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33 of 35 found the following review helpful:
 Lean mean fighting machine! Jan 11, 2005
By JanSobieski
I've gone the Norton and McAffee route for over 10 years the most recent of which have been with Norton's bloated memory busting System Works 2005. Since the 2003 version I have noticed a significant slowing of my computing but have been unable to identify the source.
I ran four different anti-spyware programs, I "cleansed" the system using all of Norton's utilities and still my computer was painfully slow hanging up on startup and shutdown. I even ran Hijack This and scrupulously followed the tutorial on MajorGeeks. My problems grew progressively worse until I read somewhere that Norton might well be causing my problems.
At first I discounted this possibility out of hand - I mean, after all, this was a premier program that had been around for years! Their new CEO is touted as the second coming by all of the business magazines and newspapers. Surely, IT couldn't be the source of my problems. But out of frustration I took Norton off of my computer and VOILÀ my problems went away! I couldn't believe it. No more computer crashes, no more slovenly performance, no more hanging up on shutdown and interminable startup times.
I was then confronted with finding another program to supplant Norton. I searched Cnet and came up with PC-Cillin! This program works great. I does not degrade performance one iota! No hanging up on shutdown or interminable startup times. This program works silently in the background and is literally updated daily in 3 - 5 seconds. I couldn't possibly be more pleased.
For the life of me I cannot understand how a company as distinguished as Symantec could fritter away all their goodwill and reputation by putting out a program that is quite simply awful.
Do yourself a favor. Forget Norton and McAffee. PC-Cillin is incomparably better. My computer, for the first time in 18 months, works like it was brand new.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Excellent! Mar 23, 2006
By Brendan P. Delany
"Fawltyoldboy"
I am a casual pc user who gave up using Norton and Macafee 3 years ago because of persistent problems I encountered with both programs - interminible running times and poor tech support to mention but 2. After reading PC Mags review of PC-cillin, I purchased the disc and have never regretted the choice since. Yes there are some problems from time to time but, I have always been able to either resolve them myself or get help from their tech support. They get my vote.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Flawless Jul 06, 2005
By Michael Martinez
"El Sleazio Chorizo"
Slim "westsideb, there's a reason why programs have things called "requirements" that need to be payed attention to. I've been in the pc world for 20+ years and this program works flawlessly for me.
5 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 Keep Your Receipt Mar 29, 2006
By R. Cote
"kadokyaputa"
The good news is that it didn't trash my operating system like NAV did! (...) The product itself seems to work as well as other AV software. Every time I go online it downloads an update. With a dialup connection and no other internet activity, these downloads take 10 to 20 minutes, regardless of the fact that it was just updated the previous day! If you actually have something to do online, cancel the download operation because everything slows down to a crawl. On two separate occasions, an update plus 10 minutes of internet productivity took me over an hour! After three months it has found one virus downloading to my computer. The results were exactly the same as I have had with other AV software. The virus is detected while being downloaded, the AV software allows the download, attempts to delete the file, fails, and then tells you if you want to delete it, you'll have to do it manually. Can't someone create a product that doesn't download the virus and appends the virus definition file rather than downloading a complete list every time?
2 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 WORTHLESS Dec 05, 2006
By S. Shaw
I had this installed by Geek Squad to replace Norton 2006 since the Norton reviews were so poor. I now cannot access any java-based applications, Outlook 2003 is not sluggish and freezing up, and IE7 tabs no longer work for favorites. I cannot login to brockerage accounts and look at basic charts. I also use SPysweeper which is fine. I wish this has 0 stars. It's a mess.
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