Norton AntiVirus 2003 [Old Version] :: Education by Design Store

Editorial Review
Simple and powerful, Norton AntiVirus 2003 protects your PC against viruses--and it covers e-mail and instant messaging, too. The program's clear and simple interface shows you what you're protected against, how up-to-date your virus definitions are, and when you last checked your whole system. Anything you need to worry about is clearly marked in red.

Installation is simple: you can accept all the defaults without worry, and you'll be prompted to go online and get up-to-date definitions as soon as you install. If a virus is found, the software will try to automatically repair the file. In addition to looking for known viruses, the Norton AntiVirus Bloodhound feature tries to spot new viruses and worms by their behavior. AntiVirus 2003 also checks for viruses in files you download from the Web, in e-mail, and now in instant messages. If you use MSN Messenger you'll need to reboot; other messaging tools are protected straight away. With e-mail, Norton AntiVirus 2003 can check incoming and outgoing messages and files in POP3 clients like Outlook Express. While AntiVirus 2002 would only stop you from getting infected by an e-mail worm, this version stops you from passing the infection on to others.

Checking your system and downloading updates are two things you need to do regularly. Norton AntiVirus 2003 makes them relatively painless by setting up a full scan once a week and checking for new updates whenever you're online. Running a full scan does take time and you're not given an estimate of how long; a large drive can take 30 minutes or even an hour, and it ties up a lot of your PC's power. Simple update scanning hardly slows down your PC down at all.

Customer Reviews

Anti Virus Too much Time to Load ...

2008-12-20
I find this product and all the update versions to be cumbersome in that the computer takes too long to reboot each time when loading the anti-virus. I've switched to another brand.

it may make your machine unbootable

2005-11-11
I installed NAV, and on reboot, my machine is brain dead- nothing works. I email the crack team at Symantec (in India, of course), and get the following, indicating that they toasted my machine, but I should seek help somewhere else:

===== quote from Symantec return email:
Dale, I understand the difficulties that you are currently facing. During the installation of Norton AntiVirus (NAV) some of the Windows XP files might have got corrupted which caused this issue. In order to resolve this issue, I suggest that you contact your system vendor.

Regards,

Sandeep Nambiar
Symantec Authorized Technical Support

==== end quote.

They obviously don't care if they take my money and trash my machine. Now it is my problem.

Avoid these people.

Do not purchase - has lots of problems and is not supported

2005-08-25
Symantec no longer supports this product although they will readily take your money for antivirus updates. The system scan goes into a continuous loop and corrections are not available.

Norton is not user friendly-Save your money!

2005-06-14
I've attempted to install, re-install, uninstall the Norton package I just purchased multiple times with absolutely no success. I thought it was either me or a problem with my laptop-until I started reading the reviews. A side note-I still have 6 months service remaining on my original purchase from last year but with no luck on the time remaining for any working anti-virus on that package and the fact that there is no one and I mean no one to contact for any type of technical support. When you call the toll free the only assistance is to buy new or check an existing order. When you attempt to go to the address that pops up saying go to this site for relief, "This page is not available" screen comes up.
So let me get this straight. I can't speak to anyone-I can't e-mail anyone-When I attempt to access the page that the system is telling me to go to, it isn't available. Well heck--it must be me. Folks save your money.

who are you kidding?

2005-02-16
Recently purchased 2005 version - fellas save your money. ( I had free AVG6.0 -that changed & went to Norton- have now purchased AVG 7 pro and feel "clean")- Norton 2005 caused a lot of problems with my laptop- everything came to a grinding hault. Email was a pain, and explorer likewise. Come on symantec , you can do better than this??. Reboot was terribly slown. If you want to turn your high speed racer into a 40 ton truck this prodict will do it for you..................

Jonathan

how do they stay in business?

2005-01-04
Simple and powerful, Norton AntiVirus 2003 protects your PC against viruses--and it covers e-mail and instant messaging, too. The program's clear and simple interface shows you what you're protected against, how up-to-date your virus definitions are, and when you last checked your whole system. Anything you need to worry about is clearly marked in red.

Norton AntiVirus 2003 is an excellent way to guard against viruses. While it's not a major upgrade, as instant messaging becomes more popular, it's good to see tools to protect your system. --Mary Branscombe, Amazon.co.uk

Why doesn't it block viruses coming in? 2004-12-19
I think Norton could do a lot better. I want a virus detector that alerts me WHEN the virus is present. Norton came with my laptop for a free 3-month trial and I can't stand it! So far (in one week) it's let mydoom viruses and other ones be present on my hard drive. And to top it off, it gives me some lame message how it can't delete it or quarantine it. Gee thanks. My computer is a whole week old and this overrated software already can't fix viruses that are years old. I am very unimpressed and am going to do research on what virus protection actually does work and catches the viruses BEFORE they get on the computer.

My advice? Don't bother. This product is overrated and unless you're a tech you may not know how to delete files that Norton can't do on its own (although isn't that why we buy these programs?).

What a ripoff 2004-10-20
Like any other common sense person when something says it's replaced by another, ie, 2003 replaced by 2005, I would expect to get the 2005 product. I didn't, I'm sure the seller will say the old version was being replaced by the new version but not what they were selling. And the outragious shipping and "handling" of almost $4.00 for what actually costs $.60 to send. I don't recommend this seller to anyone. I would give you less than 1 star if I could.

Norton has lost my business! 2004-09-19
I bought a computer with this 2003 pre-installed for 3 months, updated it fine. Now comes time to renew, paid for renewal, the software won't accept the number and I can't talk to a customer support person unless I pay $5 bucks a minute! No more Norton for me, who do they think they are? Microsoft? Even Microsoft is offering free support on some products. Also Norton Anti-virus takes up ALL of your computer's memory when it runs and slows it down in general for real-time scanning. Think I'll go with Trend Micro and exercise the demon Norton out of my computer.

Never had a problem 2004-08-25
Never had a problem with it.
Only thing is it can slow down your computer alot at times.

OHH YEA, 2004 was released ;)