| Norton 360 2.0, Full Edition (PC) | 
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Category: Software
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Avg. Customer Rating:  57 reviews
Sales Rank: 12
Format: Dvd-rom
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows Vista, Windows Xp Professional
Media: CD-ROM
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 13580407
EAN: 5397039698670
ASIN: B0013IWL3C
Release Date: April 8, 2008
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SYMANTEC NORTON 360 2.0
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 Norton The Silent Partner November 7, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Read all reviews and then purchased. Norton 360 loaded quickly, no hiccups, no nonsense. Am very impressed at how it works away quietly in the background with no reduction in speed of my laptop, in fact, in a few areas I believe it has quickened up. When it does prompt me, I am impressed at the level of sensibility of the questions. Very glad I purchased it.
I would add though, that I am using a laptop that is only 6 months old, and with 4gig memory that I upgunned myself, so I can understand some others gripes.
Lastly, somebody in Symantec may be listening: my disc arrived in a very small packet, no cardboard waste at all!
Overall a good value solution October 31, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
OK bit of background first - we have 4 PC's and 1 laptop in the house and I have been building PC for about 10 years and have tried numerous different firewalls,anti virus etc.
I had used Symatec for some years and recommended it to friends but from 2003 the versions it started "eating" more and more machine resources as they were updated and we changed to Zone Alarm for firewalls and AVG for antivirus for friends and family and this is still an effective low cost solution.
However as I was now working away from home I decided to put something on that the family could use without any intervention from me and the full Zone Alarm Security suite was installed on some PC's and the PC-Pro recommended F-Secure suite on others but at the time my Vista Laptop arrived only Norton were offering a solution for Vista so 360 it was.
So after ~ 18 months of running the suites at the same time I would comment as follows:
Zone Alarm - I like this because of the level of flexibility it offers to the more advanced user but the barrage of somewhat strangely worded warnings the firewall generates means that most people would end up blocking things they should not and vice versa (my family have done this quite frequently - particularly after re-install updates where you get something of an avalanche of messages) so this has not really met the "no intervention" I was after.
F-Secure - I don't like this because it is prone to slowing quite powerful machines to an absolute crawl for 10 minutes at a time - the 2008 version is better than the 2007 version we used first but not a complete fix but the firewall seems to just get on with things in the background. Couple of other issues the parental controls is over the top blocking almost averything requireing almost very site to be set up as an allowed site - a major pain and the spam filter seems to have a real problem working on one of the machines but has not required any real input from me and it cover up to three PC's (yes we will be taking this off the machines when it expires).
Norton 360 - works quietly in the background with most updates taking place whist working but once a week it will remind you that you have not run a scan, backed up etc. etc. but there is a single "fix" button so the family are quite happy with this. For information version one was a bit of a resource hog but this seems to have been fixed with version 2 and the full version cover 3 PC's.
So now the new Media PC has arrived it too will be on Norton 360 v2 as will the F-secure based PC when they expire.
Apologies for the length of this but wanted to give some background info into why I would suggest Norton 360 v2 as a good solution.
 Somewhat disappointed October 25, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've used Norton Anti-virus for many years, with ZoneAlarm Pro firewall, two products I rate very highly. When my Norton expired, I had a choice of two products through Amazon Vine - this and Microsoft OneCare. Being already familiar with Norton I went for that first on my main PC.
I unistalled both OK, and then installed 360. I got off to a bad start as 360 did not appear to install correctly on the first attempt (XP). It showed up but did not respond to anything, seemingly permanently busy. After a bit of worrying, uninstalling and re-installing seemed to fix the problem and the installation process is very simple. Everything configures itself and you can then make your own changes afterward.
I had a bit of a shock though. I had seen Norton firewalls before and compared to the luxury of ZoneAlarm I find them unintuitive and clumsy. Norton firewall interfaces are not as good as their AV which is their speciality. The whole 360 interface seemed a bit on the slow side and clunky, though not as bad as some older Norton products I remember. Worst of all 360 noticeably slowed down my system when connecting to online games and delivery systems compared to my previous ZA/Norton AV set-up. This coupled with the lack of confidence from the first failed installation made me decide to uninstall 360 and try OneCare.
I'm very surprised to say that so far I have stuck with the Microsoft package due mainly to performance and the way it integrates with Windows. I can't say I have more confidence in it to detect viruses or defend my system, and it is for users perhaps more casual than myself, but overall it feels a much more stable and slick package despite having slightly less features.
I might return to Norton one day, but only if they rethink their firewall interfaces.
Does everything it claims (with no hassle!) October 22, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
It was with some trepidation that I installed this onto our PC: we have experienced problems such as chronic slowdown and various conflicts the last time we had a Norton suite (mind you that was a few years since and our current PC has a lot higher spec). Anyway after removing all the previous protective software (AVG etc which incidentally we were very happy with) we bunged the CD in and held our breath...
I'm pleased to say it loaded without a hitch and required the absolute minimum of input from me with regard to preferences and permissions. I won't go into all the programme's features as they have been well covered by others but I will add that the interface is clean and easy to follow and the best bit is that it all operates quietly and unobtrusively in the background (and I have noticed no particular slowdown as it goes about its business - not that I'm aware of that anyway). It has remained perfectly stable since its installation several weeks ago and I suspect that it will continue to remain so.
Along with the package you also get a gig or two of online backup storage with the facility for more if you pay for it. I wouldn't normally bother with this feature but uploaded some stuff just to see how straightforward it was and, again, it was a painless process.
The negatives? Not many - the rather garish logo that attaches itself onto your browser was a bit of a surprise (although I don't notice it now) and the packaging seems a bit excessive for what amounts to a CD but, as a complete all-in-one solution for your internet PC security I would thoroughly recommend it (even if, like us, you've had problems with Norton in the past).
Follow the advice October 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Thanks to Amazon reviewers, I uninstalled my previous version of Norton, ran the Norton removal tool downloaded from the website, installed as per instructions and have no problems. It runs scans in the background, cuts out viruses in spam without bothering me. The only reason for the 4 stars is that I haven't used the back up tool as I use Karen's Replicator with a Linux server and as double backup an external hard drive. Sorry, I don't trust Norton THAT much!
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