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| Ease of Set Up | 3.8/10   |
|---|---|
| Ease of Use | 2.9/10 |
| Value for Money | 1.1/10 |
| Reviewer Rating | 1/10 |
| Overall Rating | 1.7/10 |
Full review by
Jeff Rollason
on 12th Jun 2007
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Good Points: It looks the part and came as standard on my HP PC, so no setup time
Bad Points: Clearly very buggy. I cannot believe how bad it has been
General comments: This came on my HP Sempron, but I have generally ignored it until one year later when I moved it to be my internet PC. This is the version with full virus checking. I had a strong incentive to stick with it as I did not want to have to uninstall it and find another product. When I started having troubles I wondered if it was somehow me, and popped into this site. Having seen it scored 1.1 out of 10.0 I was inclined to believe that these were real difficulties. For a start the console does not really work. I did not want to have Norton scan my outgoing mail, so I selected the option to stop this. To make sure I went on to stop "all" virus scanning completely, but this made no difference and Norton continued to scan everything, even though it said it was not. The same is true with the firewall and internet security, which was always on regardless of what it said the status was. This was irritating as Norton slowed things up. I load a JPG from my disk to edit and I have to wait while Norton scans it.
I tried really hard to keep this product, hoping it might somehow come right. The final straw was when I installed a Windows security update and found I could no longer receive mail, as it failed to connect to the server I had been using for years (all tweaks tried, including "off" with Norton to no avail.)
I finally lost patience and removed it from my system. Magic! now my PC can pick up my mail, and also my PC now runs very smoothly. no more waiting to read my own documents pending a "Request for virus scan". This is probably the most satisfactory software installation change I have ever made.
By the way, I run a software developer company and am a long term engineer, so am not a newbie. This currently gets my "worst ever" rating for any piece of software ever.
Jeff Rollason's review and ratings | 366 words
Review by
Petebu1
on 1st Jan 2007
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There has been a lot of criticism of this particular product and I too have had a number of annoying problems however, Norton customer support really helped out here!
"Sluggishness" yes but on completely removing all NIS 2006 and reinstalling, the computer was very responsive. I had upgrade from NIS 2005 - Never perform an upgrade it causes problems further down the road! To date all is running very well.
I should point out that you should read the manuals thoroughly...unlike me. This woul ...
Petebu1's full review | 118 words
Review by
dan9878
on 22nd Dec 2006
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Bad at spyware, rubbish at everything else don't buy
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Review by
oliver202
on 12th Dec 2006
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I bought and installed this product the moment it came out, being a fan of Norton IS 2005, I put in the disc clicked install upgrade and the install started, I've got to admit it was quicker than I expected and soon my computer had restarted and I was awaiting to try out this long awaited "masterpiece". Though I quickly found, it was not what I hoped for.
Yes, the control panel may be easy to use, but what good is that if it takes 5 minutes to load. Its not as though my computer is rubbish, 2 ...
oliver202's full review | 182 words
Review by
tuffers
on 5th Dec 2006
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I thought that when I purchased a new computer that I would also try a new Internet security product. I now wish that I hadn't bothered. Although the installation procedure is easy enough it takes a very long time to install and run for the first time. However installing this program is not the main problem. Once it is installed it then takes a lot of resources and tends to dominate your PC instead of working in the background. With constant pop up messages it becomes really annoying. The result ...
tuffers's full review | 146 words
Review by
Ieuanfawr
on 14th Sep 2006
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There are more efficient products available - check them first, and put this at the bottom of your list.
I bought an upgrade to AV2006 from AV2005 as it was cheaper than subscribing for another year's updates. Big mistake!
Norton AV2006 was slow to install, and the activation process didn't recognise my existing registration/account with Symantec, so I had to create another. The initial update was a 20Mb download which took longer to install than download. It took two reboots before eve ...
Ieuanfawr's full review | 177 words
Review by
ro2nie
on 6th May 2006
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DO NOT buy any of the 2006 Norton products. You can get lots of better security applications out there that are cheaper, and better.Now I use Avast. Avast found viruses within Norton AntiVirus and Norton Internet Security as well as a few more viruses and spyware, that NIS and NAV never found before
ro2nie's full review | 70 words
Review by
stevelyt
on 26th Apr 2006
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The sealed packaging does not make it clear Symantec Norton Internet Security 2006 is for use on one computer, and not computers in the same building. It took 2 days to get the activation reset after a virus it let through kept cancelling the activation
I had used Norton since 2002 never again
I would not recommend it to anyone
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Review by
Canuckster1127
on 3rd Dec 2005
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I bought Symantec Norton Internet Security 2006 before checking the reviews. I figured Norton was a primary player, so their product must be good, right?
WRONG!!!
I've wasted several hours trying to get this product to load and to activate. Then when I went to erase it, it wouldn't even unload properly.
A complete waste of time and money.
Canuckster1127's full review | 74 words
Review by
R B Jackson
on 10th Nov 2005
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I removed Norton System work 2002, Norton Antivirus 2004 and Norton Firewall 2004.
I replaced these with Norton Systrem Works 2005 and Norton Internet Security 2006.
The effect was dramatic. It stopped all business in my company for more than 5 days followed by a further 10 days recovery.
This program is extremely bad news.
R B Jackson's full review | 59 words | 1 comment added.
