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(More customer reviews)I've been a fan of Norton for many, many years.
I purchased a bundle with Norton Internet Security and Norton System Works this year (2007). I had Norton System Works 2005 on my machine before the purchase.
Nothing but problems uninstalling 2005 then installing the bundle. It was a lemon from the get-go. After hours of research and dealing with Norton I was finally able to get it to work. The problems are mostly due to all the residual garbage that Norton strews, hides and locks into your system. Forget the regular uninstall, even the special uninstalling tool that Norton provides on their website left all kinds of registry entries and folders, files and tons of dll's and ini's. I invested at least three full days dealing with this installation.
Ok, so now I'm set, right? Well, it appeared so for a while. I was able to use all the bells and whistles that I was accustomed to using and had a Firewall that was from my favorite computer gardian.
About 3 months after installing the 2007 bundle (SW and NIS), I get a notice that my license has expired. More research, more dealing with Norton, I spent a full day in the middle of a big job (I'm a sole-proprietor and very busy at times ... and all my work is done on my computer ... a nice new Sony VAIO laptop with XP w/SP2). Still no resolve! This was really getting on my nerves, I've got deadlines and contracts to meet!
I tried for another half day (very wasted time ... DEADLINES AHEAD), Norton took their sweet time and even suggested that I had illigitimate software on my computer ... That did it! I immediately researched other software and went back to ZoneAlarm Pro Firewall and got their Security Suite ... WOAH ... tons better ... Seamless Install, Great Firewall, No Problems what-so-ever from ZA.
Sorry, not the end of story yet ... Before installing ZA Security Suite I had uninstalled the Norton 2007 bundle via their recommended, special uninstall tool. When I got done, there were still Symantic Directories, files, registry entries, hidden low level junk, tons of garbage.
It's months later now and I'm still fighting that uninstall. My computer came to a near standstill, slooooooooowed Dooooooooown and now takes about an hour to turn off and much longer to start Windows than before.
I purchased a System Mechanic and it helped some but didn't go deep enough, I guess. I finally found a Freeware Registry cleaner that found a ton of Symantic/Norton junk and seemed to clean things up well.
Don't waste you hard earned bucks on Norton until they prove themselves again ... I'll go miles out of my way to avoid them in the future.
Totally Unacceptable .... Very Bad .... if you care one iota about your computer, don't go with Norton products until they completely rework the way they do business and completely rework the thrown together software that has caused more damage that any of the Viruses, Spyware, Spam, Trojans, Worms that I've ever encountered!
Buyer Beware!!! ... Totally Unacceptable (but I guess you gathered that by now) ... it's all real world experience and I have used a computer 10-12 hours a day since I got my Tandy, Radio Shack TRS-80 way back when.
Norton should be ashamed of their current product ... Totally Unacceptable!
Dave B
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