Norton Antivirus 2009 3User [OLD VERSION]

by Symantec

Product Features

• Norton AntiVirus stops viruses, worms, spyware, bots, and more--keeps your system protected against all types of malicious threats
• Norton Insight delivers innovative intelligence-driven technology for faster, fewer, shorter scans
• Rapid pulse updates every 5 to 15 minutes provide up-to-the-minute protection
• Prevents virus-infected emails and instant messages from spreading--feel secure while you keep in touch
• Blocks browser exploits and protects against infected Web sites--surf the Internet with confidence

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 1.3 x 9.6 x 7.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001E0PZSM
• Item model number: 14159024
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 13, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (58 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,024 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #64 in Software > Computer Security > Antivirus

Product Description

Norton AntiVirus 2009 CD 3 User Retail. "Norton AntiVirus? 2009 provides fast continuous protection against viruses spyware worms bots and other malicious threats. It protects your system without slowing you down. Rapid pulse updates and an innovative new architecture dramatically improve performance and help to ensure that you?re protected from new threats. Norton AntiVirus stays out of your way while you work or play. It automatically suspends all non-critical tasks and alerts when you?re enjoying games and movies. And while Web-based attacks may be the single fastest growing type of online threat Symantec?s patent-pending Browser Protection lets you surf the Internet with confidence. "

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LOW On Resources, October 1, 2008

By 

Greg Kukanich "krunchnik" (memphis,tn) - See all my reviews

Until recently I used a competitors security suite,I had this Norton preinstalled on both my new PCs so I gave it a chance,I should say I had Internet 2008 not 2009,but I liked 2008 so I bought 2009 suite.It uses far less CPU cycles and way less memory than my previous security ware.It installed no hassles it even uninstalled Norton 2008 before installing 2009.It worked flawless,the download was fast and both PCs had no problems after.It only took about 5 minutes per PC to install.I would reccomend this software.Also my desktop runs Vista Home Premium 64 Bit,so I know this software is compatable.My first complete scan took only fifteen minutes and it scanned roughly 450,000 items,so its pretty quick.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I'm in love again!, October 5, 2008

By 

Kenneth Harrison (Providence, RI USA) - See all my reviews
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I'm a long standing Norton A/V user who was thinking about changing my A/V program after being disillusioned by Norton A/V 2008. I am so glad I decided to give Norton another chance. This is the BEST version I have seen. Everything is in front of you, they got rid of the dual icons in the system tray and found a way to make their product use very few system resources.On top of that:

1. it updates virus definitions every 15 minutes

2. keeps a list of files that have been scanned and proven safe. Once one of these safe files is changed, it gets scanned again on the next scan. This makes the weekly scan go much faster.

3. it has an easier to follow interface

4. uses very little of your CPU resources. It even comes with a CPU usage monitor to prove it to you!

Norton has won me over once again. I am so glad I did not switch.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Garbage - and no solution from support, October 24, 2008

By 

John - See all my reviews

I've used Norton AV since it's inception, on both my personal computers, and in most of my corporate environments. As a Director of IT, it was usually my product of choice.

Norton AV always was a bit of a resource hog, but not to the point of being unusable. Plus it receives high marks from reviewers for catching viruses and spyware. Since I'm on subscription, I received an invitation to upgrade to the 2009 version, which I accepted.

This version now hijacks my computer, sucking down the CPU, making it nearly impossible to use the computer. Once this happens, it takes me literally several minutes just to close windows to reboot. Rebooting fixes the problem temporarily. Eventually (an hour or two) Norton AV will hijack the computer again. I have tried to wait it out, but this hijack seems to last indefinitely -- hours anyway.

Calling support, the Tech connected to my computer (this is really a nice support feature of Symantec, I will say -- were it effective), and proceeded to the startup configuration of Windows and TURNED EVERYTHING OFF! He then rebooted (which as you can see from the above, fixes the problem temporarily), and proclaimed my problem fixed.

I asked if he did anything to fix it, and he wouldn't answer. I said I need to know if it's fixed because I had lost 2 days to this problem, and I needed to know it was fixed or I had to move on to another product. His answer was "as you wish".

As you can guess the problem came back just as before. My guess is the Symantec Techs know this is a problem and have no way to fix it.

As you can also guess, nothing worked until I turned things back on in the Windows startup configuration.

This is an unusable product in my experience. I was forced to give it one star to submit this review. I am now going to re-open this for review at the company I work for (around 12,000 computers globally), and likely put a replacement out for bid.