Symantec Corp. today announced the launch of Norton Internet Security 2008 and Norton AntiVirus 2008, industry leading security solutions that have been enhanced to provide computer users with comprehensive protection against new and emerging online threats, including disguised attacks used by drive-by downloads. In addition, Norton Internet Security 2008 will also feature Norton Identity Safe to protect users' identities when they buy, bank or browse online. The company has also optimized each product for greater performance, improved technical support and reduced user interruption. With Norton 2008 products, users have powerful solutions that effectively guard against new threats and extend protection beyond the PC to wireless home networks and online identities.
"Our 2008 products bring valuable new protection technologies to block threats before they get a foothold in systems as well as significant performance improvements to make the end-user experience better than ever before," said Janice Chaffin, group president, Consumer Business Unit, Symantec. "With next-generation security tools and enhanced performance, Norton Internet Security 2008 and Norton AntiVirus 2008 help deliver on Symantec's promise to provide confidence in a connected world."
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"Our 2008 products bring valuable new protection technologies to block threats before they get a foothold in systems as well as significant performance improvements to make the end-user experience better than ever before," said Janice Chaffin, group president, Consumer Business Unit, Symantec. "With next-generation security tools and enhanced performance, Norton Internet Security 2008 and Norton AntiVirus 2008 help deliver on Symantec's promise to provide confidence in a connected world."
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I agree here, Symantec has always been known to use a vast amount of resources and make your system run slow. Simple way to protect your PC...? Buy a good router for the same price you would pay for "NIS" and use AVG or another Antivirus program to ptotect you from viruses, and AVG is FREE.
I would never recommend Symantec either.
I've seen it fail consistently since 2000. And when things went bad, I've always been able to use NOD32 to clean up after a Symantec failure. So, that's what I recommend first up right now.
Anyone asking me for an AV solution, I point them to NOD32 or KAV
As a Symantec Enhanced Beta Tester I've tested Norton Internet Security 2008 and Norton Antivirus 2008. I installed the programs both on Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit and I was surprised! The performance of both programs is sky high. My experience is also 'slow and heavy and memory suckin' with the earlier releases of Norton Products. I should give it a try if I were you. You'll be surprised..!
As a Symantec Enhanced Beta Tester I've tested Norton Internet Security 2008 and Norton Antivirus 2008. I installed the programs both on Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit and I was surprised! The performance of both programs is sky high. My experience is also 'slow and heavy and memory suckin' with the earlier releases of Norton Products. I should give it a try if I were you. You'll be surprised..!
Hi there!
Have Symantec become so desperate it is now using viral advertising?
And it also screams 'I need an editor to correct my Engrish.'
I also think that NAV is crap but have to concur with your comments! I have also not seen the new stuff in action yet.........!
Because friends don't let friends use junk.
"Wow this isn't as bloated as it was last year or the year before"
And no real focus on what the product is actually supposed to do...
"Symantec....we don't SUCK as badly as we used it."
roflmao
The predictable outpouring of ignorant "leet" users.
I can't believe one actually said they used One Care over N360 after using the BETA!
Lord forbid a company should actually improve their products..."I haven't used it for YEARS!"
After all, you all avoided Windows XP because of Windows ME, right?
Especially since XP was more bloated and required more resources...
For the record, NIS 2006 and up have run pretty much without issue on my systems.
Any of this sound familiar?
Bunch of lame wanabe techies. Before bashing a new product try to educate yourself on the improvements. I have been testing this product the past few months. I had the beta installed on my computer over the 2007 version because 2008 performed faster scannings and it was lighter on system resources.
It is so predictable when you see a headline and before you click on the comments you know the first few lame users will just bash it. You were better off just posting "First post, woot, lol".
Symantec has a lot of work to do on their products and a lot of growing up to do in their image. It is really childish to keep pointing the finger at Microsoft instead of making their products work properly in the first place.
Any of this sound familiar?
Bunch of lame wanabe techies. Before bashing a new product try to educate yourself on the improvements. I have been testing this product the past few months. I had the beta installed on my computer over the 2007 version because 2008 performed faster scannings and it was lighter on system resources.
It is so predictable when you see a headline and before you click on the comments you know the first few lame users will just bash it. You were better off just posting "First post, woot, lol".
That's fine you throw people, whom you know nothing about, into the "lame users" cataglory. I've been using computers before I entered Kindergarten. I built my first system when I was 15. I'm 27 now. I've used Windows on a regular basis since version 3.1. I'm in the process of learning Linux (Ubuntu 7.04) and know enough about OS X
to fix most problems. I'm not some computer n00b, and I regard myself as one hell of a trouble-shooter.
That said, I've had nothing but bad luck with NAV, NIS, etc... I have made a good deal of money REMOVING this crapware. It seems to cause more problems for people, than the things it's SUPPOSED TO DO.
I'm a software developer and no computer idiot, I push my machine to the limit daily and NIS2000 - NIS2006 worked perfect for me.
I switched to OneCare when I trialed NIS2007. Just installed NIS2008 and it's working nice. Not to mention the black UI instead of that yellow is really slick looking. May switch back to NIS this year.
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