All: The marketing buildup was in its final form in version 22.24.8.36 just prior to the latest 24.xx release. The writing was on the wall with the prior version and the forums lit up about the constant nagging, popups and scare tactics then. The latest version is the end result of a lot of behind the scenes work just being released without us being even shown what it may be. There should have been a dedicated BETA channel for doing what we are doing now there. Voicing what the product was, even with its short comings vice what it would look like with the changes being put in. That wasn’t a priority for Norton, not an oversight, it was by design. At least version 22.24.8.36 was manageable and some settings were there, some even with prompts. Below is the UI for the older version as I now reverted to it.
24.xx was released months ago, with only a few minor changes to it. NOTHING regarding functionality that the end user controls has been changed. If that hasn’t happened at this conjunction its not going to. Others find 24.xx solid. No software can be solid for me that insists on having full control of my machine. Not even Microsoft.
Reverting and waiting for something concrete to change with 24.xx is an option. There are posts on the forums that I have created, concerning how that can be done. Its a suggestion, one that I make NOT to drive customers away from Norton, quite the contrary. Its to keep them from doing just that as we are seeing happen.
SA