Norton AntiVirus 2009 is 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. | 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. Which Norton Solution Is Right For Me? 
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 2005-2008 Still got a bad taste in your mouth? It's time to return! |
| Review Date: October 28, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Chris Moor, Chicago, Il |
Honestly I have hated Norton products since Norton 04. The only good thing made from Norton was their removal tool! Every year they consume more and more. More than 1/3 of the computer resources were being used by 07. Show me a virus that does that! In my opinion I would rather have a virus on my machine then install Norton 05-08.
After trying Kapersky 09, Trend Micro 09, Webroot W/Virus 6.0, F-Prot, AVG, AVAST and Norton 09. I am extremely impressed with Norton 09! It's the only one I have stayed with.
Installs in a minute!
I don't believe in installing more than one security (antispyware, antivirus, firewall) program on a PC it will cause problems. I currently have a router with a built in firewall (all routers do have NAT) and the Vista firewall. I didn't need a 3rd party "outgoing" firewall. (If my PC is clean why do I need that?)
If I did want an outgoing firewall I would have bough Norton Internet Security. Keeping it to one security program!
As far as scanning goes it has a built in detector on safe services and will bypass scanning these areas for faster scanning. When your computer goes idle it starts a quick scan in the background. As far as up-to date definitions go it always tells me that my definitions were automatically updated 10-30 minutes ago!
Once installed it did ask me to log into my Norton account, which I was grateful for since I will purchase it next year. (if they remain like 09)
However the registration was easier then Kapersky and Trend Micro. Plus it didn't automatically enroll me in auto yearly purchase like Spysweeper did.
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Fast, Unobtrusive Protection
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| Review Date: October 6, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Parry, MI, USA |
After trying various AntiVirus solutions for my desktop and laptop - I stopped using them due to the obtrusiveness and loss of performance. Instead, I resorted to being extra careful with what I download and from where and ensuring the machines were always behind a hardware firewall.
Recently though I had to copy data from untrusted source on to my laptop and I started rethinking my AV strategy. That's when I gave Norton AV 2009 a try and I found it a huge improvement not only over prior Norton versions but also over other solutions I had tried.
To begin with, I bought this product from Symantec online store. NAV 2009 is a small download from Symantec site and it installs very fast. Enter your subscription number, reboot and you are all set within few minutes.
Next, it starts nearly instantaneously - one click on the task bar icon and it's already there. The definition updates also are very fast and unobtrusive unlike with the previous versions - you will hardly notice.
The user interface is much simplified, with options for running scans, status bars for Antivirus, AntiSpyware , Intrusion prevention and Email scanning. One other useful feature is that the interface shows how busy your system is and how much of it is used by Norton AV itself - I find that when idle it doesn't use any resources and when doing a full foreground scan it consumes up to 30% which is good for a faster scan.
Additionally it allows the scans to be run in the background - in this case the scan will only run when the computer is idle. Which means you can carry on with your work and let the scan do its job when you are not doing anything - obviously it increases the time required to complete the scan but none the less I find it is a useful option.
It also provides a status widget if you are running Vista - but I am not a big fan of widgets.
Oh and if you are running the 64-bit version of Vista, Norton 2009 works just fine.
Overall a very unobtrusive and fast product. |
New lightweight Norton!
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| Review Date: September 20, 2008 |
| Reviewer: veruca salt, |
| I bought the download version of this product. It works on Windows Vista and XP. The download was under 10 minutes. The interface is clean and easy to follow. It automatically cut off Windows Defender which some people may find annoying. It uses very little of system resources and has a graph on the interface you can use to monitor the resources. It scans incoming email. It's different from the Norton I remembered from 5 years ago which was bloated and slow. It's $39.99 for the download for one PC. So far so good. |
MUCH improved product!
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| Review Date: January 9, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Ann A. Nelson, Noblesvile, IN |
I've used Norton Antivirus before in previous years and didn't like it much. Didn't find it particularly user friendly.
This 2009 version is vastly improved. It loaded very easily, and has run simply and very well. It alerts me when ever there is an attempted atack or I've tried downloading something that comtains a threat. I am very pleased with this. AND I'm very pleased with the price I paid from Amazon.com! |
Amazing Antivirus Software
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| Review Date: February 23, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Raymond Chow, NJ, United States |
I very rarely praise software, but Norton really listened to consumers and the 2009 version of the Norton security suite is absolutely amazing.
Installation:
Intuitive and fast. The installation took less than 90 seconds from start to finish, including entering in the CD key. I had Norton Internet Security 2009 already installed (the subscription expired, and I didn't need the firewall aspect of the suite, so I opted for the cheaper Antivirus-only package), and the installer detected the existing software and had me uninstall it. During uninstallation, my settings were saved, and at the end of the new installation they were automatically imported and immediately active.
Resource Utilization:
Norton users have migrated away from older versions to other antivirus options because of Norton's sluggish performance and excessive resource footprint. The 2009 version has been completely revamped, and now has a small footprint and runs extremely fast. Right now I'm running a full system scan, and Norton has yet to exceed 5% of CPU and remains under 8mb of RAM.
Pulse Updates:
Norton took a cue from rapid-fire updates from other antivirus products and pushed it a step further. Norton constantly checks for definition updates once every few minutes, and because it only downloads definitions that are new, the updates complete rapidly, often under 15 seconds from download-start to update-completion.
Early Load:
Launches Norton before windows logs-in, to provide even more protection from startup attacks.
Idletime Scan:
Automatically does a full system scan when your system is idle. The scan automatically terminates when you become active again.
Selective Scanning:
Will not unnecessarily scan files that are determined to be clean and safe if they haven't been modified since last time it was scanned. This reduces overall scan-times and increases performance. This can be turned off, and you can opt for a full-scan every time.
Experience with infections:
Once, someone decided to plug in a USB drive to copy a file over. The drive was infected with a trojan, but before Windows even fully recognized the drive, Norton detected, blocked, and quarantined the infected file. I was then prompted to delete it. I was pleasantly surprised with the pro-active protection, even before I attempted to open an explorer window to view the drive.
Easily 5/5 stars. Highly recommended. |
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