| | |  | Computer Security | Home » » » » Norton Confidential | | | | | | | Description: | | Online criminals are stealing passwords and other confidential information with new methods. If you are one of the millions of people who bank, shop, or otherwise transact online, Norton Confidential can help! Norton Confidential lets you conduct financial transactions on the Internet with confidence. | | | Product Details: | | | Package Length:
| 7.4 inches | | Package Width:
| 5.3 inches | | Package Height:
| 1.3 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.15 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 17 reviews |
| | | System Requirements: | | | Platform:
| Windows Vista / Windows XP | | Media:
| CD-ROM | | Item Quantity:
| 1 |
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12 of 12 found the following review helpful:
 Not Worth Your WhileDec 04, 2006
By G. Olson
"Gary O"
I recently purchased this software and had to uninstall it. In my case, I was unable to get into my Quicken account, which is password protected. One of the features of Confidential is an "Information Vault" which stores all passwords. I was prompted to enter the Quicken one as well, but chose not to as I felt this would defeat the purpose of having a password set up in the first place. After that, when I would enter the Quicken password, my machine would just hang up. The only way I could get in was by opening it in safe mode.
I believe that this product sounds appealing on the surface, but when you get down to it, it promises more than it can deliver. I also think that when it comes to internet security, the best solution is to take reasonable precaution. If you respond to an e-mail requesting your account numbers and passwords, a software package is not going to save you.
I purchased this product based on my previous experience with Norton products and have been quite satisfied with their performance. Thus, I was extremely disappointed with this product.
10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
Huge Resource Hog, Doesn't work well with IE 7Jan 21, 2007
By M. Giordano
"New Dad"
This product caused my IE 7 browser to hang just about every time I used it. It causes internet pages to load very slow. This product scans every internet page before it will load the page. Many of the features that this product boasts come standard and FREE with the new IE 7 (such as phishing protection). This product is NOT compatible if you use Norton System Works.
10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
Truly Awful Software- be aware!Nov 25, 2006
By Joecompute
As others have noted, this product prevents AOL from loading on my machine - it just stalls (AOL is using a connection via Cable). It also "automatically" registers itself with Symantec and starts the counting of the 1 year subscription unless you cut of internet access. I removed it from that machine (a Toshiba Laptop) and installed it on my backup Dell (an older Pentium 3 866mhz). Both were running XP with the latest updates. It slowed Internet Explorer to a crawl and locked it up when I attempted to first write this review. It also slowed overall performance, when not in the browser, though this seems illogical. I uninstalled it (it was the only Norton product on the machine) and it left Live Update installed until I manually started the removal of it. Fortunately everything is back to normal after removing all. This is truly dangerous software for those with at least my type of equipment: Stay away unless you have very poor browsing security and a machine that does not choke on it.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Don't waste your moneyMar 09, 2007
By Stashi
Norton old password manager worked much better. It is a pain to use especially if you use the same password for serveral different websites. After using it for a couple of weeks, most of the time not working properly, the final straw was that it suddenly stopped recognizing my Infovault password. Several emails to Norton and nothing but worthless repsonses. Hours wasted trying to get help from their website! Even when I just wanted to know if I unstalled the product would password manager still work, no response.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
SYMANTEC RIP-OFFFeb 05, 2007
By D. Graves
"FINEBOOKSANDMORE"
It's time to switch to any product BUT a Symantec one: what was once the best security software company for PC users is now the worst.
It was time to upgrade my Systemworks Premier to the 2007 version, so I checked out the '07 features online. But where was Password Manager? Hell, I have 187 passwords and logins I DEPEND UPON Password Manager to fill in -- at least 30 of them a day. After an hour on the phone with allegedly 'English-speaking' Symantec CSR's in Bombay, the story I got was that customer surveys prompted them to 'drop' Password Manager. Not being stupid, I said, 'let me guess, Symantec's going to roll out a stand-alone Password Manager to extort another $40 from me'. 'Oh, no, sir, no, no...'
And here it is: a $[...] rip-off, nothing but Password Manager -- not so cleverly disguised as 'the Vault' -- along with other features IE7 provides for free, and marketed as a 'new' online security program.
Symantec seems to put more effort into playing marketing games with their customers than they do into making the programs they sell WORK correctly. Norton Anti-Virus is a MESS; it's once-a-week Wednesday night updates are now a joke: launch your attack, release your new virus on a Thursday morning and you'll have millions of NAV subscribers at your mercy for at least a week. Three times in the past few months, NAV has failed to stop an attack -- after several years of never failing. Systemworks too seems to be causing more problems than it solves (I'm continually rolling back to undo 'fixes' One Button Checkup or WinDoctor creates, after the 'fix' crashes my system).
Goodbye, Norton, hello McAfee -- or ANYBODY else. This rip-off -- deleting Password Manager from Systemworks only to regurgitate it as this bug-filled mess called Norton Confidential -- is the last straw.
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