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Norton Internet Security 2010 and Norton AntiVirus 2010 Public Beta

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http://www.symantec.com/norton/beta/

Welcome to the Norton Internet Security 2010 and Norton AntiVirus 2010 Public Beta!

We're really excited about his year's version of Norton Internet Security 2010 and Norton AntiVirus 2010. We've made significant improvements to our existing features, as well as added a few new ones. We've also included

support for Windows 7, the new upcoming version of Microsoft's popular operating system.

New and Improved Features

Performance Enhancements

The 2010 products improve on the very high performance bar already set by the 2009 products. The Beta builds will be regularly updated, with later builds improving on performance and functionality.

Enhanced Norton Insight

Norton Insight is built on the Symantec Quorum backend intelligence technology first introduced in the 2009 products. In 2009 Norton Insight only quantified trustworthiness, in 2010 Norton Insight also provides information on prevalence, age, and runtime performance data.

Download Insight

Download Insight is a new line of defense against the introduction of untrusted applications on your system. Download Insight monitors new application or installer downloads, automatically analyzes and classifies the application using the Quorum technology, and provides you with a trust rating for the application before allowing the application or installer to execute.

Performance Monitoring

The system performance monitoring now also monitors system events such as application installations, and we monitor process performance. This information is graphed over time, to make it easier to determine if an application may be the cause of degraded performance.

Enhanced SONAR

The SONAR behavioral protection technology was completely re-written for the 2010 products. SONAR now also utilizes the Quorum backend intelligence technology to further improve detections and reduce false positives.

Power Savings

Power saving options are available that helps conserve battery power by only running non-critical when on AC power.

Silent Mode

The Silent Mode functionality was enhanced to include Quiet Mode on automatic detection of CD/DVD burning and media recording applications. Users can now also define their own applications that will trigger Quiet Mode.

Anti Spam

The Anti Spam technology was completely re-written for the 2010 products. The Anti Spam engine is now using the world's leading Symantec Brightmail technology. The engine is further enhanced to not only perform local scanning, but to also double check the results in real-time against the backend system, further increasing the effectiveness and reducing false positives.

Windows 7 Support

Full support for Windows 7, including support for Teredo and Home Groups.

Over the next few weeks we will be publishing detailed write-ups in the Norton Protection Blog about the new and improved features of the 2010 products.

I've got the NIS 2010 installed on Windows 7 Build 7100 and it runs like a charm, not to mention it installs in next to no time. I didn't think they could improve on the performance of the 2009 products, but they've done it by completely re-writting key features and technologies to make them lighter than ever!

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After using NAV2009 for almost a year I will be upgrading to NAV2010 this year. Very happy with what Norton have done lately.

But I will not download this beta. Waiting for the final version to upgrade instead. Good job, Norton.

+1 Beta releases of security software is not safe and they sometimes can impact performance with memory leaks and cpu spins. Doing just fine with norton 360 v3 for the time being.

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Was wondering if anyone here might know the answer to this. If I have a NAV 2009 License (which I do) would it also work with NAV Gaming Edition 2009? :)

I don't think so, but you could always download the trial and try it.

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Was wondering if anyone here might know the answer to this. If I have a NAV 2009 License (which I do) would it also work with NAV Gaming Edition 2009? :)

My understanding is that Gaming Edition is just NAV 2009 with a different skin and the "don't bother me while in full screen" enabled by default. I can't help you with the skin but if you enable the "don't bother me..." you don't need to worry about your key working with GE.

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Was wondering if anyone here might know the answer to this. If I have a NAV 2009 License (which I do) would it also work with NAV Gaming Edition 2009? :)

Yes the keys work for both. I installed the Gaming Edition right after getting my Nav 09 key.

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