Product Description

Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2009 CD 1-User Norton AntiVirus 2009 provides fast, continuous protection against viruses, spyware, worms, bots, and other malicious threats. It protects your system without slowing you down. Rapid pulse updates and an innovativenew architecture dramatically improve performanceand help to ensure that you're protected from newthreats. Norton AntiVirus stays out of your way while you work or play. It automatically suspends all non-critical tasks and alerts when you're enjoying games and movies. And while Web-based attacks may be the single fastest growing type of online threat, Symantec's patent-pending Browser Protection lets you surf the Internet with confidence. Features: * Stops viruses, worms, spyware, bots, and moreKeeps your system protected against alltypes of malicious threats. * NortonTM InsightDelivers innovative intelligence-driven technologyfor faster, fewer, shorter scans. * NEW! Rapidpulse updates every 5 to 15 minutesprovides up-to-the-minute protection. * Prevents virus-infected emails and instant messages from spreadingFeel secure while you keep in touch. * Blocks browser exploits and protects against infected Web sitesSurf the Internet with confidence. SystemRequirements: Windows Vista Home Basic/Home Premium/Business/Ultimate Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 Home/XP Pro/XP Media Center Edition300 MHz or faster processor 256 MB of RAM (*512 MB RAM required for the Recovery Tool) 150 MB of available hard disk space. Email scanning supported for POP3- and SMTP-compatible email clients.Browser support for Browser Protection featureMicrosoft Internet Explorer 32-bit 6.0 or higher Mozilla Firefox 2.0 or higher Supported instant messaging clientsAOL Yahoo!; Microsoft; Trillian

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #16750 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Symantec
• Format: CD-ROM
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds

Customer Reviews

A great improvement over NIS 2006
I purchased the 1-user, 1-PC version of this program. While many users have experienced installation problems, my installation, on a Dell Inspiron 6400, was fast and error-free. Installation problems can occur, apparently, if a prior version of Norton software has not been fully removed. Go to the Symantec website and search for Norton Removal Tool. This utility quickly removed all vestiges of NIS 2006 from my computer.

I liked NIS 2006, although it was definitely a resource hog. Plus, I had some difficulty with getting the programs ad blocking features to work with some websites that are important to me. Norton Internet Security 2009 has no ad blocking functionality, so if this feature is important to you, look to supplement NIS 2009 with a standalone ad blocking program.

After using the program for a couple of weeks, my only observations are positive. The 2009 version, ostensibly a complete re-write of the software according to other reviewers, is much less compute and i/o intensive than its predecessors. Once in a while my computer would stall and almost freeze under NIS 2006, and it turned out to be because virus definitions were getting updated. With NIS 2009, virus definitions get updated more transparently to the user. The user interface is different, albeit somewhat intuitive. Most importantly, there are fewer active processes when the software is running, and a full system scan finishes in less than half the time.

All told, I do recommend this product, especially to Norton users looking for a faster version of the Norton Internet Security or Norton AntiVirus products.

Much improved!
Norton Internet Security 2009 is much improved over the 2008 version. It doesn't take forever to come up when I turn on my PC like 2008 did. Likewise when it is scanning, it does not interrupt what I was doing until the scan is complete. Any fixes that need to be made are very quick. Good product....ordered another copy for a family member in another state. Would recommend.

Norton Internet Security 2009
This product has changed my mind about using Symantic products. The Internet Security Suite is much less invasive and much faster than anything I have seen from Norton/Symantic in the past. I felt that former Norton products took over my computer, took up a lot of space and used up my resources. The scans took forever to run and my computer slowed down drastically.

This product is so much better than former versions that there is no comparison. It works in the background and you almost forget that it is there until it runs into a problem. I have to change my mind about Norton and I am happy to recommend this product to people who need a good security suite for a reasonable price.