Norton AntiVirus 2005 - Single User

Manufacturer:	Symantec
Release date:	27 August, 2004

Norton AntiVirus 2005 - Single User

Average rating: Stars

Can't believe that a product like this was shipped by Symantec

I'm an author of a book "Dollar Wise, Penny Foolish" and naturally to keep my system free from virus, I bought NAV 2005. The package looked good and thus I had installed.

What a bummer!! I have Windows 2000 with SP4. But after installing NAV 2005, my system started functioning very badly. The screen started jumping up and down for no reason. I was so frustrated as I coudldn't work on my system for more than 10 minutes continuously.

Thus, I had uninstalled the software. What a bummer!!! Even after uninstalling NAV 2005, the system keeps throwing some problem or the other. Either the system stops working in like 10 minutes of its usage or it reboots by itself for no reason etc.,

I have no other choice, then to backup my data and reinstall the entire operating system.

I have learnt one good lesson. From now onwards, if two reviews from Amazon users are bad, then do not venture the product even if the company is a great company.

Norton AntiVirus 2005 - Single User - Symantec

Try the Free Stuff

Two of my customers have had very similar problems as noted in so many other reviews. One gave up and loaded Avast antivirus (FREE), and the Sygate firewall (FREE). The other has not determined what course to take but is very upset that Symantec would take her money and provide little or no support. The last version I used was Systemworks 2003 and it had it's share of issues. I now use Avast and Sygate on all my personal machines. I have seen Avast catch trojans on a regular basis on others pc's that up to date Norton misses. I have yet to have an active virus on any of my personal machines in over 15 years of owning at least one pc (we currently have 5 pc's and one iMac, enough for all the people, the cat, and the dog with one spare). Take security seriously, be very careful where you go and DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANYTHING YOU HAVE NOT RESEARCHED FIRST!

Symantec - Norton AntiVirus 2005 - Single User

Do yourself a favor, DO NOT BUY this one!

The software is terribly flawed. I had to remove my old version (2002) first before installing this one per the instructions. After installation, I couldn't open up the application since it kept telling me that I had to reboot my computer first...which I did about 20 times. Then I tried to uninstall it and couldn't because it kept telling me that I had to uninstall the old version first (yr 2002) which I already had done before installing yr 2005. I could't remove this software with any other tools including the "add/remove programs" which is part of the windows operating system. My co-workers couldn't open any files on this computer since "Norton Antivirus couldn't scan the file". Whoa. Anyway, after hours on the phone to guys in India who have much difficulty in communicating in english, I finally found some uninstallers from the Symantec website. The guy from India was supposed to send me an email containing those but I never got them.

Personally, I've had much better success with "STop-Sign" from eAcceleration. I've had their software for about two years now and nobody beats them for removing spyware and other garbage.