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Thoughts on Norton Internet Security 2005?
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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Thoughts on Norton Internet Security 2005?
I've had problems with NIS 2005 too, I had to reinstall it 4 times before it
finally worked, but even now it occasionally blocks all Internet access and prevents me logging onto MSN & sending emails!! "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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Thoughts on Norton Internet Security 2005?
Mark,
I installed Norton Internet Security 2005 about a month ago and the only problem I have had is forwarding one Hot Mail to a friend. Are you aware that at installation you need to disable the WindowsXP firewall? Perhaps your problem is something you did not follow at installation. Also, the product has to be activated within certain number of days. Symantec has a very good online support at www.service.symantec.com/drm Carlos .. -----Original Message----- 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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Thoughts on Norton Internet Security 2005?
http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/artic...39,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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Thoughts on Norton Internet Security 2005?
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" wrote in message ... http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/artic...39,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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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" wrote in message ... http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/artic...39,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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