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December 20, 2006
Norton Antivirus 2007 - is it worth it?
One of my New Years resolutions is to keep my PC virus and spyware free, so I have been researching some of my available options. Last year, I had to delete everything and do a clean install and don’t want to go through that again. Of course the first antivirus program I looked at was Symantec’s Norton AV which I have used in the past but hardly ever updated.
Symantec released their latest version of Norton Antivirus software earlier in September of 2006. With the release of the Norton Antivirus 2007 one has to wonder if the new version is worth the price? Has Symantec finally begun to pay attention to the problems of its previous versions - namely the bloated code of Norton and its slow performance?
Well it seems that Symantec finally listened, as CNET's website review states: "Norton AntiVirus 2007 is faster and lighter on system resources than previous versions." Symantec's Internal Performance Review goes on to discuss their findings on Norton 2007's less memory usage, faster scans, faster boot time, and faster UI response. For instance, Norton 2007 scans a 1 GB file set in 2 minutes and 15 seconds. This is faster than the industry average of 2:49 and nearly 35% faster than the previous version of Norton Internet Security.
Other cool features you can expect from Norton include antispyware, rootkit protection, and a "light" firewall that now comes with Norton Antivirus. Also, Norton Internet Security 2007 now protects up to 3 computers for one low price, a very good deal for those like me with several computers!
The bottom line is, if you are out surfing the web unprotected get some protection fast before your computer goes kaput. I am seriously considering the upgrade to NAV 2007.
Posted by Idea Man at December 20, 2006 09:02 AM