Norton Internet Security 2006 [OLD VERSION]

Platform : Windows XP, Windows 2000

Includes Norton AntiVirus, Norton Personal Firewall, Norton AntiSpam, and Norton Parental Control.
Includes 12 months of protection updates and new product features as available throughout the year; annual subscriptions available for subsequent renewal
Enjoy your computer with confidence, knowing you have automatically updated protection against viruses, Trojan horses, and worms
Surf the Web without being watched by dangerous spyware and without getting hijacked and redirected to spyware download sites
Ease your mind at the click of a button, checking your entire system for security holes whenever you want

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Enjoy your connection to the world. Norton Internet Security 2006 gives you the confidence to travel the Internet like never before. A comprehensive set of award-winning tools, Norton Internet Security automatically blocks hackers, viruses, and spyware. It filters out dangerous phishing email and annoying spam, while its powerful firewall gives you full control over incoming and outgoing Internet traffic. Privacy controls protect your personal information and parental controls give you the power to block unsavory Web sites and shield your children from harm on the Internet. And should your operating system or browser have a security hole, Norton Internet Security is there to handle resulting attacks. More powerful than ever, Norton Internet Security 2006 is also faster, smarter, and easier to use. With Norton Protection Center—a one-look control panel for all your security tools—you can review your security situation and lock down your system with an optimal security configuration. You can also run a system-wide security scan at any time with the click of a button. With all these tools working for you, you’re free to get connected, stay connected, and use the Internet however you want.

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Privacy controls protect your personal information and parental controls give you the power to block unsavory Web sites and shield your children from harm on the Internet. And should your operating system or browser have a security hole, Norton Internet Security is there to handle resulting attacks.

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More powerful than ever, Norton Internet Security 2006 is also faster, smarter, and easier to use. With Norton Protection Centera one-look control panel for all your security toolsyou can review your security situation and lock down your system with an optimal security configuration. You can also run a system-wide security scan at any time with the click of a button. With all these tools working for you, youre free to get connected, stay connected, and use the Internet however you want.

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Now includes 12 months of protection updates and new product features as available throughout the year; annual subscriptions available for subsequent renewal.
Enjoy your computer with confidence, knowing you have automatically updated protection against viruses, Trojan horses, and worms.
Surf the Web without being watched by dangerous spyware and without getting hijacked and redirected to spyware download sites.
Ease your mind at the click of a button, checking your entire system for security holes whenever you want.
Keep spam and phishing email out of your inbox and keep deceptive pop-up windows and banner ads off your screen.
Open email and IM attachments without worry, knowing theyve been scoured for threats.
Stay connected all the timewith hackers and identity thieves locked out and private information locked in.
Protect your kids from unsafe and unsavory Web sites.

Product details

Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.8 x 7.9 x 2.6 inches; 5.6 Ounces
Item model number ‏ : ‎ 10433312
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ September 26, 2005
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Symantec
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000B5NS2G

Best Sellers Rank: #9,887 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
- #70 in Networking Security
- #686 in Internet Security Suites
- #781 in Utilities (Software)

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Terry

has finally become too annoying

Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2006

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I have used Norton products for years, even though my IT support friends suggest not. Years ago I stopped using System Doctor after it wrecked my registry. However, I've used Internet Security carefully and in a household with three computers it has kept us safe. For that I give them credit (we are also prudent generally and have a router/firewall which we barely understand).

However, with the 2006 edition of Internet Security, I am done. Next year I will go through the pain of changing products. Here are my reasons:

* Live Update is set to automatic but frequently asks if you want to get new updates and when you say yes it checks and says there aren't any (not very automatic, this process involves about 3 or 4 clicks and dialogue boxes).

* Periodically it screams that there's a rapidly spreading threat and do you want the update (it's turned to automatic).

* It won't stop scanning outgoing email even when you tell it not to. This causes the server to timeout on a large email, say over 2 MB, so as a practical matter, my ISP's allowance of 10MB is cut back to 2MB. Only workaround I've found is to set some odd numbered port, but I don't understand that well enough to feel safe.

* Today I responded to a friend's invitation by hitting "reply all" in Outlook (about 10 cc's) and so it included me on the list and Norton stuck me in the spambox - my own email as sender. This has happened a half-dozen times and I've patiently clicked "not spam" each time; it doesn't retain the lesson.

* It insists on sitting in my systray with an alert because it says I have two mis-configurations putting me at risk: 1) I won't turn OFF Windows upate (!) and 2) I have outgoing email scanning set to OFF (though it doesn't work).

* When it is doing its weekly full system scan, it takes over the memory (I have 768MB of RAM) somehow in a way that earlier versions did not, and essentially slows the rest of the system to a crawl, so I now have to pause the scan while I do anything else; earlier versions ran OK in the background.

* There are two or three other similar annoyances I forget, but I've had it. I'm so aggravated that this is the first online review I've written, just to warn fellow users, although I see now that 2007 is out. I'm not going to risk it.

So to summarize, I have no complaints about my actual protection, but I find the current engineering too driven by marketing (having to respond to alerts) and generally noisy and annoying. I am done with Norton and Symantec and will try a product recommended by my IT support friends.

6 people found this helpful

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Kindle Customer

NIS Changes Computer to Slow-Motion

Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2006

Verified Purchase

My Norton SystemWorks (NSW) 2005 anti-virus subscription was expiring, so I took advantage of buying NIS (Norton Internet Security) 2006 at $10 after rebates. The program installed within minutes on my top-of-line laptop running Windows XP Pro and retrieved updated definitions, again easily. However, on numerous occasions during the 1st week of use, my computer would slow down to a crawl. I turned off the Norton Firewall and Norton Anti-Spyware functions, and the computer speed improved. However, I would constantly get pop-up messages that my NIS was not providing full protection because 2 features were inactive. I grew tired of these constant reminders, but keeping off these 2 features was the only way to make the computer 'usable'. I finally decided to just un-install the NIS and return it for credit. Un-installing the program took much longer than the installation and ultimately resulted in an error message that the program could not be fully un-installed. A search on the Symantec website support area yielded a software tool that could be downloaded and run to completely un-install the NIS. Fortunately this program successfully and completely un-installed all traces of the program. My laptop is now back to running at a normal speed even with use of Zone Alarm firewall, Webroot Anti-Spyware, and AVG Free-Edition anti-virus. I never had this slowing speed with previous version NSW 2005. Symantec, what have you done?

I will definitely select a different program for my anti-virus needs. I've had moderately happy with the Zone Alarm Internet Security Suite that I am running on my desktop. NIS is not worth using even if it were free.

6 people found this helpful

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Edward F. OConnor Jr.

GOOD FOR THE TIME

Reviewed in the United States on March 6, 2020

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OUT-DATED SOFTWARE FOR MS WINDOWS 10

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PSammons

Always Norton

Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2021

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Always use Norton for virus protection.

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P. Weiser

Norton Internet Security (2006)

Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2006

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Very slow upon start-up! It takes a minute or so to load. I run another program to clean up ads. I still run my old utilities program from a CD because the microsoft repair program did not come with this application. My only other experience is with an old McAfee program (2002) that allowed a virus to pass that Norton found upon installation. I want a feature to better block the info that is collected by my ISP (Yahoo).

One person found this helpful

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Commodore Di

Awful

Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2006

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As a (formerly) faithful and dedicated user of Symantec products I ignored the bad reviews and purchased and installed the 2006 version of NIS. What a mistake! I've had nothing but problems from scripting errors, adware getting through, the pc starting up in safe mode... I never had this problem before. The folks in San Jose must be asleep. Go with another product.

10 people found this helpful

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Jeff S.

kind of outdated

Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2014

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If you are looking up ratings on this product, please, walk back to your time machine and come back to the present.

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Mike

Two Stars

Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2015

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