Review by Conan the Barbarian

This is the 3rd time in 5 years of trying out Norton Internet Security for me. Every year prior just wanted to make me scream. I always had a software bug during the installation process, even though my computer is new. After several hours of trying to get 2007 to install, it finally did, but with frequent problems during the usage of it.

But I broke down, after swearing never to use Norton again, and purchased the 2009 version. Wow, what a change to the better! This software has a process during the initial installation download that removes any prior Norton software links in the registry and cleans it up, for the download of the 2009 version. I had to do a manual shutdown, due to this process sticking during the scanning process for an excess of 25 minutes. But when it rebooted, it promptly completed the process and advised that all prior Norton remnants were removed.

As of 1 week of usage, I have no bootup problems, no excessive CPU usage at any time and the internet usage works great (I changed to the advanced firewall settings).

I have been using the Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 Suite, but after using Norton here, Kaspersky does use a higher amount of CPU usage and the web surfing is slower.

I do notice though, that the full AV scan seems about as long as Kaspersky AV scan in time wise. But that I found is the only minor low point, which I found is no biggie.

Norton, if it stays like this version, will have a return customer back!