Norton Personal Firewall 2006

by Symantec

Product Features

• Your primary line of defense against hackers and other intruders
• You control: make the program allow entry, deny entry, or ask you first
• Features Norton Protection Center, a one-look panel for controlling all your security tools
• Hides you from hackers and thieves, to safeguard your identity and data
• Includes 12 months of protection updates

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000BARBRE
• Item model number: 10433443
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 10, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 1.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,143 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #8 in Software > Networking > Firewalls
  • #62 in Software > Networking > Security

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

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 and other intruders.Forming a perimeter around your computer, it posts sentries at all points of entry. These sentries automatically check the ID of anyone or anything trying to enter your computer.

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Based on your preferences, they allow entry, deny entry, or ask you first. And if something even looks suspicious, they automatically lock it out. Norton Personal Firewall also gives you the power to control outgoing traffic. Using Norton Protection Center—a one-look panel for controlling all your security tools—you decide which of your programs can connect to the Internet.

Keeps your information from leaving your system without your permission

Norton Personal Firewall is also a powerful cloaking device. It hides you from hackers and thieves, to safeguard your identity and data while you’re online. Finally, it helps you control private information, warning you before personal data can leave your computer.

You may be able to patch together this kind of protection with a mix of other products. But Norton Personal Firewall combines automatic intrusion protection and cloaking with full control over what enters and leaves your computer.

Benefits summarized:

• Now includes 12 months of protection updates and new product features as available throughout the year; annual subscriptions available for subsequent renewal.
• 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.

Product Description

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 and other intruders. Forming a perimeter around your computer, it posts sentries at all points of entry. These sentries automatically check the ID of anyone or anything trying to enter your computer. Based on your preferences, they allow entry, deny entry, or ask you first. And if something even looks suspicious, they automatically lock it out. Norton Personal Firewall also gives you the power to control outgoing traffic. Using Norton Protection Center—a one-look panel for controlling all your security tools—you decide which of your programs can connect to the Internet. Norton Personal Firewall is also a powerful cloaking device. It hides you from hackers and thieves, to safeguard your identity and data while you’re online. Finally, it helps you control private information, warning you before personal data can leave your computer. You may be able to patch together this kind of protection with a mix of other products. But Norton Personal Firewall combines automatic intrusion protection and cloaking with full control over what enters and leaves your computer.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A fairly good fire wall, with some bugs.and a power hog., November 19, 2005

By 

stewart L (flushing ,ny) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Norton Personal Firewall 2006 (CD-ROM)

I find that the norton 2006 slows the machine down considerably.The easy configeration programing may open port 1024 to allow access of stealth net spy,when you try to send a fax.or print.The 2005 norton firewall blocked this threat,and warned you to keep it blocked as a severe threat...this program blocks aol music,but allows some third party programs to install without warning...Symantec tech support was as stated by my many fellow reviewers,"NOT VERY HELPFUL AT ALL" One of my 5 machines has norton 2004 antivirus,with the windows firewall.This works better than a machine that on high speed,with 120 gig hard drive and 2 gigs of memory.Why my powerful machine acts like its on dial-up,yet,the machine with older norton 2004 is faster even on dial up back-up...I have to advise everyone please dont use at this time.Stick with your older version of norton until,they can fix their software glitches.Avoid please

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Dismal - No Longer a Symantec Customer, December 23, 2005

By 

Michael McClain - See all my reviews

This review is from: Norton Personal Firewall 2006 (CD-ROM)

Gave up on Norton Antivirus last year, that now includes the Firewall.

My subscription to Norton Firewall 2005 expired recently; bought the 2006 version. Oh my how things did not work after the 2006 install; how cryptic their help, that help in english (my translation) reduced to re-install not just the Norton Personal Firewall 2006; but also what Symantec termed, 'suspected other programs' on my PC not allowing Norton's firewall to work properly.

Well, wrote off the cost of the Norton 2006; went with a competitor product; well rated; one install, everything worked from the get go.

Bye Symantec, bye Norton..., liked you for more than a decade; but you are so abysmal now!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Norton 2006 is a Disaster, February 4, 2006

By 

D. Porter (Richland, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Norton Personal Firewall 2006 (CD-ROM)

Beware Norton 2006. I have used Norton Antivirus (and more recently Internet Security Suite) for at least 5 or 6 years. I needed to renew my Norton 2005 subscription recently, so I downloaded an upgrade to NIS 2006, paid by credit card, and started the install. Huge mistake...I should have done some internet research first. Bottom line, the installation never worked, uninstall never worked, and worse, it corrupted my registry. Finally I was forced to reinstall Windows XP and all of my major applications that write to the registry, a lengthy and frustrating process. I had tried every trick and workaround I new of or could find on the web, and I am not a novice on computer hardware and software. I then contacted Norton for a refund, followed their instructions on how to apply for it, and got no response whatsoever. After a month of repeated attempts, I then contacted my credit card company, who refunded my purchase price. As far as I know the credit card company is still battling with Norton. Norton used to be tops, but has slipped on software quality and customer service to the point that I would never recommend them until there is some serious reform. The F-Secure suite I am now running has worked perfectly from the outset, so I will probably never go back.