Norton Antivirus 2009 [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: 10 x 8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B001E7788K
• Item model number: 14131314
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (144 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,084 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #40 in Software > Computer Security > Antivirus

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Norton AntiVirus 2009 is the fastest, lightest antivirus solution you can buy. Rapid pulse updates and the innovative new Norton Insight architecture dramatically improve performance while helping to ensure that you're protected from the latest 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.

Norton AntiVirus 2009 is the fastest, lightest antivirus solution you can buy. Click to enlarge.

Winning protection against viruses, spyware, and other software threats

Engineered for Speed

• New--Scans only files and processes at risk using Norton Insight.
• New--Installs in under one minute on average, requires less than 8 MB of memory.

Up-to-the-minute Protection

• New--Delivers up-to-the-minute protection with rapid pulse updates every 5 to 15 minutes.
• Improved--Provides multilayered security through the Norton Protection System.
• New--Prevents bots from taking control of your PC.
• Detects and automatically removes malicious threats.
• Improved--Defends against Web-based attacks.
• Automatically detects and removes spyware, viruses, Trojans, bots and Internet worms.
• New--Recovery tool boots and repairs badly infected PCs.
• New--Delivers our most complete, deep cleaning scan possible.
• Norton Ongoing Protection provides continuous protection updates and new product features as they become available throughout your product subscription period, helping to keep your computer protected against the latest Internet threats and risks.
• Norton Automatic Renewal Service helps to ensure that you're protected by automatically renewing your product subscription before it expires.

Control without disruptions

• New--Automatically schedules scans and updates to occur while PC is idle.
• New--Review the security status of every process on your PC.
• New--Silent mode helps ensures movies and games are never interrupted.
• Maps your wireless home network.

Free Technical Support

• New--Tech support without charge from Symantec delivers help however you need it.***

What's New?

Botnet Detection

• Prevents bots from taking control of your PC, accessing your private information, or using your computer to host an attack.

Browser Protection

• Blocks browser exploits and protects against infected Web sites so users can surf the Internet with confidence

Rapid Pulse Updates

• Delivers up-to-the-minute protection with updates every 5 to 15 minutes

Norton Insight

• Saves time and improves performance with Norton Insight which delivers innovative intelligence-driven technology for faster, fewer and shorter scans
• Reviews the security status of every process on your PC

Norton Recovery Tool

• Boots and repairs PCs badly infected by malware, even when the virus has left leaving the computer unbootable

Norton Protection System

• Provides multilayered protection working in concert to stop threats before they impact you

Control without Disruptions

• Ensures movies and games are never interrupted via silent mode which suspends alerts and updates while you're watching or playing
• Smart Scheduler runs quietly in the background to let you work and play without disruption

Technology Improvements

• Real-time SONAR (Symantec Online Network for Advanced Response) technology detects new and unknown threats
• Streamlined, rapid installation gets you up and running fast
• Specialized deep-cleaning technology delivers our most complete scan possible to repair heavily infected computers

Virus and Spyware Protection

• Automatically detects and removes spyware, viruses, Trojan horses, and Internet worms
• Monitors email and instant messages so you can exchange files without exchanging threats
• Rootkit detection finds and removes threats that are hidden deeply in the operating system.
• Norton On-going Protection provides continuous protection updates and new product features as they become available throughout your product subscription period, helping to keep your computer protected against new threats and risks.*
• Norton Automatic Renewal Service helps ensure that you're protected by automatically renewing your product subscription before it expires.
• Includes protection updates and new product features as available throughout the renewable service period. * Includes one year of automatic definition updates, new product features, and access to updated versions of Norton AntiVirus. *

* 1 Year Protection: With this service, you receive the right to use this product on one PC or on the specified number of PCs during the service period, which begins upon initial installation. This renewable service includes protection updates and new product features as available throughout the service period, subject to acceptance of the Symantec License Agreement included with this product and available for review at www.symantec.com.

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Product Description

Award Winning protection against viruses spyware andother malicious threatsProduct InformationWith fast and continuous defense against malicious threats Norton AntiVirus 2009 keeps your system protected without slowing you down.  the multilayered protection technologies in Norton Protection System work together to stop threats before they impact you.  Patent-pending browser delivered every 5 to 15 minutes keep your security current.  Norton Insight a unique intelligence-driven technology targets only those files at risk for faster fewer shorter scans.  Includes Norton AntiVirus Norton Antispyware Norton Pulse Updates Norton Insight Norton Browser ProtectionNew FeaturesEngineered for Speed Scans only files and processes at risk using Norton Insight. Installs in under one minute on average requires less than 8 MB of memory.Up-to-the-minute Protection Delivers up-to-the-minute protection with rapid pulse updates. Prevents bots from taking control of your PC. Detects and automatically removes malicious threats. Boots and repairs badly infected PCs. Delivers our most complete deep cleaning scan possible.Control without disruptions Automatically schedules scans and updates to occur while PC is idle.† Review the security status of every process on your PC. Ensures movies and games are never interrupted.Free Technical Support Tech support without charge from Symantec delivers help however you need it.  (Symantec provides free unlimited 24x7 email chat and phone support for a period of one year from initial product installation.)Up-to-the-minute Protection Provides multilayered security through the Norton Protection System. Defends against Web-based attacks with patent-pending technology.Product Fe

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

87 of 92 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 2005-2008 Still got a bad taste in your mouth? It's time to return!, October 27, 2008

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Chris Moor "kingofi88" (Chicago, Il) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Norton Antivirus 2009 [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

Honestly I have hated Norton products since Norton 04. The only good thing made from Norton was their removal tool! Every year they consume more and more. More than 1/3 of the computer resources were being used by 07. Show me a virus that does that! In my opinion I would rather have a virus on my machine then install Norton 05-08.

After trying Kapersky 09, Trend Micro 09, Webroot W/Virus 6.0, F-Prot, AVG, AVAST and Norton 09. I am extremely impressed with Norton 09! It's the only one I have stayed with.

Installs in a minute!
I don't believe in installing more than one security (antispyware, antivirus, firewall) program on a PC it will cause problems. I currently have a router with a built in firewall (all routers do have NAT) and the Vista firewall. I didn't need a 3rd party "outgoing" firewall. (If my PC is clean why do I need that?)
If I did want an outgoing firewall I would have bough Norton Internet Security. Keeping it to one security program!

As far as scanning goes it has a built in detector on safe services and will bypass scanning these areas for faster scanning. When your computer goes idle it starts a quick scan in the background. As far as up-to date definitions go it always tells me that my definitions were automatically updated 10-30 minutes ago!

Once installed it did ask me to log into my Norton account, which I was grateful for since I will purchase it next year. (if they remain like 09)
However the registration was easier then Kapersky and Trend Micro. Plus it didn't automatically enroll me in auto yearly purchase like Spysweeper did.

28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fast, Unobtrusive Protection, October 6, 2008

By 

Parry "laptop freak" (MI, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Norton Antivirus 2009 [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

After trying various AntiVirus solutions for my desktop and laptop - I stopped using them due to the obtrusiveness and loss of performance. Instead, I resorted to being extra careful with what I download and from where and ensuring the machines were always behind a hardware firewall.

Recently though I had to copy data from untrusted source on to my laptop and I started rethinking my AV strategy. That's when I gave Norton AV 2009 a try and I found it a huge improvement not only over prior Norton versions but also over other solutions I had tried.

To begin with, I bought this product from Symantec online store. NAV 2009 is a small download from Symantec site and it installs very fast. Enter your subscription number, reboot and you are all set within few minutes.

Next, it starts nearly instantaneously - one click on the task bar icon and it's already there. The definition updates also are very fast and unobtrusive unlike with the previous versions - you will hardly notice.

The user interface is much simplified, with options for running scans, status bars for Antivirus, AntiSpyware , Intrusion prevention and Email scanning. One other useful feature is that the interface shows how busy your system is and how much of it is used by Norton AV itself - I find that when idle it doesn't use any resources and when doing a full foreground scan it consumes up to 30% which is good for a faster scan.

Additionally it allows the scans to be run in the background - in this case the scan will only run when the computer is idle. Which means you can carry on with your work and let the scan do its job when you are not doing anything - obviously it increases the time required to complete the scan but none the less I find it is a useful option.

It also provides a status widget if you are running Vista - but I am not a big fan of widgets.

Oh and if you are running the 64-bit version of Vista, Norton 2009 works just fine.

Overall a very unobtrusive and fast product.

67 of 82 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Like a knife in a gun fight, December 19, 2008

By 

Jason (Funkytown) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Norton Antivirus 2009 [OLD VERSION] (CD-ROM)

Seeing as how Norton is one of the major players in the antivirus arena, one would expect the best. Unfortunately, however, the internet is littered with dismayed users who were infected by some form of virus, spyware, scumware, or malware, and all under the not-so-watchful eye of Norton. With a firewall, antispyware, and antivirus - or as I like to refer the three: hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil - users should be safe.

Before I go on, I want to convey that I'm not a typical user. I've been a programmer, a database administrator, a network administrator, and a member of tech support. I've worked on top secret systems for the military. I regularly use acronyms and emoticons. I've shot-gunned a can of Jolt cola. I DVR "Attack of the Show". I know what I'm doing. While on a work computer, however, I'm limited to my means, and Norton was purchased as the company software. How unfortunate.

My computer was recently infected clandestinely by the Backdoor.Tidserv!inf Trojan. First and foremost, Norton didn't stop the intrusion, didn't give a warning, and didn't quarantine the problem. After I manually ran a full scan (it wasn't recognized during the regularly scheduled scan), however, Norton provided the information that the computer was infected with a high risk, high stealth, high removal, high performance, high privacy Trojan, and the software's action was to "review". In other words, Norton's help was, "Get rid of it yourself." What's the point of having Norton?! What's interesting is that the Norton write-up categorizes this infection as a low risk threat, but the software itself contradicts that concept - inconsistency that jives with the fact that it conflicted with other installed software.

After quite a bit of research online, I ended up solving the problem by deleting a temp file, editing a few lines in the registry, booting into safe mode more times that I care to remember, and downloading Malwarebytes Antimalware (MBAM) and Hijackthis - two programs that seem to do what Norton cannot.

The tragically hilarious part is that while running MBAM, the scan immediately found the Backdoor.Tidserv!inf Trojan, recognized that it was a rootkit driver (thus requiring more work), and THEN! Norton had a popup notifying me that the Backdoor.Tidserv!inf Trojan was on the computer. Like a judge needing someone to whisper case law into his ear while deciding a case, I'd much rather prefer knowledge of competency and ability before laying prostrate to the whims of incompetency.