2 of 2 customers found the following review helpful:
 Don't waste time or money, 2003-11-25
I work with computers for a living, so after "Norton Internet Security 2003 Professional Edition" brought my computer to a grind, I was able to restore it to the pre-installation state. Others may not be so lucky.
First, if you have a router, you don't need Norton firewall, your router is the firewall. To verify for yourself, search for phrase "Symantech security check" in Google and run their program to validate.
Second, if you do need a software firewall, stay away from this product - it will only cause you grief and eventually you'll have to deinstall it to get any work done.
If you still decide to get it, try to get it for free to save on amount of frustration when you start using it.
 NIS 2003 Rocks...., 2003-09-12
NIS 2003 has NEVER let me down. Install is very easy as is the rest of the setup. As always, it's helpful to read the manual, which is good. NIS 2003 has blocked and recognized EVERY one of those virus' that have been lurking on the net...you know, the ones you read about on the news. The pop-up blocker works AS advertised. Virus definitions and updates are available instantly. The firewall is second to none as far as I am concerned and very manageable. I feel very confident my system is secure with NIS 2003 is running and I look forward to NIS 2004.
4 of 6 customers found the following review helpful:
Don't buy this product!, 2003-09-02
This product is terrible! I've never had a piece of software that not only refused to work out of the box, but actually caused more damage to my system than any virus! I was all excited to install this, due to Norton's reputation for making good products. This is a monsterously invasive program that will take over your computer. Good luck with uninstalling it without formatting your hard drive. I've nver seen such a bad product from what I thought was such a good company.
Too slow and intrusive, 2003-07-19
After I installed this software, I noticed dramatic decrease in Internet speed and reluctance when loading pages. I guess it has to do with it's web filtering options.The banner blocking is sometimes too intrusive and other times doesn't work at all (you still get some pop-ups). My biggest disappointed is realizing the Anti-Virus Professional software doesn't install on Windows 2000 Server version. So basiclaly I paid more money to get the professional version of the Virus software but I can't use it because it didn't mention anything in the pruchase section about this sever limitation. I don't recommend this software at all! I will uninstall it and revert back to Black Ice. It's much faster, effective, and less intrusive. It's unfortunate I can't return this software anymore and wasted my money. The only good think I can think of is pop-up prevention, and this is why I give it one star.
2 of 6 customers found the following review helpful:
Some words about Symantec rebates, 2003-05-17
If you are thinking about buying norton software simply because they are free after rebates, then reconsider it. Although it's well known Symantec makes reliable softwares, When we talk about their rebates, they are liars. Yes, liars ¨Cthey really deserve this. Based on my personal experience, I even think theirs are worse than the notorious I/O Magic's (aka, Hi-Val, Digital research). I bought several Norton softwares during last December, and submitted the upgrade rebates right away with required items, Guess what, until today I got only one of them, and it has been almost 6 months. I guess they are testing my memory but unfortunately I kept a good record of every rebate I submitted. That's what we should do if we are going to buy Symantec softwares with rebates involved, although the best thing I would recommend is to avoid as long as you can.
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