I hardly think of anyone will provide me a complete integrated utilities to use (Anti-virus + Personal Firewall + System Utilities). Many offer some but not all so simply limited choice. Using different vendors programs means expose ourself (users) in such a potential of incompatiable software issues that nobody will help us.
Also, add a router (they are so cheap today!!!) if you using boardband for internet access even you have only one computer. This will give you some hardware protection for additional safety.
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Summary: Industry standard
Review: platform is AMD 2GHZ/40GB/512MB running XP home ed, Office Xp , IE , NETscape, MSN messenger, Yahoo messenger & a lot of video editng Stuff. Very easy to navigate and understand, If you are in doubt about a functionality it has huge docs to read and understand, Incase you are a novice, it just sets up it self by default. Installed the product in 5 min. Effectivly blocks 90% of the popup ads and annoying flash stuff on web pages. Tested the firewall with all third party stuff on web, the computer is invisible. As for the antivirus , Norton along with Mcafee were always Industry standard. Worth mentioning is the SPAM filter. It works on all pop3 and the best part is it appends "SPAM ALERT" on the message, You can create a rule to direct it to a spam box or the trashcan. For thoes of you who have seen other SPAM blocking engines will know this is very non intrusive, does not run an entirely diffrent program and interface like Mcafee SPAM control does and is much much faster. Another thing worth mentioning is Parental control. It is as effective & detailed as Surf Control products. What makes this package sweet is one product for SPAM, POPUP AD blocking, Privacy control & Parental control. These 4 things alone cost a fortune. I had been hunting for all these products and did not want 10 diffrent softwares doing 10 diffrent things. In Norton I found one packaged industry standard code which will not clash with each other, one screen to control all stuff,one place to go for all upgrades. The best part is that this product comes FREE ... after rebates and promotion. Go buy it and you won't look back.. Cons: On switching on the Ad filters the initial page load of any web site is a wee bit slower by say... 2 seconds..
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Summary: Don't buy this product!
Review: This product is terrible! I've never had a piece of software that not only refused to work out of the box, but actually caused more damage to my system than any virus! I was all excited to install this, due to Norton's reputation for making good products. This is a monsterously invasive program that will take over your computer. Good luck with uninstalling it without formatting your hard drive. I've nver seen such a bad product from what I thought was such a good company.
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Summary: Donot purchase this software
Review: This was the biggest mistake I have made in purchasing software.
The software loaded with errors and worse of all I could not get back on line to get assistance etc. I ended up talking to Dell
to get rid of it. Would not even uninstall with the typical steps. I thank Dell for the help and nothing to Symantec.
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Summary: Donot purchase this software
Review: U have to remove NIS 2001 first then install 2003. It would not over write it. Someone obviously did not read the manual.
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Summary: To " Reviewer: A software user from Ohio, USA "
Review: U have to remove NIS 2001 first then install 2003. It would not over write it. Someone obviously did not read the manual.
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Summary: Don't surf without a strong firewall!
Review: Yes, read the manual before installing or you will have problems. This firewall/antivirus/ad blocker package works as advertised...and quite well. Also, do not trust AOL's built-in firewall on its own. This Norton package stopped plenty of backdoor hack attempts and port scans while I was on AOL. The built-in WIN XP firewall also does not stop all attacks and probes. Norton caught and stopped plenty of activity that made it past both AOL and XP. The add blocking feature works surprisingly well. No pop-ups and very few banner ads make it through. In fact, it works so well that you may have to disable it on occasion to access the features of some transactional sites. I have noticed that sometimes the firewall will not resolve to an IP address...possibly due to cookie rejection or slow response. I found that by waiting for a page to fully load before clicking through and advancing solves some of this. Still a little annoying. Another added bonus is the built-in IP address tracing that allows you to graphically trace a suspected attacker. You can use the resulting contact information to email a complaint. I now run this Norton package without trouble on both Win98 and XP-Pro machines with a cable modem.
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Summary: Don't surf without a strong firewall!
Review: Yes, read the manual before installing or you will have problems. This firewall/antivirus/ad blocker package works as advertised...and quite well. Also, do not trust AOL's built-in firewall on its own. This Norton package stopped plenty of backdoor hack attempts and port scans while I was on AOL. The built-in WIN XP firewall also does not stop all attacks and probes. Norton caught and stopped plenty of activity that made it past both AOL and XP. The add blocking feature works surprisingly well. No pop-ups and very few banner ads make it through. In fact, it works so well that you may have to disable it on occasion to access the features of some transactional sites. I have noticed that sometimes the firewall will not resolve to an IP address...possibly due to cookie rejection or slow response. I found that by waiting for a page to fully load before clicking through and advancing solves some of this. Still a little annoying. Another added bonus is the built-in IP address tracing that allows you to graphically trace a suspected attacker. You can use the resulting contact information to email a complaint. I now run this Norton package without trouble on both Win98 and XP-Pro machines with a cable modem.
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