Norton Internet Security 2005 Home Protection Pack - 3 Users

by Symantec

Product Features

• Essential protection from viruses, hackers, and privacy threats
• AntiVirus; Personal Firewall keeps personal data in and hackers out
• Privacy Control prevents personal info from being sent out without approval
• AntiSpam filters out unwanted email and helps protect against email fraud
• Parental Control blocks access to inappropriate Web sites and newsgroups

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002Q89NM
• Item model number: 10289288
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 17, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,195 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #18 in Software > Networking > Firewalls
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Symantec’s Norton Internet Security 2005 provides essential protection from viruses, hackers, and privacy threats in one easy-to-use solution. Norton AntiVirus is the world’s most-trusted antivirus solution.* Norton Personal Firewall keeps personal data in and hackers out. Norton Privacy Control prevents personal information from being sent out without your knowledge, while allowing you to communicate freely with Web sites you trust. Norton AntiSpam filters out unwanted email and helps protect you from email fraud. And Norton Parental Control blocks access to inappropriate Web sites and newsgroups. Protect yourself, your family, and your PC online with Norton Internet Security 2005.
*Top-selling antivirus software product from December 2000 through April 2004 based on The NPD Group’s retail Top Selling Business Software list.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't throw your money away, February 24, 2005

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impitbosshereonlevel2 "impitbosshereonlevel2" (Merced) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Norton Internet Security 2005 Home Protection Pack - 3 Users (CD-ROM)

Having read the reviews on Amazon, I went against everything logical, and ordered 4 licenses of NIS for computers at my place of work. You see, I've been a loyal customer of Norton Antivirus/Firewall for the last several years, and have always been happy with the product.

Alas, I should have known better. One of the machines that I attempted to install this abomination on crashed 3-4 times during the installation, and a couple of times during the consequent Live Update session. Another machine (mine) crashed once or twice during Live Update. Additionally, I spent almost an entire day trying to get SSL to work over SMTP. The traditional approach has been to disable scanning of outgoing messages. Apparently, Symantec doesn't think that's good enough, as even with outgoing mail filtering disabled, SSL over SMTP fails miserably. I've disabled the firewall, "AntiSpam", "Antivirus", even the entire suite, trying to get SSL/SMTP to work - to no avail. Some component of this asinine product keeps interfering with mail transportation - I know this, because even with all the components disabled Norton complains (with popup windows) about a "secure email connection which is not supported".

I've turned symantec.com upside-down - there's absolutely nothing about this, anywhere - short of the (useless) "disable outgoing email scans". And yet, everything was fine only moments ago, with NIS 2003.

I've now uninstalled 2005 from one of the computers - that one is fine now (though unprotected). I'm throwing this pile of garbage out tomorrow - I already have my copy of NIS 2003 to replace it with.

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superior Performance, February 19, 2005

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GBPMaster "GBPMaster" (West Vancouver, BC, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Norton Internet Security 2005 Home Protection Pack - 3 Users (CD-ROM)

I have been a satisfied Symantec customer for many years. I read the Amazon reviews of the Norton Internet Security purchasers and was quite surprised. I suspect that they were expecting a plug and play format and were willing to spend the extra money thinking they were getting some sort of hyper anti-virus package. Internet Security is designed for a user who wants to define their own security system. The problems explained in the previous reviews are easily remedied by a more experienced user. If you don't take the time to learn Internet Security, you will get the tightest system possible and this will inhibit any Internet activity including e-mail. I strongly recommend the basic Norton Anti-Virus software to anyone who is not willing to learn Internet Security. To those who are experienced users or are willing to read the manual, Norton has again come out with a product that is superior to the competition. It is not a waste of time or money.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Norton Messed Up Bad!, January 22, 2005

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Andre Cornelis "Pinguin" (Trinidad and Tobago) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Norton Internet Security 2005 Home Protection Pack - 3 Users (CD-ROM)

I bought the 3-user license of the Norton Internet Security. On my PC's and even my new Dell laptop it just refused to work: 1) It slowed down the PC's tremendously 2) e-mails would seem to be sending out as they found their way to the "sent" folder....but they were never really sent out 3)have been trying to work with it for over a month with technical experts trying to solve the problems without success and finally bought their competitor's software which works fine. 4) I am too late to get my money back from Norton. No more Symantec things for me, they stole my money as far as I am concerned.