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Norton 360 [OLD VERSION] From:Symantec
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1 of 1 customers found the following review helpful: Disaster!!, 2008-06-02 I would give $5,000 to have my life and computer back to the way it was before I "upgraded" to Norton 360. For many years I was happily using Symantec's other programs: Norton Internet Security, Antivirus, Systemworks, Ghost etc. Of course I was interested in getting a product that would use less resources and be simpler to use "automatically". But after installing the program my computer would not startup normally. I have now spent nearly 2 months of my life installing, uninstalling, dealing with numerous Norton technicians who never get close to fixing the problem, as my computer becomes increasingly problematic and dysfuntional and other programs stop working. There is no way to recover what I have lost, but hopefully I can help others avoid the same mistake. (I am running Windows XP2 with 1Gb RAM.) 1 of 2 customers found the following review helpful: Avoid - Poorly Designed Product, 2008-05-26 This is a reasonable product let down by moronic failings. it is so frustrating, it's fit to be ripped off my PC. Here are a few of the crazy stupid things: 1. you can schedule the backup tool, but IT WON'T RUN at the schedule time. Instead it waits for you to acknowledge the previous AV scan first. This means (duh!) that that backup runs during the working day, ie when you get a chance to acknowledge the scan. Moronic! 2. the scan picks up tracking cookies every time and states these need to be dealt with BUT OFFERS NO WAY OF DEALING WITH THEM. Moronic! 3. there is no way to schedule the temporary files cleanup - so your PC is stated as "being at risk" until you manually do this. It this total rubbish! Of course my PC is NOT at risk just because I have a few days of temp files hanging around... and how about some way to schedule the cleanup? Moronic! 4. the backup function can be cancelled in the first 30 seconds, but as long as it STARTS this moronic product thinks you are protected. Of course, it should wait until the backup is FINISHED SUCCESSFULLY before flagging you as green. Moronic! 5. It fails to integrate with the Windows Security Console correctly - my machine first states I am green (ie OK) because I have a firewall running... then I drill in and it complains that I have TWO firewalls running... then I drill in further and it complains that the Windows firewall is NOT running. Now part of this problem may be down to the moronic MSFT Security Console... but some of the blame sits with SYMC. Moronic! 6. The IP scan knocks other PCs off the network. Moronic! Plus, it slows your PC to a crawl during any activity. So, avoid / avoid / avoid. Don't waste your money the way I did, 2008-05-25 This program is an unbelievable resource hog. The first time I un-installed it was because it brought my computer to its knees with its scans, even though I told it to perform a full scan only at 2:00 AM. I, like many other computer users, use my computer for work. Not making a deadline because I can't get my computer back is completely unacceptable. I contacted tech support only to get suggestions about performance-tuning my brand new laptop. I know companies don't like to think their software could be the source of the problem, but I described the entire situation, including details about how everything was fine once Norton informed me that the scans had finished, and I was told to perform tasks such as check my disk for errors. Finally, I've just attempted to install it again, at which point Norton said there was a more recent installation (2008), which I elected to download. Per its support program, I uploaded the log because the installation crashed, and it gave me a laundry list of ineffectual solutions. I read many professional reviews, and it is clear that such reviewers really need to keep a product on their machine for several weeks, not just a couple of hours, and then write a review. At first, everything seems fine. Then the horror begins. I have 303 days left on my subscription and am simply out that money plus the $80 I paid for the program. Do not waste your money the way I did. ABSOLUTELY THE BEST SECURITY SOFTWARE AVAILABLE. I LOVE IT, 2008-05-25 This software is second to none. I run a complete scan of my computer first thing every morning then Webroot Spysweeper WITHOUT the virus protection and then Webroot Window Washer before I do any work on my computer and I have not had any problems with my computer for almost 2 years. If you use a computer regularly, you know that 2 years without any problems at all is remarkable. The combination of these 3 programs run in the order that I mentioned was recommended to me by one of the specialists in this field from PC Magazine. Norton 360 is by far the best of them all and has alot of security features as well as a few special features. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND NORTON 360. IMPORTANT---Just before I shut down my computer for the day, I run Webroot Window Washer again and it completely cleans all the junk that my computer has collected durning the course of the day. It is amazing. If I have a day when I am on the Internet alot, when window washer is done with its clean up scan, there have been times that it has cleaned up and removed as much as 100+ MB of junk from my hard drive as well as all traces of the websites I visited. Can you imagine just 50 MB of junk per day piling up on your hard drive. Window Washer removes all of that and gives you that space back in the process. I will never change my routine. I am very happy and so is my computer. Alex Norton 360 - just what I needed, 2008-05-22 What I like about Norton 360 is that is keeps my registrey file cleaned up. Other aspects are great as well. The only thing I don't like about it is that when I first boot, it takes forever for me to gain control of my computer. But what price safety!
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