Norton 360 Version 2.0 Premier Edition [Old Version]

by Symantec

Product Features

• Enhanced performance¿Provides industry-leading protection without sacrificing performance+Z5
• Identity Safe¿Protects your personal information and your identity when you buy, bank, and browse online
• Backup and restore
• Network monitoring
•          Browser Protection¿Protects against Web-based drive-by downloads that use vulnerabilities in your browser to insert malware on your PC

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0013WO6QS
• Item model number: 13536060
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 13, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,876 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)

Product Description

Norton 360 delivers all-in-one security for everything the computer users in your family care about. Easy to use, it provides automatic and transparent protection from viruses and spyware, fraudulent Web sites, phishing scams, hackers, identity theft, and more. With a renewable subscription, up to three PCs in your household are continuously protected, safeguarding your family when they play games, send email, download files, chat, or surf the Web. And transaction security features allow you to shop and bank online with confidence. Norton 360 also keeps your PCs tuned for peak performance and protects the data on them by making it easy to back up photos, music, financial documents, and other files and restore them at any time. Flexible options allow you to back up your files to CD, DVD, and USB devices. For even more convenience, you can also set up automatic backups to an attached hard drive or a secured online storage service* to protect your important files in the event something happens to your PC. And for enhanced performance, a smart background scheduler automatically schedules key Norton 360 functions such as scans, backups, and tune-ups so that they don¿t interfere with your PC activities.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Overall Package, November 23, 2008

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Treyvalyn (DeKalb, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Norton 360 Version 2.0 Premier Edition [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

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)

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good protection for Novice users., September 5, 2008

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Soul Eater "Bot" (Internet Server, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Norton 360 Version 2.0 Premier Edition [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

I use this on my Wife's and Children's computers. It does most things automatically so I don't have to spend as much time making sure there computers are protected. I like the back-up feature as a saftey measure. I do not like the limited (as compared to the NIS 2008 package I have on my computer) controls, but it does it's job and does it well. It is weak in the Antispyware department- I suggest googling to find a better recommended tool than this offers. Everything else is top notch. Practically a set it and forget it product- not much fuss.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Best to avoid, unless your willing to mess with it, January 12, 2009

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StanO360 "StanO360" (Temecula, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Norton 360 Version 2.0 Premier Edition [Old Version] (CD-ROM)

Some elements work well after you fiddle with them. The defaults appear to have been set by monkeys.

DO NOT USE THE BACK-UP!! It will take your system and grind it to a halt. It will not stop unless you reboot. It is BAD, as in this should never have been released bad.

FWIW, I am very experienced with PC's and have been computing for over 20 years.