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 Why I Stick With Norton... | |
| I've recently been reading a ton of complaints around the web about the Symantec Norton Antivirus and Internet Security Suite of software. The following little review has been written in response to those complaints:
One of the biggest complaints that I read about Norton Antivirus and Norton Internet Security is the cost. For me, however, the annual upgrade on Norton Products always ends up free--at least it has since the turn of the millenium. Inevitably if you wait long enough their rebates come out that make the upgrade to the new product absolutely cost free. This holds true even with their full suite which may retail at $70, but I've managed to get 5 copies for various computers I manage at a final cost to me of $0. Actually, with Amazon.com because I get a discount because of the A9 search engine, I think I've managed to earn a couple of bucks by installing Norton Internet Security. Next year, I'll use the rebates to do the same. With Internet Security, the concerns of many people who are against Norton and Symantec (especially firewall) with the exception of the resource hog issue (Symantec really needs to address this issue) are handled. Symantec needs to fix their technical service side of things by offering free help of at least some sort. They need to tone down the issues of resource hogging. But as lon as they offer me free upgrades every year and consistently maintain virus-free computers (6 years virus free on all on the computers I've managed: usually 5-7 at one time) I'll stick with Symantec. Nevertheless, despite these pitfalls, as long as I can keep upgrading for free and my systems remain virus-free, Norton is my source for internet security. http://www.hantla.com/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=10 | |
 corrupted norton | |
| First piece of advise. Do not download these programs. Order the software so if it gets corrupted you have a program to reinstall.
Last year my Norton became corrupted. My computer was ready to crash when I called nOrton. They enabled me to download the new version. It did not remove adware which slowed down the computer and caused many problems. I bought Adaware and that removed over 1500 ads etc in one month! Norton became corrupted again. My computer AGAIN was unable to operate with 'bad image' messages popping up every 30 seconds. Norton wanted me to pay again for the lousy software. This is all in a 18 month period. Is it unreasonable to hope that I should be able to renew for a fee without buying the program every year? If it cannot keep its own program from being corrupted, how can it protect my computer? It doesn't! | |
| this product does not include anti-spyware | |
| This product claims to protect your personal information, but it does not. This product does not have anti-spyware, nor does it prevent spyware from entering your computer. I think they should at least warn about the fact that it does not have anti-spyware. I get spyware in my computer, almost every week. It is very common. If you want to keep your personal information safe and not become a victim of identity theft, get a product that does a better job of protecting your personal information. |
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