Norton SystemWorks 2007 Standard Edition [OLD VERSION]

List Price: $69.99 Discount Price: $14.90

Features:

• Powerful PC protection and performance enhancement software
• Detects and removes viruses, spyware, and other hidden threats
• Prevents virus-infected emails from spreading
• Automatically detects and fixes Windows problems
• Defragments and optimizes hard drive for better performance

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Customer Reviews:

NOT FOR VISTA!! [Posted on 2007-06-01]
Having used SystemWorks for years with XP, I was quite surprised to find that the 2007 version will not work with Vista- even though one of the advertisers on Amazon claimed compatibility!

RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY! [Posted on 2007-06-21]
Symantec has become toxic! I don't know what I am going to use this year, but it will have nothing to do with Norton or Symantec.

I have used Norton products since the days of Peter Norton's Utilities for DOS 3.x. I have been a professional in the world of PC's and MAC's since before there were PC's or MAC's. I have recommended a lot of Symantec products over the years because a) they were better-behaved than some [notably McAfee], b) they offered more useful tools than most, and c) the different pieces worked well together -- which cannot always be said of installations built from several different vendors' products, even though each one might be superior to the comparable Symantec offering.

That has all changed. The basic issue is that it is simply not possible -- without a high level of expertise -- to run security, backup, and optimization products without occasionally making use of the vendor's product support. Even with a high level of expertise, product support can be important.

REALLY BAD PRODUCT SUPPORT WITH PRODUCTS LIKE NORTON UTILITIES, PERSONAL FIREWALL, ANTI-VIRUS, ETC. CAN BE HIGHLY TOXIC TO YOUR PC! FOR SEVERAL YEARS, SYMANTEC SUPPORT HAS BECOME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. BELIEVE ME WHEN I TELL YOU THAT THE FOLKS IN MUMBAI OR PESHAWAR OR WHEREVER THEY ARE PHYSICALLY LOCATED FOR SYMANTEC SUPPORT ARE A VERY LONG WAY FROM BEING TOP DRAWER. THEY ARE A VERY LONG WAY FROM BEING ADEQUATE.

THE ADVICE THAT YOU RECEIVE FROM THEM STANDS A DECENT CHANCE OF PERMANENTLY CRIPPLING YOUR PC, AND THEY WILL NOT HAVE THE FIRST CLUE HOW TO FIX ANY OF IT.

STANDARD ANSWERS #1 - 10 FROM SYMANTEC SUPPORT ARE ALL THE SAME. REMOVE THEIR SOFTWARE USING THEIR REMOVAL TOOL, WHICH LEAVES BEHIND A MYRIAD OF DIRECTORY ENTRIES AND ODD FILES THAT THEY WILL USE TO RESTORE THE MESS THEY MADE IF YOU EVER UPGRADE ... AND THEN UPGRADE TO THEIR LATEST VERSION (SOUND OF CASH REGISTER HERE!)

There is only one Norton/Symantec product that I will continue to use ... Norton Ghost ... and that in an older version for as long as I can.

Why? Restoring a system hard drive to a known good condition via Norton Ghost is the only 100% effective cure that I have ever found for a) software that botches its own installation, b) software that botches other programs when you install it, c) THE APPLICATION OF THE SOLUTIONS PROVIDED BY SYMANTEC SUPPORT ... AS I RECENTLY DISCOVERED MYSELF.

Even Norton Ghost, in order to be effective, requires some knowledge and planning. The average user who puts everything on one hard drive and does not back up user data separately or who does not know what user data is required in order to preserve e-mail, etc. will experience more difficulty.

Man the lifeboats! Women and children first! The good ship Symantec seems to have hit an iceberg!

SystemWorks slowed my computer to a CRAWL [Posted on 2007-08-05]
For years I trusted Norton for virus protection... no complaints there. When I went to upgrade about a year ago, I was offered to add SystemWorks for a considerably reduced price. Since my computer was a couple years old, I figured it might be good to help fix some of the annoying problems and help keep everything running well. In fact, SystemWorks consumed tons of needed resources and never did offer that many useful or practical solutions to my daily computing needs. The most amazing discovery was that after uninstalling this program (after almost a year) my computer seemed suddenly fast again. What a disappointment! Avoid!

Nightmare to uninstall  [Posted on 2007-08-31]
Poorly designed and created more problems than it solved such as internal computer errors. I could not install any other software nor could I uninstall Norton 2007 Systemworks. Stay away from this antivirus software . There is better antivirus software available. I will never buy Norton again.

WORRIED and WARY OF NORTON! [Posted on 2007-09-21]
This software worries me. After almost four years of experiencing abuse to my computer system and the related loss of critical data, I have become extremely wary of Norton.

I will be filing a formal complaint with my State's Consumer Protection Division to investigate this product and Norton's methods of coercing users to renew their product, quickly on an annual basis.

I have been using Norton anti-virus protection on my computer for at least 3 years.

Since then, I have noticed a pattern of serious computer crashes within a few days of the annual product expiration date.

The cost of repair each time runs me about $150.00. So year after year, I rush to purchase the new product update.

Until this year, I wondered about the pattern of annual crashes, then was forced to conclude that my observation of the correlation of serious/expensive computer crashes and its timing was not random, but predictable.

How did I draw my conclusion?

My spouse's computer is protected with Norton. We do not share the same product copy. I predicted on September 10, 2007 that her computer would have a very serious Crash within a few days of the expiration date of the Norton Product. On September 18, 2007, about two or three days after receiving the expiration date notice it Crashed.

Now bear in mind that, the computer in question is not frequently used.

In 2006, I was forced to replace my laptop,due to my Norton experience. I wondered then about the pattern, but simply dismissed it.

Well this year, I will ask the Consumer Protection Division in my State's Attorney General's Office to look into the pattern of the problem observed and help to verify if the problem is more widespread.

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