Product Description

Smart Security Engineered for Speed Norton AntiVirus 2009 provides fast and up-to-the-minute defenseagainst all types of malicious software. It keeps your systemprotected without slowing it down.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #416 in Software
• Brand: Norton from Symantec
• Released on: 2008-09-21
• Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows XP Professional
• Format: Unknown format
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 1.57" h x 7.48" w x 9.45" l, .22 pounds

Features

• Norton Antivirus 2009, 3 user, Win, EN

Manufacturer's Description
Symantec's Norton AntiVirus is the world's most trusted antivirus solution. Norton AntiVirus 2009 offers the same level of protection along with new features and improvements. It removes viruses and security risks automatically; heuristically detects spyware threats, detects and blocks Internet worm attacks, and protects email.

Customer Reviews

Does what it claims on the box - quickly
This is an easy to set up and use Antivirus program. It runs without slowing down the PC and regularly updates to ensure it is protecting against the most current internet threats.
The software enables you to install on 3 computers and the network settings are easy to use and ensure that you home network is fully protected from viruses.
If you have a young family you may wish to go for the full internet protection programs, with parental controls.
The best selling point is that this runs and you don't know it is there protecting you as there is no reduction in PC speed. It comes from a highly respected name in PC protection.
Finally it should be noted that you are buying a 12 month license with this product and so it will need renewing after that time.

does the job

As a long time user of Norton I guess i'm like many others who simply buy a product for its familiarity and ease of use.

The spec is lower than Norton's 360, but 2009 is more than capable of satisfying most needs.

Easy to load, works without intrusion, and thats what most people require.

Unobtrusive Virus Checking
I've used Norton in the past and found it slowed my PC down a lot, but this problem seems to have been cleared up with this version. The software has made no noticable change, and a first run cleared up a number of low risk cookies and other such stuff.

Installation was quick, and when running it can be configured to make use of idle time to run scans. It also intelligently works out what files it doesn't need to scan again, so subsequent scans should be quicker. It also doesn't annoy you with constant popups and remains unobtrusive if desired.

What impressed me most was how after one scan it picked up 20 or so problems (Many of the high priority trojans) that had been accumulating on my PC for a while. It appears the virus checking solution I was using beforehand was not particularly effective!