I had left the computer in sleep mode and went into the kitchen when the hacker broke in. Because Norton gave him the passwords for my EMAIL Accounts, he logged on and changed the passwords and I could no longer access these EMAIL accounts. NIS does not impact my system in any significant way. It does add to your initial system ready time, but it’s a price you have to pay to keep your computer safe. The UI is impressively easy to use. It’s still very fast light on resources, with an extremely good protection. I already had a Norton Account, so it easily processed the updates. It is recommended that you update your virus definitions once the installation is complete to ensure that you are fully protected. Have been using Norton for years and it works quite well and is a lot cheaper from Amazon than it is direct from Norton. Seems strange that to upgrade a program on your computer is more expensive than purchasing it new with packaging and CD but that’s the case. Security controls are condensed into three sections in the main window: computer protection, network protection, plus a Web protection. For those who wonders, what is that map at the bottom of the interface, it represents a threat to each of its users that has been successfully blocked.
I have told my family to get Norton on their computer too. As an avid computer and internet user, with over three different computers in my household, I really took the time to test many of the major security services out there and NIS definitely stands alone on top in my opinion.
So I simply disable it (simplest way is to right click on the upper portion of the toolbar and uncheck the Norton option). Other than that, NIS appears to run well in the background with little impact on the speed of either machine I use.
It is an easy program to manage and the settings are simple. It also tells me exactly the things I told it to do, such as schedules for scanning etc.
Why pay when there are free options? Norton performed better on removing and preventing threats. As far as I can tell, NIS has blocked every virus exploit attempt- I have never had any issues. Also, I think the 3 user package is a great idea for the money expended.
The features have been described in other reviews. I purchased NIS from Amazon rather than “renewing” my subscription from last year’s version, because it saves quite a bit of money. It also identifies most of the secure websites (Amazon, credit card, bank websites, Hotmail, Gmail) as safe websites. Norton has the option to use their password manager, but just like last version, the password manager is not so secure. I had Norton when I had Comcast and it really worked well so after going to another company, I wanted Norton. I left a feedback on this when I received it.
NIS was by far the easiest to install, and had the smallest performance footprint of the other programs tested.
I had the 2010 NIS and just upgraded to the new version, it’s great. used diesel welder on ebay.