Product Description

Stay protected from the latest online threats. Norton Internet Security¿ 2008 Premier Edition runs quietly in the background to detect and block today¿s complex threats. Norton Internet Security components¿including antispyware, antivirus, firewall, and intrusion prevention¿work together to help protect your computer against harm. And antiphishing and Web authentication components help ensure your identity is protected when you buy, bank, or browse online. Enhance your computer¿s performance with the included Norton SystemWorks¿ Basic Edition. This system-boosting solution solves many PC problems and keeps your computer running at peak performance. Norton SystemWorks automatically diagnoses and fixes hard drive errors, removes unwanted Internet clutter, and allows you to optimize your Windows® settings from a single screen. While comprehensive protection is essential, it shouldn¿t interrupt you with security warnings or hinder your computer¿s performance. Norton Internet Security 2008 works hard to protect you while running quietly in the background and without requiring you to respond to confusing alerts. And with an efficient product design, it helps minimize slowdowns that can get in the way of your online experience. If you need help, we¿re here to support you. You receive free access to an integrated online chat tool that connects you to support professionals who can give you the answers you need. With your service subscription, Norton Internet Security 2008 not only includes automatic updates for your antivirus, antispyware, firewall, and intrusion prevention protection, but it also provides new product features and updated versions of your licensed product as available during your subscription.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9231 in Software
• Brand: Symantec
• Model: 13742522
• Released on: 2008-02-25
• Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows XP
• Format: CD-ROM

Features

• 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
• Advanced phishing protection identifies and blocks fraudulent Web sites designed to steal personal information
• Stays out of your way. Runs quietly in the background without requiring you to respond to confusing security alerts
• Stay hidden when connected with a smart firewall that automatically configures protection settings

Customer Reviews

Not Bad
I love the drop down menu for password selection although I learned that this was done with a later version of Norton Internet Security later version. I hope that this product eliminate spamware but I do not like the update of ASK Search included in the Norton tool bar, that is something I can do without and if I knew how to delete it I would.

Making Security Easy
I recently bought a new computer that came with Norton Internet Security. This is the first time that I have used a product that contains an antivirus and a firewall together as one product. I am convinced that an integrated security solution is the way to go. Since the product came installed on my computer I cannot comment on the installation process however configuration for the most part was a snap. I have a network of wired and wireless computers. Defining which computers are trusted by the firewall was easy. Allowing or disallowing program access control is fairly easy also and you can customize the program access rules but this is not for the novice. The antivirus, spyware detection and automatic update features are all setup for safe computing. I really like the log viewer. Using the log viewer I can see separate reports on network or firewall activities, security or intrusion alerts, errors, etc. During normal operation I barely notice that itâ(tm)s running. That being said, I schedule full system scans to run off hours because the scans will compete with other programs for computer resources.

Improved over older versions
I was using the 2006 version up until about half a year ago. There were a few things I didn't like, the amount of time it took to download some of the updates and virus definitions using LiveUpdate was one. Trying to remember how long my subscription was going to last was another. They fixed those issues in the 2008 version. It's great, no complaints now. Rating should have been 5 stars, not 3 stars. Can't seem to change it now.