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| Norton 360 Version 2.0 Premier Edition | 
 enlarge | From: Symantec
Category: Software
List Price: $99.99
Buy New: $35.99
You Save: $64.00 (64%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 375
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows Vista
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Premier
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 0 x 0.1 x 0.1
MPN: 13536060
Model: 13536060
UPC: 037648623568
EAN: 0037648623568
ASIN: B0013WO6QS
Release Date: March 13, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Do not buy December 1, 2008
I just bought Norton 360 Premier 2.0 and it is a total piece of junk. It has been two days that I am trying to install it on a Windows XP sp2 system to no avail. It hangs at some point on the installation and nothing happens for hours. I even contacted their support via their chat line with some gentleman in India -- which took a while to get to being the 30th person in the queue -- just to install a freaking software. He "took over" my system via a remote session and who knows what he was doing (I could see the mouse moving and what not) and after spending HOURS and a couple of remote reboots I lost him and the remote session was not reestablished again. So I was back where I was with a remote controlled software somewhere installed on my computer (good luck finding that one).
I tried to uninstall the aborted software, again, to no avail. Ended up having to download special software to remove Norton products. Here is my question: is it worth the hassle and your time and money to go though this abuse? Even if this software is installed I wouldn't have a warm and fuzzy that this piece of junk can protect my system. Bottom line: continue with your research and don't buy this garbage.
 Good Overall Package November 24, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Over the years I have used many Anti-Virus / Anti-Spyware / Defrag programs. I have gone from McAfee to AVG to many others. When Norton first came out, it was by all purposes a "memory hog". On top of that it would spam your computer with countless messages of "invasions" or "attacks". Many of which would be irrelevant.
Now fast forward to 2008. Norton has now put all it's products into one nice handy package. While to some it might be Norton Products Lite, I feel that the program as a whole is sufficient enough for the needs of the average computer user. It comes with a spam filter, anti-virus, defrag, temporary file clean-up and backup program. To the average "non-computer literate" consumer, the fact that this is all together and is easy to manage is a blessing. It is also very quiet. What I mean by this is, you do not get all the annoying messages I spoke of earlier. Norton simply keeps out all of the invasions, and runs all it's processes in the background. The only indication that anything is going on is simply a little clear "bubble" in the taskbar letting you know what tasks are going on. They also include a log that tells you what all Norton has done.
As a computer technician I would suggest this to the average computer user. It's simple and easy to use and comes bundled together. That being said, if you are an advanced computer user, you might feel that this program is lacking. By being bundled many of the programs do not come with the many advanced customizations that you might see in other programs. One example is in the Disk Defrag program. You do not get the option of putting, say for example, *.exe files at the first of the hard drive so it takes less processing of the HD to find your program files. Also despite the reliability of Norton as a whole, I find the Spyware removal program to be lacking a little bit. While I do love the Phishing Protection (harmful websites), I feel that Norton does miss a number of typical Spyware programs. But to counter that, there are many free spyware programs out there on the net that can pick up that slack. And as most avid computer users know, one product alone will not prevent ALL spyware due to the ever changing methods out there. Either way to a computer guru this product is stripped down. But to the average user, it's just right.
Regarding the many people having installation problems, all I can say is I have installed this on 3 computers, each with a different setup. One has Windows XP Service Pack 1 (Old Pentium III 750 Mhz Processor). Another computer has Windows XP Service Pack 3 (AMD Athlon XP). The last has Windows Vista Home Premium (Intel Pentium Centrino Duo) Service Pack 1. I have had no installation problems, update problems, or application conflicts. I even run Spybot Search and Destroy and Ad-Aware as well. Both applications are notorious for supposedly having conflicts with Norton 360.
With Norton 360 Version 2.0 Premium you are getting a good deal with this program (Defrag, Anti-Virus, Anti-Spyware, and Disk Cleaner all in one). If you don't need the extra storage that Premium allows then you might just go with Norton 360 Version 2.0 (Regular) as it provides a cheaper alternative. Either way you can not go wrong with this product. And if you seek technical support, I'd suggest the online method as I do agree that many of the technicians I have spoke to on the phone are either hard to understand or seem to lack the technical proficiency I ask for in my help. If you need a one-stop solution for your Security needs this is the way to go.
Pros:
- Easy Installation
- Quiet Processes (Runs in Background - No Alerts)
- Several Programs in one
- Low Resource Usage compared to previous Norton products
Cons:
- Lack of Customization
- Anti-Spyware does not always clear out everything
- Renewal Process is a bit iffy (Online process messed up a few times)
 Norton 360 November 18, 2008
We had not used Norton products in a couple of years. When I saw that this package allowed up to three computers it didn't take much to convince me to try Norton again.
So far no problems.
The only thing I dislike, which is more of a pain than a problem, is when the antivirus updates you have to reboot. I understand why this is done, it is just a pain to do it.
Norton 360 November 4, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
WARNING to anyone thinking about buying this product! Please understand that you will not be buying this product only RENTING it. If you do not renew every year the product stops working....COMPLETELY! I'm not just talking about updates, etc. It actually tells you that it has stopped working and it won't work unless you renew. I have just wasted more than 2 hours with Norton's online tech support. This is the case with ALL Norton products and I am quoting the tech.
360 pulled a 180 on my new computer October 30, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I am ticked off by this pain in my rumpus program that's supposed to make things more seamless! Please don't make me endure one more call to India! The support guys are hopelessly polite, but my problems are NOT resolved! All the prompts that my trial norton was going to expire sold me on paying for this version, but it's robbed my husband of his user profile and completed wiped out his emails and stored files; it's corrupted my Outlook as well numerous times, and I have had this already reinstalled by the Norton support tech himself taking over my computer. There is NO EXCUSE and these bugs should be worked out. Ironic is that HP made this their preferred security software and it's making computing hell for me.
Dud!
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