 | | | | Norton Antivirus 2009 - 1 User 3 Computers (PC) |  | From: Norton from Symantec
Category: Software
List Price: £39.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (13 reviews)
Sales Rank: 68
Format: Unknown Format
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows Vista, Windows Xp Professional
Media: CD-ROM
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 7.4 x 1.3
MPN: 14172242
EAN: 5397039851716
ASIN: B001EQ697M
Release Date: September 21, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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SYMANTEC NORTON ANTIVIRUS 2009
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
 the end of the line... November 25, 2008
As an antivirus software package- Norton is capable of doing the job you paid for it. It is a system that will defend the computers in your home and it is possible not to pull your hair out whilst installing it as I have done with previous antivirus software packages. But alas my friends, this will probably be the last antivirus you will buy due to microsoft announcing the end of their One care antivirus system and giving it free in 2009.
The penny drops - why buy antivirus software if there is an adequate replacement available for free.
Microsoft do have a habit of stuffing things up and getting products late to market but it does beg the question - why buy a product which you could be getting for free....
 Reliable, durable and dependable. November 19, 2008
Norton... hard to review as it is so slick, and performs brilliantly. Latest tweaks to the programme are resource friendly updates, a new method of deep cleaning an infected PC or laptop if you are unlucky enough to have to install this on an infected machine, and of course the new licence feature, meaning you can install this programme on 3 machines running Windows (XP or Vista) in the same household. So, in summary this is the bare bones anti virus programme; If you need more of a complete suite of automated PC or laptop care Norton sells that in the form of Internet Security, or 360.
Well worth the money, simple to use, and of course extremely well tested and trusted.
Oh... it does rather need broadband for updates though, and gets rather cranky if you have a dial up connection, you can adapt the settings in it to compensate, but this is reasonably simple. Essential bit of kit though.
Works Ok November 19, 2008
I've been pleasantly surprised by Norton AV 2009 mainly because I'd heard some not too good things about previous versions. This, so far, seems to do the job it was designed for quite well. Without professionaly benchmarking it however, I couldn't be completely sure it hasn't missed anything (but then that could be said for all AV software) and it doesn't flag up all the tracking cookies etc found by AVG.
After an initial, lengthy deep scan subsequent scans are rapid and the automatic updates are unintrusive though sometimes background tasks are a bit slowing on my PC. The interface is simple and usable.
On a fairly serious negative note I did have problems installing. At the point of loading drivers the install seemed to hang. A re-start and re-install brought the same problems and I left it loading for half an hour to see if it sorted itself out. Nope. I very nearly didn't try the third install, if I hadn't then I would have seen it install itself this time with no problems at all and I wouldn't have been able to write the positive things I have.
Pass November 18, 2008
For my sins I do have an older PC at the moment (I'm sure I'll upgrade again eventually!) and after installing this product there were a couple of conflict issues as well as a noticeable difference in the speed of my computer, so much so that after a little tinkering (admittedly I'm no great expert, not be a long stretch) that I gave up and uninstalled it. Because of this I can't really comment about the software's prowess, although I expect it does the job, just not on my aged PC!
Much better than it used to be November 16, 2008
The 2009 version of Norton is not as intrusive as the older editions, however it is still a large application which will slow down you PC activities by a noticable amount. In return for this you get A-class security, however there may be problems such as incompatibility with certain software on your PC which may require some complex work-arounds.
If you know you way around a PC and the OS then this won't be a problem, but casual users should look elsewhere.
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