Buggy? Yeah, no more and no less than the others.
Bloated? Yeah it is true. However this is one of the "stencile" remarks from the time we paid $500 for a 80MB HardDrive.
When you pay $40 for 40GB who cares.
You`re entitled to your opinion just like I`m entitled to mine,there`s good alternatives to Norton`s software around and most use less resources then Norton`s software,some people do care

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Getting back to Firewalls, other versions include ZoneAlarm(they do a free version as well),Tiny personal firewall from
here.
The bottom line is there are quite a few available and it`s down to which firewall you prefer on ease of use ,layout etc.
Free ZoneAlarm download link. .
