- Norton Internet Security delivers fast and light comprehensive online threat protection, guarding your PC, network, and your identity without slowing you down
- Gives you greater insight into downloaded applications and files by telling you where they came from, if they can be trusted, and how they may impact your PC’s resources and performance
- Warns you of dangerous web sites and suspicious sellers so you can surf and shop online with confidence
- Stops online identity theft, viruses, spyware, bots and more–guard your PC, online activities, and your identity against all types of Internet threats
Product Description
Norton Internet Security delivers fast and light comprehensive online threat protection. It guards your PC, network, online activities and your identity with innovative, intelligent detection technologies optimized to combat today’s aggressive, rapid-fire attacks. Improved Norton Safe Web technology blocks Internet threats before they can infect your PC. So you can browse, buy and bank online with confidence. It even warns you of unsafe web sites right in your search results. Plus, unlike other Internet security suites, it provides easy-to-understand threat and performance information to help you avoid future threats and keep your PC running fast.
The following is not a review of the product so much as it is one poor sucker’s initial experience with it:
“…and that’s when the old brain just shets out the back of yer skull.” he exclaimed as the computer brought up the same confoundingly non-descript security message. “Are you sure you want to remove blah-blah-blah from your computer?” He clicked “Yes”, again, emphatically. Windows Install flashed a brief message claiming that it was preparing to uninstall the program.
“Fecking bullshet!” he roared as the computer suddenly changed its tune, now claiming “Another installation is already in progress. Complete that uninstallation before proceeding with this install.”
“WTF!! ‘Install’! I ain’t doin’ no fecking install! I’m trying to uninstall the betch!!” He clicked out of Add or Remove Programs once more. He looked down at the empty, open tray of his hard drive sticking out at him like a taunting tongue. He heard the drive mysteriously whir and then hiss to a stop like the snake it was. He took the newly purchased, yellow, Norton Internet Security disc and slammed it back in the tray, nearly shattering both components.
The drive whirred back to life with a vengence. “Welcome To Norton Internet Security”, it beckoned. His blood strained in the veins of his neck. He clicked again on the yellow words, “Install Norton Internet Security”. Again the drive roared to life. Previously this had been an optimistic sign for the poor besterd, but now it seemed a mere mockery.
Red words: “Application Compatibility Check”, followed by, “a problem has occured which requires your attention: One or more products on your computer are not compatible with this Norton product. Please uninstall all programs listed below, and then restart this process.” There was a yellow Uninstall icon with the words, McAfee Security Center, next to it. Seemed simple enough. But it had before, too. Cruel hoax! he thought, but he could not resist their trap a third time, it HAD to be the way fer fuksake! He clicked it. Uninstall.
“Uninstalling McAfee Security Center”.
“Please wait while the McAfee Security Center components are uninstalled.”
said the white, top half of the screen.
Separated by a black line, written under this on the gray, bottom half of the screen it read,
“In order to uninstall McAfee Security Center, you need to uninstall all McAfee Services first.”
“The fahhhk tooo! What shet is this!” The answer of course, was that it was the same shet that had happened the time before and the time before that. The definition of insanity is doing the same things over and over and expecting different results. It was a little voice, one that spoke from the buried recesses of his tortured soul, reminding him that he must abort this complex monstrosity or risk destroying either the machine or his mind, whichever he turned on first. Likely it would be both. He knew himself too well and was far too poor to continue with such a project with so much riding on the line. He was little worried of self-inflicted mental peril, his mind had been obliterated long before, but it would be many a moon before he could save enough shekels to purchase a machine again, and one simply must keep up in the Information Age. (and other force-fed whimsy)
Rating: 1 / 5
The purchase I made was actualy for the Norton 2010 not the 2009 as listed. Amazon made a mistake.I used to have Webroot internet security on my new system. My system kept freezing up and crashing. I could not update Webroot to the newer version and one of the last times my system froze I scrolled my mouse over the hidden icon menu it showed webroot loading. My computer was already on for at least half an hour. I contacted webroot which they told me to reinstall. I did numerous times to no avail.
I then decided to purchase another security system and purchased Norton 2010. What a difference. My computer starts a lot quicker with no lag and has not frozen since. I am very happy with this product and recomend it to everyone.
Rating: 5 / 5