Product Description

Norton AntiVirus 2009 CD 3 User Retail. "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 innovative new architecture dramatically improve performance and help to ensure that you're protected from new threats. 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."

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #173 in Software
• Brand: Symantec
• Model: 14159024
• Released on: 2008-10-01
• Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows XP
• Format: CD-ROM
• Dimensions: 7.70" h x 9.60" w x 1.30" l, .31 pounds

Features

• Norton AntiVirus stops viruses, worms, spyware, bots, and more--keeps your system protected against all types of malicious threats
• Norton Insight delivers innovative intelligence-driven technology for faster, fewer, shorter scans
• Rapid pulse updates every 5 to 15 minutes provide up-to-the-minute protection
• Prevents virus-infected emails and instant messages from spreading--feel secure while you keep in touch
• Blocks browser exploits and protects against infected Web sites--surf the Internet with confidence

Amazon.com Product Description
3-user license for Norton AntiVirus 2009, the fastest, lightest antivirus solution you can buy. Rapid pulse updates and the innovative new Norton Insight architecture dramatically improve performance while helping to ensure that you're protected from the latest threats. 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.

Norton AntiVirus 2009 is the fastest, lightest antivirus solution you can buy. Click to enlarge.

3 User Version--Protection for 3 PCs

This version of Norton AntiVirus 2009 provides protection for up to 3 PCs per household.

Winning protection against viruses, spyware, and other software threats

Engineered for Speed

• New--Scans only files and processes at risk using Norton Insight.
• New--Installs in under one minute on average, requires less than 8 MB of memory.

Up-to-the-minute Protection

• New--Delivers up-to-the-minute protection with rapid pulse updates every 5 to 15 minutes.
• Improved--Provides multilayered security through the Norton Protection System.
• New--Prevents bots from taking control of your PC.
• Detects and automatically removes malicious threats.
• Improved--Defends against Web-based attacks.
• Automatically detects and removes spyware, viruses, Trojans, bots and Internet worms.
• New--Recovery tool boots and repairs badly infected PCs.
• New--Delivers our most complete, deep cleaning scan possible.
• Norton Ongoing Protection provides continuous protection updates and new product features as they become available throughout your product subscription period, helping to keep your computer protected against the latest Internet threats and risks.
• Norton Automatic Renewal Service helps to ensure that you're protected by automatically renewing your product subscription before it expires.

Control without disruptions

• New--Automatically schedules scans and updates to occur while PC is idle.
• New--Review the security status of every process on your PC.
• New--Silent mode helps ensures movies and games are never interrupted.
• Maps your wireless home network.

Free Technical Support

• New--Tech support without charge from Symantec delivers help however you need it.***

What's New?

Botnet Detection

• Prevents bots from taking control of your PC, accessing your private information, or using your computer to host an attack.

Browser Protection

• Blocks browser exploits and protects against infected Web sites so users can surf the Internet with confidence

Rapid Pulse Updates

• Delivers up-to-the-minute protection with updates every 5 to 15 minutes

Norton Insight

• Saves time and improves performance with Norton Insight which delivers innovative intelligence-driven technology for faster, fewer and shorter scans
• Reviews the security status of every process on your PC

Norton Recovery Tool

• Boots and repairs PCs badly infected by malware, even when the virus has left leaving the computer unbootable

Norton Protection System

• Provides multilayered protection working in concert to stop threats before they impact you

Control without Disruptions

• Ensures movies and games are never interrupted via silent mode which suspends alerts and updates while you're watching or playing
• Smart Scheduler runs quietly in the background to let you work and play without disruption

Technology Improvements

• Real-time SONAR (Symantec Online Network for Advanced Response) technology detects new and unknown threats
• Streamlined, rapid installation gets you up and running fast
• Specialized deep-cleaning technology delivers our most complete scan possible to repair heavily infected computers

Virus and Spyware Protection

• Automatically detects and removes spyware, viruses, Trojan horses, and Internet worms
• Monitors email and instant messages so you can exchange files without exchanging threats
• Rootkit detection finds and removes threats that are hidden deeply in the operating system.
• Norton On-going Protection provides continuous protection updates and new product features as they become available throughout your product subscription period, helping to keep your computer protected against new threats and risks.*
• Norton Automatic Renewal Service helps ensure that you're protected by automatically renewing your product subscription before it expires.
• Includes protection updates and new product features as available throughout the renewable service period. * Includes one year of automatic definition updates, new product features, and access to updated versions of Norton AntiVirus. *

* 1 Year Protection: With this service, you receive the right to use this product on one PC or on the specified number of PCs during the service period, which begins upon initial installation. This renewable service includes protection updates and new product features as available throughout the service period, subject to acceptance of the Symantec License Agreement included with this product and available for review at www.symantec.com.

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Customer Reviews

LOW On Resources
Until recently I used a competitors security suite,I had this Norton preinstalled on both my new PCs so I gave it a chance,I should say I had Internet 2008 not 2009,but I liked 2008 so I bought 2009 suite.It uses far less CPU cycles and way less memory than my previous security ware.It installed no hassles it even uninstalled Norton 2008 before installing 2009.It worked flawless,the download was fast and both PCs had no problems after.It only took about 5 minutes per PC to install.I would reccomend this software.Also my desktop runs Vista Home Premium 64 Bit,so I know this software is compatable.My first complete scan took only fifteen minutes and it scanned roughly 450,000 items,so its pretty quick.

I'm in love again!
I'm a long standing Norton A/V user who was thinking about changing my A/V program after being disillusioned by Norton A/V 2008. I am so glad I decided to give Norton another chance. This is the BEST version I have seen. Everything is in front of you, they got rid of the dual icons in the system tray and found a way to make their product use very few system resources.On top of that:
1. it updates virus definitions every 15 minutes
2. keeps a list of files that have been scanned and proven safe. Once one of these safe files is changed, it gets scanned again on the next scan. This makes the weekly scan go much faster.
3. it has an easier to follow interface
4. uses very little of your CPU resources. It even comes with a CPU usage monitor to prove it to you!

Norton has won me over once again. I am so glad I did not switch.

Garbage - and no solution from support
I've used Norton AV since it's inception, on both my personal computers, and in most of my corporate environments. As a Director of IT, it was usually my product of choice.

Norton AV always was a bit of a resource hog, but not to the point of being unusable. Plus it receives high marks from reviewers for catching viruses and spyware. Since I'm on subscription, I received an invitation to upgrade to the 2009 version, which I accepted.

This version now hijacks my computer, sucking down the CPU, making it nearly impossible to use the computer. Once this happens, it takes me literally several minutes just to close windows to reboot. Rebooting fixes the problem temporarily. Eventually (an hour or two) Norton AV will hijack the computer again. I have tried to wait it out, but this hijack seems to last indefinitely -- hours anyway.

Calling support, the Tech connected to my computer (this is really a nice support feature of Symantec, I will say -- were it effective), and proceeded to the startup configuration of Windows and TURNED EVERYTHING OFF! He then rebooted (which as you can see from the above, fixes the problem temporarily), and proclaimed my problem fixed.

I asked if he did anything to fix it, and he wouldn't answer. I said I need to know if it's fixed because I had lost 2 days to this problem, and I needed to know it was fixed or I had to move on to another product. His answer was "as you wish".

As you can guess the problem came back just as before. My guess is the Symantec Techs know this is a problem and have no way to fix it.

As you can also guess, nothing worked until I turned things back on in the Windows startup configuration.

This is an unusable product in my experience. I was forced to give it one star to submit this review. I am now going to re-open this for review at the company I work for (around 12,000 computers globally), and likely put a replacement out for bid.