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Norton pissed me off for the last time. Bought the upgrade to Norton Internet Security 2004 which was free after rebate at staples. Installed. Well, here are some things of note... 1) they now require you to activate the product 2) it comes with a ton of crap you don't need or want 3) you can't just install antivirus alone as you used to... you have to install the whole internet security panel... even if you check only to install NAV. 4) Even if you choose NOT to use spam filtering, it places a bulky toolbar in Outlook that YOU CANNOT REMOVE. Try as I might, it wouldn't go away. I was quite happy with Outlook 2003's spam filtering and didn't feel as if I needed this additional layer. 5) The firewall is turned on by default even if you tell the program you only want to install NAV.

So, I uninstalled Norton Internet Security 2004 and kissed it's crappy ass goodbye. Norton has really been going down hill in my eyes in the last few years and this is the final straw. I have installed the free version of AVG anti virus and found it's as full featured as I need. Auto updates, scheduled scanning, email incoming and outgoing scanning... did I mention it was free?