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Symantec announced the availability of Norton Internet Security 2009 and Norton AntiVirus 2009 on Tuesday, apparently delivering on its promise to minimize the performance impact the suite will have on the host PC.
NIS 2009 is priced at $69.99 for a one-year subscription covering three PCs. NAV 2009, meanwhile, will be offered for a retail price of $39.99.
In May, NIS chief Rowan Trollope said that performance would be the priority for NIS 2009, after consumers uniformly complained about how security software slowed down their PCs.
"Therefore, it's obvious that we must be the absolute best in performance," Trollope said then. "If I could create what's unquestionably the fastest security product in the world, without compromising security features, it would be very clear to the consumer why they'd buy Norton. Performance is the focus for 2009."
NIS 2009 installs in just 52 seconds, according to Symantec's own tests, requiring just 7 Mbytes of host memory. Quick scans can take as little as 33 seconds, Symantec said, although the conditions were not disclosed.
NIS includes antivirus, antispyware, antispam, a two-way firewall, identity protection, rootkit protection, antiphishing and network monitoring.
According to Norton, the company has come up with a smarter solution to scanning files, eliminating some "common files" through "community intelligence". The idea is to avoid slowing down older computers, which Norton's customers see as an entertainment device. A silent mode suspends activities during games or other CPU-intensive activities.
Microupdates are shot to the user every five to fifteen minutes, a different approach than McAfee plans to take with its cloud-based checks of suspect files.
From an efficiency perspective, NIS 2009 performed slightly better than the 2008 NIS suite, according to AV-test.org. NIS 2008 found 97.8 percent of malware on demand and 94.6 percent of adware/spyware; NIS 2009 found 98.7 percent of malware, and 95.4 percent of adware/spyware. The other authoritative testing agency, AV-comparatives.org, reports its own results on Sept. 15.
And if you have a problem, tech support -- phone, email, or online, is now free for one year.
Source:*www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2329969,00.asp
More screenshots here:*www.pcmag.com/slideshow_viewer/0,1205,l=231747&p=1&s=1489&a=231719&po=1&i=1,00.asp?p=y
ZDNET's review here:*review.zdnet.com/internet-security...rnet-security-2009/4505-3667_16-33246586.html
Is this the RESURRECTION of NORTON? Only time will tell..
Symantec announced the availability of Norton Internet Security 2009 and Norton AntiVirus 2009 on Tuesday, apparently delivering on its promise to minimize the performance impact the suite will have on the host PC.
NIS 2009 is priced at $69.99 for a one-year subscription covering three PCs. NAV 2009, meanwhile, will be offered for a retail price of $39.99.
In May, NIS chief Rowan Trollope said that performance would be the priority for NIS 2009, after consumers uniformly complained about how security software slowed down their PCs.
"Therefore, it's obvious that we must be the absolute best in performance," Trollope said then. "If I could create what's unquestionably the fastest security product in the world, without compromising security features, it would be very clear to the consumer why they'd buy Norton. Performance is the focus for 2009."
NIS 2009 installs in just 52 seconds, according to Symantec's own tests, requiring just 7 Mbytes of host memory. Quick scans can take as little as 33 seconds, Symantec said, although the conditions were not disclosed.
NIS includes antivirus, antispyware, antispam, a two-way firewall, identity protection, rootkit protection, antiphishing and network monitoring.
According to Norton, the company has come up with a smarter solution to scanning files, eliminating some "common files" through "community intelligence". The idea is to avoid slowing down older computers, which Norton's customers see as an entertainment device. A silent mode suspends activities during games or other CPU-intensive activities.
Microupdates are shot to the user every five to fifteen minutes, a different approach than McAfee plans to take with its cloud-based checks of suspect files.
From an efficiency perspective, NIS 2009 performed slightly better than the 2008 NIS suite, according to AV-test.org. NIS 2008 found 97.8 percent of malware on demand and 94.6 percent of adware/spyware; NIS 2009 found 98.7 percent of malware, and 95.4 percent of adware/spyware. The other authoritative testing agency, AV-comparatives.org, reports its own results on Sept. 15.
And if you have a problem, tech support -- phone, email, or online, is now free for one year.
Source:*www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2329969,00.asp
More screenshots here:*www.pcmag.com/slideshow_viewer/0,1205,l=231747&p=1&s=1489&a=231719&po=1&i=1,00.asp?p=y
ZDNET's review here:*review.zdnet.com/internet-security...rnet-security-2009/4505-3667_16-33246586.html
Is this the RESURRECTION of NORTON? Only time will tell..
