Norton Internet Security 2012 3User [Download]

by Symantec Digital Software

Product Features

• Norton Protection System: Provides industry-leading security with four unique layers of powerful protection proven to proactively stop online threats before they can infect your computer.
• Insight: Stops new online threats before they can cause you trouble by checking where files came from and how long they have been around.
• Download Insight 2.0: Protects you from dangerous applications before you install them by telling you if they are harmful or unstable.
• Norton Safe Web: Proactively protects you while you surf the Web by warning of and blocking unsafe and fake websites right in your search results
• Norton Management: is cloud based so you can download, install, transfer, update or renew Norton products from anywhere right over the internet.
• Network mapping and monitoring; antispam; smart firewall
• Online identity protection; parental controls management
• Social network protection; browser protection; phishing protection
• Stops viruses and spyware before they reach your computer
• Superior protection with fast scan speeds and low impact on PC performance

Product Details

• Downloading: Currently, this item is available only to customers located in the United States and who have a U.S. billing address.
• Note: Gifting is not available for this item.
• ASIN: B0060C382Y
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 27, 2011
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (156 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #2 in Software > Web Development > Internet Utilities
  • #2 in Software > Computer Security > Internet Security

Product Description

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Norton Internet Security 2012

Stop viruses, spyware, online identity theft, and more with the powerful protection of Norton Internet Security.

Able to quickly detect and eliminate online threats, Norton Internet Security uses four unique layers of protection to prevent threats from ever reaching your computer, without slowing you down. Plus it gives you easy access to Norton Online Family so you can protect your kids from online dangers.

The result? Superior protection with fast scan speeds and low impact on your PC's performance. So you can surf, shop, bank, and socialize online without worry, annoying slowdowns, or interruptions.

Benefits:

Stop viruses, spyware, and online identity theft with powerful virus protection

• Superior protection from online threats
• Four different layers of smart protection proactively detect and eliminate threats before they reach your computer
• Identifies and stops new threats faster than other less-sophisticated security software

Browse, shop, bank, and socialize online without worry

• Scans email and instant messages for viruses, suspicious links, infected attachments, and other dangers before you open them
• Identifies safe websites, proactively blocks unsafe sites, and stops online threats
• Prevents cybercriminals from hacking into your PC and swiping your information when you use wireless networks

Enjoy your favorite online activities safely, without annoying slowdowns or disruptions

• Powerful virus protection, without slowing you down
• Runs in the background, so it won't interrupt your work or play
• Won't swallow up your computer's memory and hard-disk space

Keep your kids safe online with award-winning Norton Online Family

• Parental-controls management lets you easily access, set up, and run Norton Online Family right from within your Norton Control Center
• Tracks which websites your kids' visit, so you know what they're up to online, and lets you block inappropriate sites
• Keeps an eye on your kids' social network activities and who they're chatting with online, so you can spot potential dangers

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Get up and running fast with quick setup and easy-to-use features

• Installs in less than a minute with a single mouse click
• Proactively tells you if files and applications are safe or may slow down or crash your computer
• Improved customizable Control Center now lets you choose between a simple or a detailed view for accessing program controls and Web-based Norton services

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Features:

Exclusive & Improved! Norton Protection System: Provides industry-leading security with four unique layers of powerful protection proven to proactively stop online threats before they can infect your computer.

Exclusive & Improved! Insight: Stops new online threats before they can cause you trouble by checking where files came from and how long they've been around.

Improved! Download Insight 2.0: Protects you from dangerous applications before you install them by telling you if they are harmful or unstable.

Improved! Norton Safe Web: Proactively protects you while you surf the Web by warning of and blocking unsafe and fake websites right in your search results.

New! Norton Management: is cloud based so you can download, install, transfer, update or renew Norton products from anywhere right over the internet.

Exclusive! Parental Controls Management: Lets you track your kids' online activities through award-winning Norton Online Family so you can help protect them from online dangers.

Improved! Network Threat Protection: Detects threats as they travel over a network and eliminates them before they can reach your computer.

Improved! Browser Protection: Proactively protects you by checking for and blocking online threats as your browser loads, to stop online threats before they can do damage.

Exclusive & Improved! SONAR 4 Behavioral Protection: Monitors your computer for suspicious behavior to more quickly and accurately detect new threats and stop them in their tracks.

New! Norton Safe Web for Facebook: Scans your News Feed for dangerous downloads and links to unsafe websites and warns you and your Facebook friends about them.

Free 24x7 Support: Offers you expert help and answers by phone, email, live chat, or online whenever you need them. (Not available in every country.)

Key Technologies: Online identity protection Antivirus Antispyware Parental controls management Social network protection Browser protection Phishing protection Network mapping and monitoring Antispam Smart firewall

Protects against: Online identity theft Viruses Spyware Inappropriate websites & content for kids Social network threats Infected and unsafe websites Phishing Cybercriminals Spam Dangerous downloads

Product Description

Norton Internet Security delivers powerful protection that’s proven to stop online threats before they can do any damage and without disrupting your work or play.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

64 of 66 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Less cluttered interface and fairly faster than 2011, September 13, 2011

By 

Gene Cloner (St Louis) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Norton Internet Security 2012 - 1 User 3PC (Software)

Norton woke-up in 2009/10 making the interface user-friendly and its signature updates running in the background making the software less resource-hogging. It's continuing the same trend this year (NIS2012) with a little less cluttered interface - meaning most features automated for the novice user, but you have to dig in deep to make advanced changes. It works well with Windows7 as well as Win XP if you care (I don't have Vista - so cannot comment about that).

1. Installation: As in the recent versions of NIS, installation was a snap. It took under 2 minutes, but needed a restart. If you have existing license for NIS, download the update from support -> check for new version menu item from within NIS. You can update the license number from the disk later when your license is about to expire. In previous version(s), NIS overwrote existing license period if you upgraded from disk. I havent checked it on this version (I still have about 90 days left, too risky!!).

2. Interface: The main interface is less cluttered, but a new addition is a big status window (floating gadget) on the upper right corner of your screen with large buttons for different menus. Most buttons on these menus are for other Norton products unrelated to NIS (annoying). For example button for on-line back-up (costs extra!) or mobile protection for android (free), parental control (free) etc. I havent found an easy way to get rid of this yet! (Alright! It's easy. There is a close button next to it and if you close it, it does not reappear after a restart).

3. Setting up: Most of the settings are done by default and should be fine for the average user. For example how often to scan your computer, what time of the day, which files to allow to connect to the internet etc. If you need advanced settings, most of those are just a couple of clicks away and mostly easy to find. There are some menu items that could have been done better. If you had existing trusted network information from previous NIS, those are retained which is good.

4. Security: As in previous versions, NIS was good at detecting most of the commonly bothering cookies and adware. Everytime you download a file, it is checked for viruses and if it is from a trusted website and there is a pop-up saying it is clean. Similarly, like previous versions, Norton safe search marks results from google searches as safe or not. you can check website security by looking for norton trusted symbol e.g. bank sites or amazon.com - that way you wont enter your password in a phising site.

5. What's new? Like mentioned above the annoying floating gadget is new. The primary interface is less cluttered but at the same time advanced settings are easily accessible from different menus. The new version does appear to be a little faster than 2011. might be significant on older systems.

Overall, very good protection with minimal resource usage.

41 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars NIS 2011 Was Better, October 28, 2011

By 

E. Hendrix - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Norton Internet Security 2012 - 1 User 3PC (Software)

I bought this because the 1 year sub was up on 2011 and I was able to get 2012 for cheaper than sub for another year for the 2011 version.

Install was easy but I don't see much of a difference in what 2012 offers than what 2011 had. There are a few things I don't like about 2012:

1. It scans my system a lot slower.

2. No option to totally turn off autoupdate like you could in 2011. Can turn off auto but pulse updates turn on then and gets greyed out so there is no way to have them both be off at the same time. I like to update it manually liked I did 2011 but can't now.

3. No way to turn off quick scans like you could in 2011.

4. Seems to load slower at start up when set to "aggresive" but 2011 started right away.

5. When you click on settings or any of the options the software takes longer to respond. At first I didn't think I had clicked right and tried again but it took a few seconds to respond. Future tries have the same results.

6. Constantly bugs you to sign into your norton account if you click on update and then the page has script errors and no way to turn this off. Only option is to sign or click remind me later which takes several tries and the first click on remind me later doesn't make it go away and instead just refreshes the page again.

Other than these issues it works but wish I had stayed with 2011.

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quality Internet Security Suite for 2012, September 16, 2011

By 

Dan - See all my reviews

This review is from: Norton Internet Security 2012 - 1 User 3PC (Software)

This version appears to build upon the 2011 version. A simplified user interface masks an upgraded version of the 2011 interface. The user can now select to either have the simpler interface appear when opening up the Norton product, allowing for easy access to launch scans or for checking on/running live updates or otherwise one can set the product to regularly open up to the more advanced interface, displaying a revival of CPU and Norton usage meters, along with a trust level meter displaying the amount of files currently trusted by Norton that are on the computer after a reputation scan has been executed and also in conjunction to what setting one has selected beforehand for computer scanning purposes. The product appears to function well, with no real noticable slowdown in performance from the previous version thus continuing on with Norton's lighter footprint design and improvements which were introduced with the 2009 versions of Nortons. Quick scans are now automatically launched by the suite during new update periods and run daily on their own. The quickscans supposedly have now been improved upon to create a more thorough scan than on previous versions, while also offering improved upon rootkit scanning. Also, Norton's Sonar has been improved, along with the Insight Database, allowing NIS 2012 to provide a solid multiple layered level of protection/defense to the user. In addition, the firewall remains excellent, along with the anti-spam. With all of this said, it is important to realize and understand that no security suite will ever provide 100% protection to the user. Using common sense while online is of paramount importance. However, if one desires to have among the best protection currently available in a security suite for 2012, then in my opinion NIS 2012 is an excellent choice. It was again chosen as Editor's Choice by PC magazine out of the new 2012 internet security suites, and in my opinion it was chosen that for good reason.