Norton Personal Firewall 2006 (Upgrade Edition)

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Product Details

Platform : Windows Me, Windows 2000, Windows 98, Windows XP
Binding : CD-ROM
EAN : 5397011256768
Manufacturer : Symantec
Product Group : Software
Release Date : 2005-10-17

ASIN : B000B68A9G

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Connect to the Internet on your own terms. Controls what goes inand what goes out with automatic protection.

Manufacturer's Description

Connect to the Internet on your own terms. With Norton Personal Firewall 2006, you control what comes in and what goes out. A powerful firewall, it's your primary line of defense against hackers and other intruders.

Forming a perimeter around your computer, it posts sentries at all points of entry. These sentries automatically check the ID of anyone or anything trying to enter your computer. Based on your preferences, they allow entry, deny entry, or ask you first. And if something even looks suspicious, they automatically lock it out. Norton Personal Firewall also gives you the power to control outgoing traffic. Using Norton Protection Center a one-look panel for controlling all your security tools you decide which of your programs can connect to the Internet. Norton Personal Firewall is also a powerful cloaking device. It hides you from hackers and thieves, to safeguard your identity and data while you're online. Finally, it helps you control private information, warning you before personal data can leave your computer.

You may be able to patch together this kind of protection with a mix of other products. But Norton Personal Firewall combines automatic intrusion protection and cloaking with full control over what enters and leaves your computer.

Customer Reviews

simple set-up, full protection (2006-07-13)

Setting up Norton Personal Firewall couldn't be easier; the software installs right out of the box without any problems, and the configuration is handled automatically where possible. The program recognizes most installed applications and knows what permissions they need. The remaining software is easy to set-up, too, after which the computer is ready to go again; with proper protection against intruders of all kinds.

needs very little manual configuration (2006-04-10)

The new norton firewall hardly even needs any manual config anymore. It basically sets up itself by analyzing the things you usually do on the internet and the programs you do them with and it applies the appropriate security settings automatically.Firewalls used to be a pain to configure, this seems to be a thing of the past now. Thank god!

simple to get to work (2006-04-09)

After the simple and straight forward installation process I am introduced to a backup system that is just as simple to handle. They might not be everybody's favorite features, but I find the system overview particularly useful. One glance informs me about drive usage as well as when it's time for the next backup. I am only slowly getting used to the idea that I can just keep working whilst the backup is running.

unobtrusive firewall (2006-02-20)

I refused to use a firewall for a long time because all I saw the last time was warnings and stop signs even while using the most harmless programs. You always had to reconfigure the fw-rules. I saw this one on a pal’s computer and was sold when he told me that it actually learned what to block by itself. I’m using it right now and am very satisfied. It's not as annoying as other fw with their popups about every little thing every couple of minutes, so that's nice. I wanna be safe but I don't wanna be told so every few minutes;).

easy config & lots of info on programs accessing the net (2005-12-03)

Actually I don’t want to bother with all that port-security stuff, but I am not naïve. There are way too many whackos out there, so I was told to get the Personal Firewall 2006 because it does most of the configuration by itself. Okay, there are some FWs that do so but it would be useless if I always clicked on the “allow” button when I am asked, here I can get further info about any software that tries to get out or inside and the software even adjusts to my computer-habits. This is way better than some other stuff I saw.

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