Product Description

What do you do to keep yourself healthy? Norton Internet Security Suite 2008 is designed to keep your PC healthy. Every time you visit the Internet, there are hackers, predators, and weapons ready to usurp your identity and destroy your computer. It can happen quickly and silently. Some viruses present on the web can have delay mechanisms that can halt use of your computer days, weeks, months ahead. Norton Internet Security Suite 2008 scans your PC for potential pathogens, points them out, and helps eliminate them. It provides regular updates to your system to eliminate any new viruses. It also provides a strong firewall acting as a shield while you're online. Control spam with built-in filter technologies. Enjoy the Internet and safeguard your PC and peripherals with the power and reliability that Symantec is famous for. Be safe when your PC has Norton Internet Security Suite 2008 installed. Intrusion Prevention automatically shields newly discovered security vulnerabilities Network protection configures security settings when logged on at home, or on public networks Full System Scan performs a deep scan to remove existing viruses, spyware and other threats Norton Protection Center provides a central place to easily check overall security settings Includes protection updates and new product features as available throughout the renewable service period Windows Vista friendly

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #16 in Software
• Brand: Symantec
• Model: 12608434
• Released on: 2007-09-11
• ESRB Rating: Mature
• Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows XP
• Format: CD
• Dimensions: 3.00 pounds

Features

• Norton Identity Safe keeps your personal information and identity safe when you buy, bank and browse online
• Start, scan, and run faster. Improved performance delivers an enhanced online experience
• Get help fast with free online technical support via live chat and email all from within the product
• Optimized product design improves scan times and decreases impact on system startup and resource usage
• SONAR technology delivers behavior-based protection that can detect emerging spyware and viruses even before traditional signature-based definitions are available

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Stay protected from the latest online threats. Norton Internet Security 2008 runs quietly in the background to detect and block today's complex threats and to protect your identity when you buy, bank, or browse online. The friendly and efficient product design helps minimize confusing security alerts and system slowdowns that can get in the way of your online experience. And if you need help, an integrated online chat tool connects you to our support professionals, so you have easy access to the answers you need. In addition to protection updates, Norton Internet Security provides new product features as available throughout your service subscription.

Norton Internet Security 2008 runs quietly in the background to detect and block today's complex threats and to protect your identity when you buy, bank, or browse online.

Stay protected from the latest online threats.
Norton Internet Security 2008 runs quietly in the background to detect and block today's complex threats and to protect your identity when you buy, bank, or browse online.

Key Benefits

• Blocks online identity theft--An extra layer of security protects when you buy, bank, or browse.
• Detects and eliminates spyware--Provides advanced protection against today's latest threats.
• Removes viruses and Internet worms--Fast and quiet scans provide comprehensive, automatic protection.
• Protects against hackers--Safeguards your computer with a smart firewall that automatically configures protection settings.

Includes Full Versions of the Following Products:

• Norton AntiVirus
• Norton Personal Firewall
• Norton Antispyware
• Norton Identity Safe--New!
• Norton Antiphishing

New Features and Enhancements--What's New

• Norton Identity Safe keeps your personal information and your identity safe when you buy, bank and browse online.
• Enhanced performance lets you start, scan, and run faster, so you can enjoy your online experience.
• Get help fast with free online technical support via live chat and email all from within the product.
• Optimized product design improves scan times and decreases impact on system startup and resource usage.
• SONAR (Symantec Online Network for Advanced Response) technology delivers behavior-based protection that can detect emerging spyware and viruses even before traditional signature-based definitions are available.
• Stores and encrypts your passwords and other confidential data, automatically filling it at your request to save time and protect it from being stolen by eavesdropping keystroke loggers.
• Network security monitoring checks the status of your wireless network security, maps connected devices, and provides expert advice on managing your network security settings.

Start, scan, and run faster. Improved performance delivers an enhanced online experience.

Norton AntiVirus:
Antivirus and antispyware protection, rootkit detection and intrusion protection

• Protects your computer by automatically detecting and removing spyware, viruses, Trojan horses, and Internet worms.
• Exchange files via email and instant messaging without worrying about receiving threats on your computer or spreading them to others.
• Stays out of your way. Runs quietly in the background without requiring you to respond to confusing security alerts.
• Threat blocking technology quietly monitors system activities to stop most spyware, viruses, and worms before they can install and cause damage on your system.
• Email and instant message scanning detects and removes infected attachments even if they're hidden in archives.
• Rootkit detection finds and removes threats that are hidden deeply in the operating system.
• Internet worm protection blocks an entire class of viruses, spyware, and worms with a single threat signature.
• Thorough pre-installation scan cleans out spyware and virus infections that can obstruct ordinary protection.
• Quick Scan automatically runs on receipt of new definitions to help ensure protection against the latest threats.
• Full System Scan performs a deep scan of the system and hard drive to remove existing spyware, viruses, and other threats.

Norton Identity Safe:
Antiphishing, Web site authentication, eavesdropping protection and confidential information management

• Advanced phishing protection identifies and blocks fraudulent Web sites designed to steal personal information.
• Adds a layer of targeted, real-time identity theft protection to prevent identity thieves from eavesdropping on your online shopping transactions and banking and brokerage sessions from login to logout.
• Blocks hard-to-detect phishing sites by deeply analyzing Web page elements for evidence of criminal activity.
• Authenticates the Web location and credentials of the most popular banking and shopping sites, so you know you're dealing with the true site and not a fake.

Norton Personal Firewall:
Two-way firewall

• Stay hidden when connected with a smart firewall that automatically configures protection settings.
• Log on at home, at a cafe, or on the road, and Norton Internet Security automatically optimizes your security settings.
• Two-way firewall blocks hackers from breaking into your computer and stops spyware from transmitting information.
• Trust Control automatically optimizes your protection settings based on the network--wired or wireless, public or private--to which you're connected.

Additional Features

• The Norton Add-on Pack delivers optional solutions for you and your family including antispam and parental controls.
• Connect with confidence knowing your protection is continuously updated for one year as new threats emerge.
• Includes protection updates and new product features as available throughout the renewable service period.
• Intrusion prevention shields newly discovered security holes in the operating system and applications to prevent viruses, worms, and hackers from entering through these vulnerabilities.
• Includes one year of automatic definition updates, new product features, and access to updated versions of Norton Internet Security throughout the life of your service subscription.

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Customer Reviews

Meets expectations
Install was improvement over the older versions. In the past after a fresh install I had to run live update 3-5 times to get all the patches -- typically with a reboot in between. With this version the install downloaded patches and there was only 1 live update for the latest virus definitions post intall.

Installed on 2 systems -- one was perfect. The 2nd system had a problem when clients tried to connect to the printer. The firewall was rejecting requests and client reported "Spooler service not running". After some debugging I determined it was due to the number (or type) of network interfaces on the system. I had vmware installed which had several virtual interfaces + firewire which MS will setup for TCP/IP even if they are not connected. All of these interfaces left the firewall confused, rather than fight with the configuration, I just disabled these interfaces leaving only the 'real' NIC and the problem was solved.

One little note for folks who haven't purchased the 3 pack before, when you activate the first machine, you activate the subscription for all 3. It's really 1 subscription for software you can load on 3 machines. I'm not complaining, pricing is better than 3 separate packages.

Amazon had a good deal and delivered it in a reasonable timeframe.

Happy with a side note.
As always, Norton is a bit slow at start up (unless you want to pay more for the 360). This is a 3 user account. Loaded on 2 different machines with 2 different results of ease. I do have a 3rd computer, but it is a MAC and there is no exceptions from Norton. I did find it cheaper a few days afterward, but already had to return it once (shipped single user)and did not want to go through that again. However, Norton is still the best out there.

Slower than cold molasses, worse than a virus, intrusive
The difference is like day and night. One minute my laptop was performing fairly well for a 4+ year old machine, then with Norton (painfully long installation)it takes forever to open a web page, everything is unworkably slow and often freezes up. Maybe on newer PC's with excess speed and memory to spare it might not be so noticeable but why would you spend good money on computing power just to have it wasted by anti-virus software.

I gave it one star partly because Amazon doesn't allow zero or negative stars, and partly because Norton contributes to the nostalgia experience. It reminds me of the good ol'dial-up days, except maybe a little slower. Maybe Norton could add sound effects to imitate a dial-up modem.

Frequent pop-ups pester you to download updates, which are also slow, then you have to restart. My previous anti-virus was Windows Live OneCare which I gave up because it was expensive and pesky, but compared to Norton, OneCare was discreet and non-intrusive. Does Norton really think they are so important that PC users want a Norton tool bar reminding that "Fraud monitoring is on." Too bad Fraud monitoring didn't catch Norton masquerading as a utility. Aargh!