Corporation Symantec announced that Norton 2010 product line has received the highest scores on the results of tests conducted by three respected independent organizations - Dennis Technology Lab, AV-Comparatives.org and AV-Test.org. In their published reports confirmed the effectiveness of new technology from Symantec, including models for Quorum and heuristic analysis SONAR 2.0, to provide comprehensive protection against the many computer threats. At these advanced technologies based products recently announced Norton 360 version 4.0 Beta, Norton Internet Security 2010 and Norton AntiVirus 2010.

"The experts carried out tests on a variety of ways, but as a result of all of them came to the same conclusion: the best in its class is the Norton, - said Stephen Trilling (Stephen Trilling), vice president of Symantec Corp. and head of the Research Unit Security Technology and Response (STAR). - Products Symantec, based on the technology of image analysis applications, have demonstrated their ability to protect millions of PCs from threats with the highest rate performance and the smallest number of false positives among all the tested anti-virus. "

Lab Dennis Technology Lab has tested the effectiveness of ten popular antivirus programs in real conditions. A specially developed technique of testing all 10 products had to resist Internet threats that users face daily. Since each computer testers went to these infected Web sites and downloaded files with them so, as would the average user. In a report on the test results indicated that the highest level of recognition has Norton Internet Security 2010. It specifies that this is the only one of the products, which coped with all meet the threat and fully protect your computer. Result Norton contrasts sharply with the average for all products, which amounted to 78%.

The results of the test «Anti-Virus Comparatives Test No. 23 "performed by the organization AV-Comparatives.org, product Norton AntiVirus 2010 was rated as« Advanced + ». Such assessment shall be awarded only to products which have demonstrated the highest level of recognition of threats with a minimal number of false positives. In addition, the development of Symantec earned the highest rating «Fast» on the scanning speed. The same results, they are still a few products. But the decision Symantec was the first among them in terms of recognition, demonstrating, therefore, considered the best combination of three parameters: the ability to recognize threats, the number of false positives and speed of scanning.

Experts AV-Test.org, tested Norton Internet Security 2010, noted that this product could recognize 459 872 samples of malicious code, or 99.75 percent of the total number of viruses, which conducted the test. In addition, they pointed out that Symantec's product testing was conducted on a PC, previously infected 25 different samples of malicious software. These products successfully recognize and remove all of these samples.

Technology protection against malicious software, applied in these products have been developed in our own research unit Security Technology and Response (abbreviated as STAR), which is responsible for research in computer security and threat analysis.

Developments STAR underlie all corporate and consumer of Symantec solutions to ensure security. This year, experts STAR in collaboration with the developers of Symantec products are introduced in a number of innovative protection technologies. It is thanks to these technologies could achieve a high level of recognition of threats and excellent performance, which has been noted in published reports. Below is a list of technological innovations that are applied in the products Norton Internet Security and Norton AntiVirus 2010:

• New technology is the reputation of applications. New technology Symantec codenamed Quorum uses the experience gained by the tens of millions of users to rank the safety of virtually all files that can be found on the Internet. Members Symantec products can now take a much more informed decisions in the process of downloading and installing software on their computers.

• Advanced heuristic protection. Thus was born a new generation of heuristics: malicious programs detected and neutralized before it becomes possible to launch them. Through this approach, when files are checked for suspicious sequence of instructions, is the discovery of previously unknown spyware and other unwanted programs.

• The new advanced protection based on the analysis of behavior. Radically revised system of protection, which is based on an analysis of behavior. Now she is able to detect and block thousands of varieties of malicious software, without resorting to the analysis of signatures and checksums.

• The new compact and efficient mechanisms. By optimizing the basic security mechanisms Norton Internet Security 2010 and Norton AntiVirus 2010 are leaders in the industry to speed.