Norton Systemworks / Personal Firewall 2006 Bundle

by Symantec

Product Features

• Norton SystemWorks 2006 plus Norton Personal Firewall 2006
• Multi-purpose solution keeps computer healthy and personal info safe
• Antivirus protection guards computer from viruses and spyware
• Firewall prevents confidential info from being sent without permission
• Defense against hackers; up-to-date protection against new threats

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000BARD22
• Item model number: 10433322
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 10, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,809 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #13 in Software > Networking > Firewalls
  • #66 in Software > Networking > Security

Product Description

Amazon.com

Nobody wants to expect the worst, but in today's digital world, you must keep your computer and your digital files protected at all times. Recipient of the PC World's "Best Buy" award (June 2005), Norton Systemworks 2006 offers some of the industry's most comprehensive solutions that are designed not only to keep viruses and hackers from reaching your files, but that will also keep your computer running smoothly and efficiently. Norton Personal Firewall 2006 adds even greater security by hiding your computer from hackers and helping you monitor and regulate all incoming and outgoing traffic to your PC.

The Systemworks and Personal Firewall 2006 bundle offers a comprehensive PC security solution.

Antivirus automatically removes viruses. View larger.

Keeps your computer running smoothly and efficiently. View larger.

GoBack allows you to undo problems with your PC. View larger.

Norton Systemworks 2006
Included with Systemworks 2006 are five leading utilities that are designed to help you protect your computer and get the most out of its computing power: Norton AntiVirus, Norton Utilities, Norton GoBack, CheckIt Diagnostics, and System Optimizer.

Norton AntiVirus automatically removes viruses, Trojan horses, and worms from your hard drive and files, and checks incoming and outgoing email attachments for viruses. It is estimated that every five minutes, a new worm or security threat is created. AntiVirus automatically downloads updates to keep these threats away from your data. Among the threats it detects and removes are dangerous spyware, keystroke loggers, and other unwanted monitoring software. And when you install AntiVirus, it automatically disinfects your system, so you start off with a clean, virus-free computer.

Norton Utilities is a suite of utilities, which run continuously in the background, that can help you recover from crashes, repair your system, and fix errors on your hard disk. It also lets you compare different file versions and recover deleted files, and it helps to optimize the performance of your hard drive.

Norton GoBack allows you to easily undo problems with your PC. You can restore your PC to a healthy state by going back minutes, hours, or even days (depending on available disk space that you have). You can also GoBack to restore files that have been deleted or modified, and to try new software safely. CheckIt Diagnostics, which is also included in the suite, offers one of the quickest and most thorough evaluations of a PC's hardware, and System Optimizer gathers all your Windows configuration controls in a single program.

Norton Personal Firewall 2006
Personal Firewall 2006 lets you connect to the Internet on your own terms. A powerful firewall acts as your primary line of defense against hackers by automatically locking out intruders and protecting your identity and data while you're on the Internet. With Firewall 2006, you control what comes in and what goes out of your computer at all times.

Among its many features, Firewall 2006 automatically detects Internet attacks, like the CodeRed and Blaster worms, and it shields you from being attacked through security holes in unpatched software. Your confidential information is safe from intruders and will never be being sent without your permission. Firewall 2006 also blocks banner ads and popup windows, letting you surf faster. The software is easy to set up on your home network, and if you install it on a laptop, it will continue to protect you even when you connect to a different network.

In short, this bundle of integrated security solutions will protect your PC from viruses, optimize its performance, and safeguard your information through backup and data recovery. And with a LiveUpdate function that automatically downloads updates directly to your computer, Systemworks 2006, along with Firewall 2006, is the most comprehensive way you can keep your PC and your valuable data protected.

From the Manufacturer

Bringing Norton SystemWorks 2006 together with Norton Personal Firewall 2006 in one convenient bundle, home computer users enjoy the benefit of a fine-tuned computer with antivirus protection, plus a powerful firewall--user's primary line of defense against hackers.

Norton SystemWorks 2006

Enjoy a fine-tuned computer with Norton SystemWorks 2006. This multi-purpose solution keeps your computer healthy, preventing and solving many common problems. Its antivirus protection--the most trusted on the planet--keeps your computer safeguarded against damaging virus attacks and dangerous spyware. And if trouble does occur, Norton SystemWorks is there to help you recover.

Key Features:

• Automatically removes viruses, Trojan horses, and worms.
• Scans email and IM attachments for virus threats.
• Automatically downloads updates to protect against new threats.
• One-button checkup scans your entire system for problems at the click of a mouse.
• Improved! Restores your computer to a pre-crash state after system failures and other major problems.
• Recovers individual folders, files, and previous document versions--even if you forget to save them.
• Improved! Cleans up unwanted cookies, cache, and temporary files that slow your computer's performance.
• Automatically detects and fixes Windows problems.
• Defragments and optimizes your hard drive for better performance.

New Features:

• Detects and removes dangerous spyware, keystroke loggers, and other unwanted monitoring software.
• Prevents dangerous spyware programs from taking over your home page and redirecting you to their download sites.
• Monitors new software installations and reverses the process if the installation goes poorly or you decide you don't want the software.
• Gives you control over the Windows settings and processes running on your system.

Norton Personal Firewall 2006

Connect to the Internet on your own terms. With Norton Personal Firewall 2006, you control what comes in and what goes out. A powerful firewall, it's your primary line of defense against hackers, automatically locking out intruders and protecting your identity and data while you're on the Internet.

Key Features:

• Automatically blocks intruders and thieves.
• Hides your computer from hackers.
• Automatically detects Internet attacks, like the CodeRed and Blaster worms.
• Monitors and regulates all incoming and outgoing Internet traffic.
• Gives you the power to decide which programs connect to the Internet.
• Shields you from being attacked through security holes in unpatched software.
• Prevents confidential information from being sent without your permission.
• Blocks banner ads and popup windows, so you can surf faster.
• Sets up easily on your home network.
• Continues to protect when you connect your laptop to a different network.
• Now includes 12 months of protection updates and new product features as available throughout the year*.

*Available with Norton Personal Firewall 2006; for Windows XP or Windows 2000 only.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Here is the secret to getting the best system utility, May 4, 2006

By 

William M. Gibson (Washington DC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Norton Systemworks / Personal Firewall 2006 Bundle (CD-ROM)

Read the reviews of the 4 or 5 major system utilities (Systemworks, System Mechanic, Systemsuite, etc). Guess what? Depending on which review you read, they are all outstanding products, or they are all trash. Not a single product gets glowing reviews from everyone, and each product has lots of people who had major problems. What to do? Do what I did. Just try one until it works.

I have used Systemworks and System Mechanic on various computers over the years with pretty decent results. For the last couple of years I've used System Mechanic with absolutely no problem. I just bought a new computer, and one of the first things I did was slap a copy of System Mechanic 6 Pro on it. The results? Completely trashed my brand new computer. Not really a big deal since the computer is new and I didn't have much (any) time invested in new software installation. All my documents are on my old computer, so I lost nothing. I just did a complete disaster recovery and got back to normal.

The next thing I did was install the Systemworks 2006/Personal Firewall bundle. Guess what? Flawless installation. Have run all the diagnostics and checks. Absolutely no problems.

So what does this mean? If you try one of the system utilities and it trashes your system, just uninstall it, try to get your money back, then move on to another one. I am absolutely convinced that it is a total crapshoot as to which utility will work on your system. If you think about it, they all have about the same features, so the issue is not what they can do, but whether they are stable and will work on your system. System Mechanic didn't work for me. Systemworks does. Just the way of the world. If you tried to read too much into all of the reviews, you would never buy any software for your computer, because there are always horror stories from people who had their systems crashed.

Off topic, but as an aside, it's the same thing with other programs. I am into video editing, and trying to decide between Pinnacle and Roxio Easy Media Creator. Absolute horror stories from users of both products about how unstable these products are. So....I tried the Roxio product, it works, and its stable. Good enough for me!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Don't install Go Back, June 6, 2006

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P. Smith (Northeast) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Norton Systemworks / Personal Firewall 2006 Bundle (CD-ROM)

After reading the reviews here, I was downright scared to put this version on my computer even though I have been using Norton to protect my computers for 10 years. Their record for both easily installed software and customer support has worsened by the year.

The only good thing I can say is that if you can get these products installed on your computer, they do a great job of protecting your computer.

One mistake I think some folks are making is not uninstalling the previous Norton product before installing the new version. I didn't do this a couple of years ago and ended up with a four day relationship with technical support. And they wanted money. So this time I uninstalled first. My mistake this time around was not choosing which componenets to install, I let them all be installed. This was a big mistake I have now learned from. Go Back went around and around in circles during its installation for 1 hour and 50 minutes. Finally I stopped it's installation and uninstalled what had been installed. During my next go at installation, I specifically requested in the setup that Go Back NOT be installed. I just selected the core componenets of Norton Antivirus and Norton Utilities. Installation went very smoothly as did activation, live update of my virus definitions and so forth. With Norton Personal Firewall, I uninstalled the previous version first and the installation went fine.

Not an uneventful installation, but one that I was actually expecting to be much worse. I think a huge key is uninstalling the previous version first.

On the up side, I feel confident that my computer is well protected. And even though Norton claims to look for spyware/adware, I really wouldn't rely on theirs and would go for a third party application such as Webroot Spysweeper. Spysweeper is coexisting with Norton just fine and I think does a much better job for adware/spyware. Norton's forte is viruses and firewall protection.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Long Time Norton User, March 2, 2006

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Randall Elliott (Oxnard, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Norton Systemworks / Personal Firewall 2006 Bundle (CD-ROM)

I recently purchased and upgraded from NSW 2004. I didn't have any problems with the installation as other have complained about. My only complaint with Norton is that it has always been a resource hog. As long as you have a fairly high speed processor and at least 512mb of memory you'll be ok. Any older machines will see their machine slow down considerably.