Even thought I solved this problem by reinstalling Norton NIS, I eventually uninstalled NIS and replaced it with freeware security programs which work just fine, consume far less system resources, and do not cause system operating problems. Suggest you get rid of Norton NIS, and you will be a more secure and much happier computer user.

true, true

i've been installing avg free on home customer's computers since 2004, and no one has ever complained about it. grisoft makes great business packages too, the paid for avg keeps many a company pc safe.

Yeahh well ill think about it when my subscription is over.. which is a long time.. everytime i reformatted my computer my subscription would go back to as if i jsut bought it.. hahahahah but yeah.. i thought no one would reply once again to this post but w/e.. cool lol

AVG was a great choice. I personally use it on my Windows based PC. I don't believe I've ever used Kerio though. I've also recently been considering F-Secure because of their willingness to address problems with rootkits. My ISP gives out a free version of F-Secure's software but if a company is selling software, I generally like to support them by purchasing it if I think its well made and useful. I also don't think my ISP's free version has Blacklight.

My basic (incoming) firewall protection is a router, and I use Kerio as a software firewall in order to control outgoing program information. I chose Kerio because it is not a resource hog (i.e. relatively low overhead), and I am pleased with its performance.

I've always had two problems with Symantec Packages:

1) Once i had it installed and it corrupted my whole system, it required a format, i was not very happy and....
2) I've heard from a lot of sources you need a good computer to run as it slows it down majorly. I have actually expeirenced this, I went to my dads work the other day to give his pc's some checks/diagnostics and his pc had Norton Internet Security 2005 and it was SOO slow (running P4 2.8 GHz, 512MB RAM), we turned off Norton and it ran like a dream! Quick as lightning again.

Anyone who has Norton packages i'd advice getting something different. I always stick with AVG for Virus Protection and ZoneAlarm for firewall. Had these for many years now without a single problem.

Regards,
Dan