Symantec Norton Internet Security 2010 review

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Verdict:

A powerful but unobtrusive internet security suite with excellent protection and plenty of features to make your online experience more secure.

Review Date: 14 Jan 2010

Price when reviewed: £33

Supplier: http://www.lambda-tek.com/componentshop

Reviewed By: Kat Orphanides

Our Rating 5 stars out of 5

Basic malware protection

We give programs one point for each of the 20 web threats it successfully defended against (for example, blocking the web page that hosts it or deleting the file as soon as it was downloaded) or neutralised (for example, where a virus took hold but was deleted or rendered unable to run after a full scan).

Overall (including false positives)

These are the basic malware protection scores, with half a point deducted for each of our false positive test programs that was detected as a virus or prevented from running properly without manual intervention.

Complete remediation

The basic protection graph shows how many viruses were deleted or rendered incapable of running (for example, by deleting Registry entries that triggered malicious files hidden in a temporary directory). This graph shows only those incidents in which all traces of malware were either blocked or completely removed from the system.

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User comments

Even for free

Even if I could get this crud for free (and I CAN) I would not have it on my PC. Symantec - the place where (once) great software goes to die; Winfax, Partition Magic, Norton Utils etc

By DrTeeth on 14 Jan 2010

This Really Is The Best Security Suite!

Dr Teeth, take those blinkers off! Norton products did go through a "bad" spell a few years ago, where they deservedly received widespread criticism. However, in the last three years, Norton's security software has improved in leaps & bounds. It no longer noticeably slows down your PC, installs & runs very smoothly, is extremely effective and is also very sophisticated.

Most important of all (to me), it just runs silently in the background, doing its valuable work without so much as a "wimper". I have tried most of the competition but always come back to the best; Norton Internet Security (2010).

By Kansenji on 23 Jan 2010

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