Thread: Norton Internet Security 2010

Symantec has been at the forefront of security solutions for a long time and' for many people, Norton Antivirus or Norton Internet Security is the first thing that comes to mind when you talk viruses. The new Internet Security 2010 has an evolved version of their ncw interface that they've been using for the last few releases. It's one of the fanciest looking interfaces around. A bright tick mark confirms that the suite is up-to-date and the system perfectly fine. SONAR2 is the updated system designed to prevent virus attacks well in advancc by using the cloud.

NIS 2010 comes with many unique features. One of them is the application ratings window which shows ratings for applications running and install cd on the system. This is information gathered from Symantec's online database. Similarly, application performance is also displayed in one of the menus and also on the main dashboard interface. There's even an Optimize button to tweak the system. A proper history of applications and their system resource consumption over the last few months is displayed in a very fashionable manner.



Like all the other suites, instant messenger protection support is available only for the official clients of the popular messengers. In this case, Trillian, a third party, all-in-one messenger, is also supported. A lot of emphasis is laid on the protection of privacy online, so the suite contains a lot of features designed to protect your identity through cards and logins. Phishing is also one of those things.

This security suite is designed for streamlined workflow - it shows up all the scan schedules in a table. Memory consumption at idle is around 15MB. With the scans running, it shoots to about 90MB. Norton Internet Security seems to evolve every single year and the changes are visible. The focus has now moved towards protecting people's identities and information on the internet. It sure does the job well.