Re: Thoughts on Norton Internet Security 2005?

I have tried 3 times to install but every time it hangs at a different point.
I have used symntec support site which is really good but am still trying to
install...extremely frustrated. If I sort it I will let you know

"Mark Williams" wrote:

> Unfortunately I was looking at PC Magazine's November 30, 2004, issue. It
> was in First Looks Utilities section. They compared McAfee and Norton new
> internet security software packages. NIS 2005 had and overall 4 and half
> circles. MIS 2005.7.0 was only give an overall of 3 circles. They
> indicated "For those making a fresh start, we'd recommend the Norton entry
> instead." I was having trouble with BlackIce and already had Norton
> Antivirus, so I jumped in.
>
> "JW" <JustPostYourReply@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:ik_Dd.7553$c13.681@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,115939,pg,1,00.asp
> >
> > Norton Internet Security was not rated highly in the article above.
> > Furthermore, neither Norton Internet Security nor McAfee Internet Security
> > were recommended or received an Editors' Choice. Details of specific
> > problems are included in the article.
> >
> > I know how you feel though. I was lured into buy a PC Mag Editors' Choice
> > once. Found out later that SpySweeper only runs on one account (the
> > account it was installed on), and the memory-resident always-on protection
> > only runs on one account (the account it was installed on). So my PC fills
> > up with spyware, if i use an account other than Admin.
> >
> >
> > Mark Williams wrote:
> >> I heard a lot of good things about Norton Internet Security 2005 and was
> >> very impressed by the write-up and comparison to McAfee in PC Magazine.
> >> Norton Antivirus worked well for me, but my BlackIce was starting to give
> >> me problems, so I decided to give it a try. It has been installed less
> >> than 2 weeks and it blew me out of the water. After the update on
> >> Wednesday night, Microsoft Outlook was no longer able to send/receive any
> >> e-mails. Turning off the firewall corrected the problem. I tried
> >> everything to correct the problem, but eventually had to uninstall and
> >> reinstall NIS 2005 to get everything working again. In working the
> >> problem, NIS 2005 also ended up hanging number of times when I was trying
> >> to make simple changes among the various options.
> >>
> >> I am interested in if others are having similar challenges or if this was
> >> just a fluke and it will be smooth sailing from here???
> >>
>
>
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