I sometimes look back and remember the good old years where we had viruses that formatted our hard disks, do weird things with our computers, freeze our systems … Times have changed and we had Trojans, which enabled our computers to be controlled by a total stranger. Then came the keyloggers that recorded every keystroke of ours and send it to a bad guy. The spywares were also arrived at this time that spied on every activity on our computer. Now is the time that we have to fight all these.
That’s the reason every sane computer user is equipped by an antivirus, antimalware and a firewall protection. Without all these and an updated operating system, be sure that your computer will not live long enough clean.
With all these in mind, we will look at the most famous and possibly the oldest company that works in malware protection field: Symantec’s Norton. As I go back 15 years, I still recall memories that we have installed Norton Antivirus and Norton Utilities from floppy disks. Now we have Antivirus, but the online protection brought Internet Security and 360.
Norton Antivirus can be said the most basic protection for your PC. It offers a total antivirus, antispyware, bot, Trojan, worm and rootkit solution. In addition to this core protection, the program works continuously in the background and stops your web browser if you try to open a malicious website. As a solid back end, it checks the updates every 5 to 15 minutes (called pulse updates) to ensure that you receive the latest downloads before the “disease” had spread.
Norton Antivirus costs USD 34.99 for one year or USD 74.99 for two years and can be installed on one household computer only.
Read Bright Hub's review of this product: Norton AntiVirus 2009: Leaner, Meaner, Faster.
Read on for Internet Security 2009, Norton 360 and our opinion.