Review by Confederate

There are so many things wrong with Norton System Works that it’s veryndifficult to know where to begin. But here are three:nn1) ACTIVATION: The most annoying. Companies resort to this becausenotherwise people would be handing disks out to all their friends andnfamily. Norton’s is particularly aggravating and chances are you’ll end up talking to someone at Symantec. If you get the product, install it and don’t think about upgrading your computer.

2) INSTABILITY: Decide you don’t like it? Removing it requires a number of reboots and manual deletion of files and folders. You’ll also have to go into the registry and remove the sloppy leftovers. Yuck.

3) RESOURCES: Taxes your system’s resources. Instead of buying a suite, get a defragger, get a registry cleaner, and get them without the pesky activation. These things are designed by committee. My System Works didn’t even recognize my Symantec anti-virus, and it’s made by the same company. Imagine that!nnIf you MUST have a suite, System Mechanic is probably the best.