The Rigmarole of Norton Internet Security

Notwithstanding the Dell Dimension XPS Gen 5 which I bought in August. From a hardware point of view, it works perfectly. No issues whatsoever, so I'm a more than satisfied Norton Internet Security 2006 (NIS) for Windows. I've been a user of Symantec's Norton product line for at least six years (and from long before that, when Norton Utilities for DOS in the early 80s). So Norton is a brand I like, respect and am willing to lay out hard cash for. Yet NIS drives me nuts. As a first line of defence product, NIS ought to be one that you can rely on with absolute confidence to just work. I'm not talking about what it does (ie, provide a protection layer on your PC, which it does very well) - I'm talking about how it works. After experiencing some ccApp.exe, a component of Norton AntiVirus. But it looks like I've now stopped all that. And I'm not wholly sure how. I installed rigmarole! The response from two friends today when I mentioned this to them - switch to a different product. Yes, but which? I've tried free Zone Alarm firewall is very good, though, which I have running on my IBM laptop). I've considered some free apps such as Windows One Care Live. But I'm not really that keen at the moment to keep trying out different things for something as fundamental as network security and anti-virus software. From the protection and peace of mind points of view, NIS works and does its job well. Plus I've already laid out the cash for it. So I think I'll just stick with my now-functional installation of NIS. For the time being at least. And not fiddle so much. Now onto fixing NevilleHobson.com blog which focuses on business communication and technology.

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