Customer Review(s)
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Summary: finally, a speedy Norton product!
Comment: I had used Norton Antivirus and Norton Internet Security for many years (2003, 2004, 2005, etc.), but each new version seemed to get slower and slower. Finally I gave up and switched to ZoneLabs' ZoneAlarm security suite for a couple years. ZoneAlarm gave me much better performance for a couple versions, until lately -- when it began slowing down my system, hogging resources, and prompting me for things it shouldn't have been. So halfway through my current ZoneAlarm subscription, I decided I needed to dump it and get something else.
I checked out all sorts of reviews, read what Consumer Reports had to say, and did a demo of several products. I was VERY skeptical when I heard Norton Internet Security 2009 was supposed to be fast, lean, and easy to use -- because from my past experience with Symantec products, I had learned that Norton was slow and a big pain.
I've been running Norton Internet Security 2009 for 45 days now, and I'm amazed at how great this program is. It's not a resource hog. It's easy to use. And the number of prompts it gives you is minimal. I'm quite impressed.
Getting Norton Internet Security 2009 is the best software decision I've made in the past year. My system is running so much faster. According to the resource monitor, Norton usually uses 0% or 1% of my system resources. Finally, a speedy Norton product!
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Summary: HUGE improvement over Norton Internet Security 2008
Comment: I wrote in my review of Norton Internet Security 2008 that I used the product - but despised it. The hit to my system's resources was just too great, and I turned much of it off as a result.
The 2009 version is MUCH faster - to the point where I am leaving all options enabled. The hit to the system appears to be minimal. The user interface is simpler and less confusing also. Big improvements all around.
Be aware that the engines underlying Internet Security 2009 and Norton 360 are reported to be different, with 360 using the older version (i.e., performance problems).