Product Description

You try to prevent getting colds from those nasty viruses that can really make you sick. Your PC may also be vulnerable to all sorts of nasty germs that plague the Internet and software downloads. Vaccinate your PC with the leading antigen - Norton Anti-Virus. The 2008 edition contains all updates and advanced technologies. Plus, you get ongoing updates regularly throughout the next 12 months. Keep your PC happy and healthy with Norton AntiVirus. Norton Protection Center provides a centralized place to easily check your overall security settings Live Update Notice alerts you to new features, product updates and threat advisories as available throughout the renewable service period Designed for use with Windows XP Home Edition/Professional/Media Center Edition; Windows Vista Home/Home Premium / Ultimate / Business/Starter Edition

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1529 in Software
• Color: 1-user
• Brand: Symantec
• Model: 12567404
• Released on: 2007-09-11
• Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows XP
• Format: CD-ROM
• Dimensions: .25 pounds

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
• Start, scan, and run faster. Improved performance delivers an enhanced online experience
• Thorough pre-installation scan cleans out spyware and virus infections that can obstruct ordinary protection
• Connect with confidence knowing your protection is continuously updated for one year as new spyware and viruses emerge

Amazon.com
Norton AntiVirus 2008 protects your PC against spyware, viruses, and other Internet threats. It works automatically to block harmful software before it penetrates your system, cleans email and instant messaging attachments and Internet downloads, and includes automatic updates to keep you protected against newly discovered threats. Norton AntiVirus works quietly in the background, so you can use your PC without disruption. "Set-and-forget" functionality delivers optimum antivirus protection right out of the box, without requiring any intervention. Norton AntiVirus automatically checks for and installs new threat signatures and product features as they become available throughout your service subscription.

Norton AntiVirus 2008 protects your PC against spyware, viruses, and other Internet threats.

Blocks spyware and viruses with advanced protection.
Norton AntiVirus 2008 protects your PC against spyware, viruses, and other Internet threats. It works automatically to block harmful software before it penetrates the system.

Key Features

• Designed to automatically detect and remove spyware, viruses, Trojan horses, and Internet worms.
• Helps ensure you can exchange files via email and instant messaging without worrying about threats.
• Smart technology runs quietly in the background to let you work and play without disruption.
• Enhanced performance lets you start, scan and run faster.
• Thorough pre-installation scan cleans out spyware and virus infections that can obstruct ordinary protection.
• Get help fast with free online technical support.

Performance and User Enhancements--What's New

• 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.
• 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.
• Optimized product design improves scan times and decreases impact on system startup and resource usage.

Protects your computer by automatically detecting and removing spyware, viruses, Trojan horses, and Internet worms.

Antivirus and Antispyware 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.
• New smart technology runs quietly in the background to let you work and play without disruption.
• Thorough pre-installation scan cleans out spyware and virus infections that can obstruct ordinary protection.
• Connect with confidence knowing your protection is continuously updated for one year as new spyware and viruses emerge.
• 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.
• Unsurpassed protection reliability--the only antivirus with over seven years of consecutive VirusBulletin 100% detection awards.
• 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.

Internet Worm Protection

• Internet Worm Protection blocks viruses, spyware, and worms without needing specific threat signatures.

Rootkit Detection

• Rootkit protection finds and removes threats hidden deep in the operating system.

Continued Protection and Ease of Use

• Includes one year of automatic definition updates, new product features, and access to updated versions of Norton AntiVirus.
• Includes protection updates and new product features as available throughout the renewable service period.
• Integrated network mapping provides a view of your home network.

Customer Reviews

Extremely poor performance after installing
First off let me qualify my review a bit: I'm a software developer and systems architect. I have a B.S. in Computer Science and a B.A. in Mathematics. It's safe to say I know my way around my own computer.

That said, I regret ever purchasing this software and wish I had stuck to any number of freely available antivirus solutions out there that are far less bloated. Rest assured, I have since uninstalled this software, but I'm still out the cash.

Because my livelihood and my consulting business depends on the performance and stability of my systems, I keep my computers - especially those I use for development - in absolute pristine shape. There is never any unnecessary software installed, drives are never fragmented, and only the necessary services are running.

Unfortunately, installing Norton Antivirus 2008 has brought my productivity and efficiency to an absolute screeching halt. Immediately prior to installing the software, my system would boot in 15 - 20 seconds. It now takes 5 minutes, and no, I am not exaggerating. It boots to Windows XP in approximately 2 to 3 minutes, but the system isn't usable - due to whatever the heck Norton is trying to do in the background - for another 2 minutes or so. I've tried numerous configurations of the software, such as disabling real-time scanning, etc., but to no avail.

I'm sure plenty will assume I'm trying to run this on a Pentium II 233MHz (and since installing this software, that's what it feels like), so here are my system specs:

- Intel E6600 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo
- 2GB Corsair low-latency RAM
- eVGA 8800GTS
- Windows XP Pro

Performance never has been, and should not be, any problem whatsoever.

Norton needs to understand that people don't buy computers just so they have the privilege of using Norton Antivirus. We buy computers for personal and financial reasons. We use your software out of necessity. Our computing needs and desires do not center around YOUR software. You need to find a way to get this garbage to run without bringing very capable systems to their knees.

Very poor performance after installing
First off let me qualify my review a bit: I'm a software developer and systems architect. I have a B.S. in Computer Science and a B.A. in Mathematics. It's safe to say I know my way around my own computer.

That said, I regret ever purchasing this software and wish I had stuck to any number of freely available antivirus solutions out there that are far less bloated. Rest assured, I have since uninstalled this software, but I'm still out the cash.

Because my livelihood and my consulting business depends on the performance and stability of my systems, I keep my computers - especially those I use for development - in absolute pristine shape. There is never any unnecessary software installed, drives are never fragmented, and only the necessary services are running.

Unfortunately, installing Norton Antivirus 2008 has brought my productivity and efficiency to an absolute screeching halt. Immediately prior to installing the software, my system would boot in 15 - 20 seconds. It now takes 5 minutes, and no, I am not exaggerating. It boots to Windows XP in approximately 2 to 3 minutes, but the system isn't usable - due to whatever the heck Norton is trying to do in the background - for another 2 minutes or so. I've tried numerous configurations of the software, such as disabling real-time scanning, etc., but to no avail.

I'm sure plenty will assume I'm trying to run this on a Pentium II 233MHz (and since installing this software, that's what it feels like), so here are my system specs:

- Intel E6600 2.4GHz Core 2 Duo
- 2GB Corsair low-latency RAM
- eVGA 8800GTS
- Windows XP Pro

Performance never has been, and should not be, any problem whatsoever.

Norton needs to understand that people don't buy computers just so they have the privilege of using Norton Antivirus. We buy computers for personal and financial reasons. We use your software out of necessity. Our computing needs and desires do not center around YOUR software. You need to find a way to get this garbage to run without bringing very capable systems to their knees.

Works well, but.........
NAV 2008 works well after a few days of being installed on my system. I have never experienced (knock on wood) many of the problems experienced by some here, year after year. I have been a user of this since 2001 and can report no such similar problems; in fact, over the years Norton has caught several viruses before they could do damage to my system.

That being said, the one change made to NAV this year which I do not like at all, is the inability to choose exactly which updates you want to download, as was possible with NAV 2007. You are able to view Details of what is downloaded AFTER the download process is complete and done, but not until then. There are times when an install of an update conflicts with something on your system, and you may need revert the drive and install it at a later time. This years' version does not give you that option! It simply runs through the update process and informs you when everything is downloaded. I do not like companies which treat the consumer as a child and think they know what is best for you and your system. I do not necessarily install Microsoft "critical" updates either just because Microsoft says to; as many (IE7 being the most notable) are not critical, but Microsoft wants you to install them. I will have to deduct one star for Symantec taking this backward step.

One day these companies will learn that consumers should be free to pick and choose precisely what goes onto their system.