Norton Internet Security 2010 Review

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madmarchare's review of Norton Internet Security 2010

“Bought this half price from PC World just after...”

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written by madmarchare on 03/01/2010

Bought this half price from PC World just after Christmas.

It was that or Kapersky, but for half price.......

Anyway;

In all it was a doddle to install and the features were all I wanted, easy to access and use. That was up until I turned off my computer for the day.

After that, things went downhill. On computer startup, I had a "ssvchost.exe error" window pop up: when I went to access Norton I found I could no longer use the shortcut icon or access through the program file path, each time "this shortcut has been changed or modified ,so will no longer work"

This glitch manifested itself when the computer was also put into sleep and hibernate mode.

In the end, I had to take my computer back to PC World, where the tech guy nodded straightaway and told me it was a common Norton bug, which could only be resolved by using the Norton removal tool on the internet, and reinstalling the software.

So I did this as instructed, and reinstalled.....all went well till I switched off computer for the day, then guess what??????

I figure I have uninstalled/reinstalled Norton about a dozen times now.

I know it was working as my Windows security system told me I was protected by Norton.....

There are a few forums which show this is a common problem with Norton in computers using XP/Vista/7.

I eventually went back to Mcafee and now I can switch off my computer knowing the software won't give me any problems.

So if you want Norton 2010 to work properly and not mess itself and your computer up, either leave your computer on constantly, or better still, get some other software which works.

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