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Norton Internet Security offers a comprehensive collection of protection tools for ensuring the privacy of your Internet connection. It’s the first security tool to combine antivirus protection (via the integrated Norton AntiVirus scanner) with the security of an Internet firewall. And unlike its strongest competitor, BlackICE Defender, the complete release of Norton Internet Security (NIS) is freely available for download as a try-before-you-buy evaluation edition.
The Norton Protection System is a multilayered system of technologies that work in concert to stop threats before they impact you. Relying on the intelligence-driven Norton Insight technology, it targets only those files at risk, resulting in shorter and fewer scans. Browser protection safeguards you from Web-based attacks. And pulse updates every 5 to 15 minutes deliver the latest updates fast. Version 2009 improves on product performance.
In addition to protecting against viruses and unwelcome intrusions from the Internet, NIS also allows you to automatically block annoying banner ads and pop-up windows, set up parental site blocking options for restricting access to specific Web sites, and selectively determine which, if any, Java applets and ActiveX controls should be allowed to download and execute on your computer.
Review By pcworld
Security software customers are speaking with their feet: they want security updates and other security interruptions out of their faces, and they won’t hesitate to dump their security suites because of performance drag - whether or not it’s actually the security software that’s to blame.
That’s why Symantec is working on the next iteration of Norton Internet Security, NIS 2009, with the mantra of what it’s calling Zero Impact Performance: “Security so light and fast you never even know it’s there - until you need it.”
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Review By review.zdnet
Whitelisting, the buzzword of security products for 2009, is included within the new suite, and by marrying it with other technologies, Symantec makes it more suited for the user. Files on a whitelist are deemed trusted, and thus do not need to be scanned as often. Not all “safe files” make it onto the whitelist. For those, Norton uses a community process, called Insight, similar to that used by other security products such as Haute Secure. The thinking is that if thousands of other people are using this suspicious file, chances are it’s not a new piece of malware but a new application. On the other hand if only a few are using it, then maybe it’s worth it to take another look to see if it’s malware.
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Review By pcmag
Most users have a love-hate relationship with their security software. They love the protection from online and other threats, but they hate the way the software drags down their daily activities. This past spring, Symantec Senior Vice President Rowan Trollope detailed Symantec’s all-out effort to reduce the Norton suite’s impact on performance. And, what do you know—it worked! Norton Internet Security 2009 ($69.99 direct for three licenses) effects performance less than any suite I’ve tested.
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In CNET Labs’ performance tests, Norton Internet Security 2009, as a suite, scored better than some standalone antivirus applications on our test Windows XP systems. In third-party, independent antivirus testing using live viruses, Norton products have scored in the upper ranks, although not always in the top position. On the CNET iTunes test, Norton Internet Security 2009 scored close to the test system result at 272 seconds, 3 seconds faster than the standalone version of Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009. On the CNET Microsoft Office test, Norton Internet Security 2009 finished at a respectable 1,443 seconds, placing near the middle. In a test scanning a single folder with compressed and media files, Norton Internet Security 2009 came in at 202 seconds, which was the upper end of middle. In terms of boot speed, once again Norton came in fast at 33 seconds.
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Posted on September 12th, 2008 Written by: PCMAN
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