Norton 360: 360 Degrees of Nothing

You may recall I spent an entire day installing Norton 360 (internet security software) on my computer. If you don't recall that, click here: Norton 360 fiasco.

I suppose I'm a bit of an optimist, because even after all that, I still hoped the software would work well.

HA HA HA HA!

Aside from the fact that my computer now runs as slowly as molasses going uphill in summer (note: people say "in winter", but I always figure, in summer its uphill velocity is even greater in the negative direction, so that's a better expression), Norton 360 has this nasty habit of - without warning - shutting itself off.

I'll be browsing the internet when all of a sudden a bright red message will appear at the top of my screen: Browsing not safe: Auto-Protect off. So from here one of two things happen:

1. I double click the Norton 360 icon in my system tray, and it says: "PC Security: Secured" And no matter what I do, Norton continues to give me two contradictory messages: "Your computer is secured" and "Your computer is not secured".

2. I double click the Norton 360 icon in my system tray, and it says: "PC Security: Not Secure" Of course, when it says that, there's a link to FIX the problem. So I click that. And nothing happens. And I click it again. And, once again, nothing happens.

In either case, there is only one solution to the problem.

Reboot the computer.

And now, if you'll excuse me, I need to reboot my computer. :P