September 10, 2009

Take a quick glance at the just-released Norton Internet Security 2010, and you won't notice much of a difference from previous incarnations -- the interface and feature set are so similar that it appears that only very minimal changes have been made to the suite.

But under the hood is a new reputation-based security technology that the company claims is better positioned to protect against quickly evolving threats than traditional signature-based and behavior-based detection.

As with previous versions, Symantec's suite offers protection against viruses, Trojans, rootkits, spyware and malware of all kinds. Also, like previous versions, it has a firewall, intrusion protection, e-mail protection and Web protection. It integrates with your browser and search engine to warn you away from visiting sites that might be malicious.

The suite, despite its hefty feature set, does not take up a good deal of RAM or system resources. It's unlikely that you'll even notice it's running, a welcome change compared to several versions ago when it bogged down your system.

Source:-http://www.computerworld.com