Review by Bill McLean

At first I was enthusiastic about Norton 360, Version 2. I installed it on computers with both Microsoft XP and Vista Home Premium operating systems. I previously had Norton Internet Security installed on both, so I thought it was just an upgrade. For this reason I gave the program 4 stars. Now I’m not sure.

After two months the XP operating system ran without any problems either on Visa or XP. But then the new computer running on Vista crashed. I lost all my files and had to access the recovery portion of the hard drive to get the computer to boot. Then I had to download all the security downloads. I have only dial-up so this has taken many hours. And I have to reinstall all the programs I use - and delete the junk programs that came with the HP computer. What a mess, and what a lot of work. Even the backup disk, created with Norton 360 didn’t work as I hoped. I do have all the files on the disk, but they did not all reload after I fixed the crash.

Update 3/1/09: Maybe the problem was with the operating system, Vista Home Premium; or maybe it was Norton 360. And maybe the glitch was repaired with a later update I download. Anyway, the problem hasn’t manifested itself since I reinstalled everything. Furthermore, I must admit, the problem never did occur with the WinXP operating system. Also, it should be noted that the program I’m using has been updated with a new version.

Update 6/7/09: I have continued to use Norton 360, Ver. 2.0, for another three months with Vista and WinXP and have had no new problems. Actually, I have grown to like Norton 360 and now rely on it with confidence. It has reported stopping over a hundred threats and has stopped me cold when I accidentally entered several attack sites.