Am a student who has just finished high school, am 16 years old. Don't know what more to say really....
Am a student who has just finished high school, am 16 years old. Don't know what more to say really.........
Member since:14.07.2004
Reviews:12
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After battling for years with the viruses, spy ware, ad ware and the occasional premium rate diallers the final straw came when I received a bill for over £100 ($130). I decided it was time i got rid of my freewareanti-virus protection and found the cash to protect myself.
The package seemed perfect, anti-virus protection, a personal firewall and intrusion detector, privacy control, ad blocking and live update – this really was the complete package.
The antivirus protection was excellent, and since installing the package I have received regular updates through the built in automatic updating program, but perhaps more importantly I have not received any errors, crashes or other virus related phenomenon. This is mainly due to the auto-protect feature as I rarely do a full system scan. The auto-protect will scan every file used by your computer, offering full protection, but unlike other anti-virus protection you computer will only experience minimal slow down, hardly noticeable in many cases.
The personal firewall is where I had most of my trouble, yes it did stop any threats from entering my computer over the internet, but this was only because it stopped most things from entering my computer. Even my MSN messenger chat program would not function unless I specifically told Norton Internet Protection to let my messages through. However the problems did not end there, as when I went to access computers over my Local Area Network it came as quite a surprise when I was told there was no network. After spending hours trying to configure the program I was told by a friend how to let all LAN communications through, a partial success but not very secure. The firewall and intrusion detection offers TOO MUCH protection at the expense of ease of use.
Ad blocking was a great success and now I receive very few pop-ups and other intrusive ads. Not only does this provide me with the privacy I require but also I can surf the internet a lot quicker on my slow dial-upmodem.
The live update which does require a subscription is well worth the cost due to the level of protection you are receiving, even the latest viruses will be kept out of your computer. The live update will automatically tell you when updates are needed and update all areas of your protection package, from the virus definition files to the updating program itself.
Over-all I feel this is the best complete package on the internet, and although it can be tricky to set up once you have the program running smoothly it provides the best protection available. I would thoroughly recommend this product for a intermediate to advanced users who want complete protection for their home or business computers.
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I run this, and I struggled setting it up with an internal network, but by allowing specific IP addresses access to your system, you can do it quite easily. I've never had trouble with MSN either.
eibee 18.07.2004 15:51
I agree about it being too protective - I had the same problems with MSN etc and the pop-ups get annoying.
Lonely_Soul 15.07.2004 00:36
I have this program too. Until a lots of problems with viruses etc. before now I have since month no problems more :) Greeting Lonely_Soul
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