Thursday, April 16, 2009

Norton Internet Security 2009 Review

Most users have a love hate relationship with their security software; that may just change with Norton Internet Security 2009. Norton Internet Security 2009 is Symantec’s latest & greatest  update to the software with many new great features while having minimal performance impact.

Install:

The installation of Norton Internet Security was only 2 minutes long from start to finish. The installation is very simple only asking me to type in my e-mail address and product key. The first installation attempt failed because it failed to connect to the internet. After the installation I failed to notice any performance impact, something I was not expecting.

Pulse Updates:

On the Norton Internet Security 2009 box Symantec claimed that every 5-15 minutes or less Norton Internet Security 2009 wouldimage be updated. Symantec was not lying. Actually most times it is updated about every 3 minutes on average. In fact it is updated so much that the update timer counts to the very second. Gone is the annoying Live Update notifications asking you if you want to install the latest updates form Symantec.

Interface:

Unlike other security software Norton Internet Security 2009 has a very simple interface with no more than two windows needed to be open at once to perform a simple task. Changing settings and disabling services is very easy now because many of the options to change the settings are in the main menu.

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Norton Insight:

Norton Insight helps to increase scan speed by identifying trusted files that do need to be scanned. You need not to worry because it determines to trust it from thousands of other scans from the Norton Community from around the world. Norton Insight greatley increased scan speed.

Detection:

Norton Internet Security managed to detect ALL of the viruses on the computer and blocked ALL of the malicious web sites that we went to. When it comes to removal Norton Internet Security removed all of the infections requiring a restart for some. 

Conclusion:

Norton Internet Security 2009 is the best security product I have used yet. It is fast, has no system impact and does a great job at defending your pc. It gets 4.5 out of 5 stars

Louis--- April 16

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