***boat
11-07-2004, 06:11 PM
After spending the afternoon messing with this software on one of my testing servers I am not convinced that Norton 2004 could be the worst software ever created.
Benchmark tests showed about a 30% decrease in performance, but it felt more like 50% in reality.
Probably the worst feature from my point of view is the "AD Blocker" that comes with it. This software removes all images from a website that are of a certain dimension deeming them AD's. If you are running Norton 2004 and you go to the classifieds section of the site all the navigation buttons will be missing for you. Probably a good deal of content in the forums will be missing as well. Oddly the banner AD's do not seem to be affected.
The un-install process did not actually remove the software, some modules were still on the HD when I was done.
Either way stay away from this, if you are looking for a virus scanner use trendmicro's Internet security www.trendmicro.com.
Gotta go @#$(@#&( rewrite parts of the ***boat.com site now... Thanks Norton.
Here are some links to more information on the problem:
http://www.choice.com.au/viewArticle.aspx?id=103669&catId=100461&tid=100008&p=5
http://www.webproworld.com/viewtopic.php?t=12663
http://marketing.about.com/cs/internetmarketing/a/norton2004.htm
Benchmark tests showed about a 30% decrease in performance, but it felt more like 50% in reality.
Probably the worst feature from my point of view is the "AD Blocker" that comes with it. This software removes all images from a website that are of a certain dimension deeming them AD's. If you are running Norton 2004 and you go to the classifieds section of the site all the navigation buttons will be missing for you. Probably a good deal of content in the forums will be missing as well. Oddly the banner AD's do not seem to be affected.
The un-install process did not actually remove the software, some modules were still on the HD when I was done.
Either way stay away from this, if you are looking for a virus scanner use trendmicro's Internet security www.trendmicro.com.
Gotta go @#$(@#&( rewrite parts of the ***boat.com site now... Thanks Norton.
Here are some links to more information on the problem:
http://www.choice.com.au/viewArticle.aspx?id=103669&catId=100461&tid=100008&p=5
http://www.webproworld.com/viewtopic.php?t=12663
http://marketing.about.com/cs/internetmarketing/a/norton2004.htm