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| From: Symantec
List Price: $79.99
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Rating:  152 reviews
Sales Rank: 20
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows Xp
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Standard
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Windows Vista
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0.1 x 0.1
MPN: 13535436
Model: 13579212
UPC: 037648625036
EAN: 0037648625036
ASIN: B0013A5GGE
Release Date: March 13, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Showing reviews 6-10 of 152
 Norton No More March 28, 2008
Napadanby (Napa, CA USA)
13 out of 18 found this review helpful
Like many others, I'd been a Norton fan for years. I installed Norton 360 (with subscription, more on that later) last year on my Dell desktop w/3GHz processor and XP. It was okay at first, but making it do what I want, when I want, was always a challenge. As time wore on, things got buggier, with frequent hangups and reboots (particularly with lots of windows open). It wanted to scan everything daily no matter what my settings were. I was ready to pitch the Norton when the recent offer for a free upgrade to version 2.0 appeared. OK, let's give it a try. Well, it did solve the scheduling problems, and would actually recognize my external drive and backup what I wanted. But what a system hog! Seemed like everything was running in the background all the time, with constant pop-ups to tell me every time it found something. (oh, good for you, Norton, now how do I turn this feature off? Oh, I can't, eh?). Overall, it slowed everything down to the point that I thought I had an old 486 system. Yuk. Out with Norton, in with Kaspersky 7.0, and life is good again.
Be weary of the Norton automatic renewal feature. As I was tranitioning, I got the daily pop-up warning that my subscription would expire in however many days. OK, I've got time to cancel. No, I didn't. With 15 days left on the counter, Norton automatically renewed my subscription. Fooey.
Bottom line: Norton tries to do too much, all the time, bogging my system down. I have moderate computer skills, but am not a techie like many of the posters. Norton pushes this as a no-brainer solution, but I disagree - you have to dig into the process to make it do what you want - maybe. But the big deal was the slowing of the system.
An Absolute Disaster - Tries to Do Too Much and Does Nothing Well May 29, 2008
D. R. Jeanclerc (Brunswick, OH USA)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
After using Norton products for years, I'm going to have to start looking for alternate solutions. Symantec's move into the "360" product line has been awful - each version tries to do it all as the name implies, but fails to do anything very well.
From the tedious installation to its uneven (and often wasteful) consumption of system resources to a baffling and inflexible user interface to the harsh subscription terms, Norton 360 sets a new standard for bad software. It's not even worth going into further specifics because there is no counterbalancing argument, i.e. after using both versions of 360 for months now, there is no reason to recommend it.
should never have upgraded July 3, 2008
Daniel W. Kelly (Long Island, NY United States)
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
from Norton Works 2003. This version sounded like a dream come true, from fixing and cleaning PC issues up to anti-virus protection and firewall. Well, things seemed great until I turned the computer off--and it didn't go off, which I didn't discover until the next day. seems one CCsvchst.exe file couldn't shut down properly so the computer didn't shut down at all. Turns out everyone is having this problem (it's all over the norton message boards) and the norton people are working on a fix, but in the meantime, people who try to uninstall the program are discovering that this is corrupting or completely wiping out their files on their computers. So now I'm terrified to uninstall the program and simply have to make sure I manually shut down the .exe file every time I try to turn off my computer.
Does Norton not TEST their own programs on everyday user computers before they release them to the public? This problem begins from moment one of installation, so I don't know how they didn't realize this problem existed.
Horrible all-consuming application! April 5, 2008
Highstone (New Jersey)
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
If you want to dedicate your PC's resources to CONSTANTLY scanning your hard drive for viruses, this product is for you.
This pig of a product NEVER stops scanning my hard disk. I have it configured for fully manual operation, meaning it should not do anything unless I tell it to. Nonetheless, it is constantly running a scan on my drive, severely using up CPU cycles (50%-75% CPU utilization). Three calls with Symantec tech support delivered the same results. As far as they're concerned, the software is doing what it's supposed to do.
I for one have my PC in order to do tasks, NOT just make sure it's virus free.
I've had it with this product and am uninstalling it.
I recommend you go elsewhere for your virus scanning needs. Like Zone Alarm.
Unless, of course, you bought your PC for the sole purpose of making sure it doesn't have a virus?!
Norton 360 Version 2 May 13, 2008
F. Berry (Alexandria, VA USA)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
This newer version is a REAL DOG. Part of the program, ccSvcHst.exe, keeps taking over my computer, using between 90 to 99% of the CPU resources. It runs in the foreground and grinds any practical use of the computer to a halt. My recommendation is to STAY AWAY from this program -- at least until they get this bug out. It made me click one star, but is deserves a ZERO.
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