Norton PC Checkup for Windows

User Reviews

• Harassing Pop-ups

  dennphill7/7/2013

  Pros

  Wouldn't know any such thereof...

  Cons

  (Longtime) Norton AV and Internet Security customer, now using 360...and in last 2 weeks CONTINUAL popup warnings of Norton PC Checkup having found (thus and so) warning signs, along with an offer to buy Norton's "Rescue Me" for some subscription price! Continual popups on 2 laptops and main PC running Norton 360.

  Summary

  And, of course, my Norton 360 is saying Security, Identity, Tuneup, etc. all fine (protected). It's as bad as the TV commercial for "My Clean PC.com." Norton/Symantic have really sunk to new lows, trying to scare customers. I just wish I could stop the continual popups.

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• Nogoodware

  TrojanGuitar6/21/2013

  Pros

  All it's good for is taking up resources on your pc. The one thing I found that is the total opposite from the other reviewers is the results. I found the results were spot on and it didn't try to tell me any false positives just to sell me their software.

  Cons

  It's totally useless. Scans but didn't resolve any issues.

  Summary

  This software is so useless. I am with the other reviewer about how Peter Norton should be ashamed that this bears his moniker. His name used to be well respected as part of the forefront on pc health & security. Hopefully he doesn't actually belong to the company anymore.

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• Useless crap.

  m00s4/12/2013

  Pros

  Easy to uninstall

  Cons

  It's a con indeed.

  Summary

  Gives the impression to do what it says. But in the end only trying to get you to buy norton. First time i ran it everything was perfect but a few times later it reported that i have no virus protection at all. I have a good anti-virus program installed (avast). I also regularly scan with malwarebytes anti malware and my computer is squeeky clean!

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• Scareware! Stay Away

  El_vis3/4/2013

  Pros

  None. It is worthless.

  Cons

  It doesn't matter if software is free if the results are not accurate. It does nothing but try and sell you Norton software based on bogus results. Worse yet, I don't know how it was installed or how it was launched. The only thing I can think of is that a Quicken update did it without asking. More like a virus than a utility.

  Summary

  Peter Norton should be ashamed for allowing his name to be put on malware.

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• Not a bad little programme.

  walter87622/16/2013

  Pros

  Does what it says it will and I run it alongside Norton Internet Security.

  Cons

  Doesn't do a lot and is very basic but it's free so what can you expect.

  Summary

  Not bad but lots of room for improvement.

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• Waste of bandwidth

  waltjones408/30/2012

  Pros

  It's free.

  Cons

  Does less than nothing. It gives false warnings about infections. It's just a marketing tool. Before running I had run MS Security Essentials, Trend Micro's Housecall and the Panda free scan and the computer came up clean.This tool said 92 infections better buy Norton A/V...

  Summary

  It's crap. Don't waste your time.

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• Scans but does not fix

  linksfield10/10/2010

  Pros

  None that I can think of.

  Cons

  Does not solve any problems

  Summary

  I used Norton for some years and got disappointed for numerous reason. This program supposedly identifies problems. The first day it gave me a clean bill of health. The very next day it took hours to download the virus definitions. It then identified 65 problems. Now I must buy Norton Internet Security to fix the problem. I immediately ran both Microsoft Security Essential and Avast full scans. Both gave me a clean bill of health

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• Decent Scanner

  BlazingWildFire9/28/2010

  Pros

  Fast, fool-proof UI

  Cons

  Far too basic, hardly anyone would need this tool.

  Summary

  Quick,straight to the point, but only totally unprotected users will benefit from this service.

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• sufficient for a check up utility

  cyberj8203/11/2010

  Pros

  it kind of breaks it down for you in basic terms

  Cons

  didn't do anything else

  Summary

  its free what do you have to lose

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