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| Norton Internet Security 2007 (3 User Licence) (PC) | 
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| From: Symantec
Category: Software
List Price: £69.99
Buy New: £19.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (15 reviews)
Sales Rank: 1299
Language: English (Original Language)
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows Xp Professional
Media: CD-ROM
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 7.4 x 2.7
MPN: 1267324
EAN: 5397011515797
ASIN: B000I563QM
Release Date: October 6, 2006
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Product Description
The chaos and rapid growth of the World Wide Web have created the perfect environment for malicious and damaging entities that threaten your PC and your identity. The important documents stored in your computer must be protected from hackers and other vir
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
 Money wasted on this product November 4, 2007
I upgraded my daughter's computer from Norton Internet Security 2005 to 2007 but it would would not complete properly - it would not run and locked up the computer. I tried to uninstall but it would not allow me to do this - eventually I managed to reboot and do a system recovery back to before the installation. No way am I going to try it on any of our other machines.
If you are thinking of buying it, google "norton user forum" and look on the Topix site. At the last check, there were over 200 people reporting problems with this product. How on earth do they test their software - certainly not on the average user's setup!!!
 Very disappointing product October 5, 2007
I've been a devoted fan of Norton for quite some time now. It has always been good about protecting my computer constantly but not affecting my computer performance too much. I've been through many years of using Norton Antivirus as well as Norton Firewall.
This however was a great disappointment. Istallation went smoothly as expected and the computer is protected with a firewall and antivirus simultaneously. You can also install the software on 2 other computers and i assume when you renew your licence online in a years time, you only need to do this once and it should then continue to protect all 3 computers.
I am very dissappointed in the product however as my computer now moves at snail speed. Performance has significantly decreased when the software is running in the background and even when turned off (when disconnected from the internet to carry out full system antivirus scan) it still runs slowly. Don't get me wrong, my computer is no ancient having got it a year ago, with over a 1Gb ram 1.3processor.
It may be that the software is more aimed at more powerful computers that come out this year together with Windows Vista or something. Nonetheless, at the end of my licence expiry i will be returning to the separate Norton Antivirus and Firewall products with an earlier version which should do just fine.
The software may be advanced including extra protection on Spam, email, trojan horses and other attacks, but it sure does let you know about it by slowing your system down!!
Slowed 3 PCs to an utter crawl! June 30, 2007
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I used to install Norton Antivirus and later changed to Norton Internet Security.Up to version 2006 had no problems. When I installed the 2007 version (on 3 PCs running Windows XP) I have had nothing but problems - it slows the PCs to a crawl, using the internet is impossible because almost everything times out. The PCs have various amounts of RAM (256MB, 512MB, 1GB) but the efect is the same on each.
I tried upgrading to Norton 360 on one of the PCs but it suffered from exactly the same issues (and incidentally it kept losing its virus definitions for no apparent reason, so that PC was unprotected most of the time). Norton email helpline were polite and tried to help but they just kept sending me instructions to re-install, which did not help.
I have also got a copy of Internet Security which came as a 60 day trial on a PC running Windows Vista - and that one works fine. So it seems as though Symantec may be focusing their efforts on Vista now, and not giving much attention to XP.
Just looking at the reviews on Amazon as well as on Google, you can see some people have no problems - but many people have lots of problems - so going for the 2007 versions of Norton Internet Security and Norton 360 seems to be a bit of a lottery - and an expensive gamble. Now I've got to buy something else - Around 100 wasted on Norton. What a shame, their products used to be so good!
Vista and Norton Internet Security - "Gathering Information" June 11, 2007
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
I bought Norton Internet Security 2007 for Vista and it loaded very easily and everything went really well for about 6 weeks. I then got an "subscription elapsed" message which went after I re-inserted the product key. I then kept getting these on a weekly basis until the last one has rendered my system unable to operate and the "Gathering Information" frozen screen. I have de-installed and re-installed the product at least a dozen times over the past fortnight. I have "enjoyed" 11 web chats with technical support in India and whilst they all try their very best, the last 4 page e-mail I received had instructions for XP and not Vista. NIS 2007 for Vista has still too many glitches for anyone to squander 50 on it.
 Good - with a few quirks June 4, 2007
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have used Norton/Symantec for several years now, and though this is one of the best (functionality wise) it does have a few quirks that drive me bonkers.
Install was easy, worked first time and was quick. Advice is to let it complete the full system scan when you're done for the day (takes about an hour or so). Some people say that it causes their PC to run slowly - this is purely to do with the spec of the PC. Mine is absolutely fine - no change from previous version (I have a pretty mean machine, mind). When I installed it on my laptop, then I suffered from slow network connection and download. So, definately spec - not a software issue.
One thing though, that drives me loopy, is for some reason this software does not automatically refresh web pages. It's a cache monster. This is especially apparent on my hotmail account, and some online ordering pages. I'm forever deleting things, that appear when I return to the original page. I have to manually refresh to update the page. This is mildly annoying, to say the least.
Apart from that it's pretty good on my PC.
If you have a good spec PC/laptop, then this software is not a problem. If you are on a lower spec then you will find life a drag (I disable it on my laptop when downloading and use the Windows Firewall).
I think with all the horror stories people feel the NEED to buy this type of security software - but to be honest, buying your own firewall, or using another software solution is just as good as Norton (and some others are less resource hungry !!).
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