Singapore Education System Blog » norton http://singaporeeducation.edublogs.org Blog provides quit smoking programmes, health information tips, business and news headlines on Singapore education system Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:35:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Norton Internet Security 2008 up to 3 Users http://singaporeeducation.edublogs.org/2008/04/04/norton-internet-security-2008-up-to-3-users/ http://singaporeeducation.edublogs.org/2008/04/04/norton-internet-security-2008-up-to-3-users/#comments Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:23:55 +0000 singaporeeducation http://singaporeeducation.edublogs.org/2008/04/04/norton-internet-security-2008-up-to-3-users/ Norton Internet Security 2008 I’ve been a long time user of Norton Internet Security. I purchased this one based on the “improve speed” of your computer features. It was very easy to install, faster than older versions, I very much liked the look of the new 2008, and the scan seemed to be abit better than the older versions as well. I did enjoy the feature of saving my logins. I’ve not used that before. However, all the good things were about to come to an end. Yes my 2 laptops startup quicker than before, but their performance is slower than it used to be. I was annoyed at how hard it was to turn off the Phishing filter. I never use this feature. After 10 mins of looking for and turning the option to off, it finally stuck. Then I tried to find the Ad Blocking feature for webpages. This was a wonderful feature in the older versions. I could not find it. I searched the support site and still could find nothing. All I found were several references to download the Add-On pack with Parental Controls and AntiSpam. Why this is an add-on in the first place I don’t know. After downloading and installing the add-on, I was still unable to block ads on webpages. This is a major problem as I use Comcast Webmail. After my email/webpage locking up 10 times in a row, I decided to stomach the cost, uninstalled 2008 and reinstalled 2006 and renewed my subscription. This in itself turned into a hassle. I had to get online Chat support from Symantec to get my renewal code validated. When the whole process was done, I not only wasted money on 2008, had to buy a renewal subscription, spent way more time messing with my “protection” than I wanted. I do not recommend this version of Norton to anyone. 

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