Pros: has added protection and backup with better performance through line of innovative technologies that only Norton offers.

Cons: PC utilities included in the software are effective, however you have to pay a price for ultimate protection.

Summary: Norton has been one of the leaders in computer security and continued to deliver improvements and efficient solutions. The version 5 of Norton 360 offers wide range of tools and features to maintain both the security and performance of computers. It is easy to use, equipped with automatic tools and a myriad of additional features. Being one of the most comprehensive, usable all in one security suites available today, it immediately gained the appreciation of the public.

Review
Norton 360 is a comprehensive all-in-one security suite for internet users that combines the features of more than five standalone computer protection products. Other than being one of the most complete security tools from Symantec, it is also one of its best premium security suites.

It revolves around the four basic components namely Identity Protection, Security, PC Tune-up and Backup. Each of this security software integrates variety of tools and additional features which combine the powerhouse that delivers both performance and protection.

Norton 360 offers the right features that can help you make the most of your computer and is consistent in the innovation of the latest technology and features to counteract with the constantly evolving threats to security. It keeps the features that worked well in the previous year and is equipped with new and additional features. These new additions are purpose-driven which means that it is capable of offering better security without causing slowdown to your system.

Here are the newly integrated features of the Norton 360 2011:

• Norton Control Center provides quick and easy access into the new dynamic protection map and other additional services from Norton such as the Online Family and Safe Web.
• Sonar 3 offers heuristic behavioral protection monitors for file activities that are suspicious.
• Download Insight 2.0 checks the behavior and history of the file instantly before downloading.
• Safe Web for Facebook ensures that there are no bad links on your wall.
• Norton Bootable Recovery Tool offers emergency rescue for PCs that have been damaged severely.
• Better Compatibility to make it work with more web browsers preferred by the users.

Conclusion
Norton 360 core security is excellent and offers advanced protection from spyare, worms, bots, viruses, Trojans and rootkits. The Reputation Scan runs analysis of the applications on the computer. Its premium internet security site integrates a two way firewall that protects against malicious files and hackers and at the same time guards the communication the user sent out. Its premium security suite is equipped to protect computer from all kinds of online threats.

Norton Internet Security is the fastest internet virus, spyware and internet protection available today.
It uses advanced technologies like:

• Anti Virus
• Norton Download Insight
• Anti Rootkit
• Smart Firewall
• Bot Protection
• Norton System Insight
• Norton Safe Web
• SONAR 2 Behavioral Protection
• Norton Insight Network
• Norton Threat Insight
• Spyware Protection
• Identity Protection
• Pulse Updates
• Network Monitoring
• Parental Controls
• Vulnerability Protection
• Professional Strength AntiSpam
• Norton File Insight

All these technologies enable Norton Internet Security to offer you complete protection from any malicious threat found on the internet. Norton Internet Security can stop your identity from being stolen and catch viruses, spyware and bots from harming your computer. It ensures that no damage is done to any files on your computer. To ensure you are protected from hackers using key loggers, Norton Internet Security uses identitysafe.

Norton Internet Security gives you a detailed report and performance explanation so that you know which files affect your computers performance and why. It also tells you which applications can be trusted.

Norton Internet Security 2010 indicates all unsafe and dangerous websites in your search results so that you can shop online without worrying about being scammed by using one click logins and automatic for filling.

Norton’s new Insight network decreases the time and the frequency of virus scans of your computer.

Norton Internet Security has been proven to be 61% faster than the average speed of all competing antiviruses speed. The memory required for the software is significantly less than its closest competitor and almost 70% less taxing on resources than the average of competitive antiviruses. New updates are available almost every 15 minutes which is almost six times more frequent than the average of other antiviruses. Norton Internet Security netbook edition is optimised for notebook use which uses even less memory than it already does.

Norton Internet Security 2010 introduces a new Quorum engine which detects threats according to reputation. This helps in the comprehensive coverage as there are over two hundred millions attacks every month. Norton also has parental control and excellent spam filtering. Norton’s spam filter utilises a technology acquired from brightmail and the reputation based, quorum, system.

Norton Internet Security is the fastest, lightest, and easiest to use antivirus available in today’s world. At the cheap price of A$ 99.99 all the essential technologies for complete internet and computer security is taken care of.

Pros:
• Impressive scores in blocking and removal of malware
• Features extra tools in removing persisting malware
• Works with other Norton products
• Intrusion prevention system is powerful

Cons:
• Not so powerful web-based protection
• Erroneous identification on obscure utilities as risky

Review:
Symantec is known in the industry of security software and in keeping that edge to evolve its offering to stay competitive. It made some changes on the Norton Internet Security 2012 on its user interface and introduces new features that make it one of the best software on the market.

The installation process of the software is simple and seamless. One of things you will notice in it is the significant changes made to the user interface. There were no longer bright whites like the previous year’s release and they replaced the classic Norton yellow and black color scheme. This makes the setup looks neat and offers a good amount of options.

The interface was improved on the settings menu. The previous year’s interface made searching in the settings a hassle and confusing especially to new users. The latest interface now is much more streamlined.

The software also features SONAR or Symantec Online Network for Advanced Response and this offers real time protection against the threats and detects unknown risks to security based on their behavior. This new feature is capable of detecting new high certainty threat or those that closely matches with the behavior of other threats it blocks and then removes any of those from your computer automatically.

The Norton Internet Security 2012 marks the launching as well of the bandwidth awareness feature of Symantec that can be used to limit the bandwidth usage of network adapter. It comes with optimization tool that is designed to speed up the boot time of your computer by delaying when the software launches but it is not difficult to find. In terms of cleaning up malware, the internet security software performed well and did not produce any false positives and can block all suspected malware infections. It also features quite mode which limits the interruptions from the software based on the list of parameters that were set. It comes with three settings including the Silent Mode, Full Screen Mode and Quiet Mode.

Overall, Norton Internet Security 2012 provides with new enhancements that can help keep your computer and files safe. It has a simple to use user interface and has PC tune up features. While there are some annoyances like the web based parental controls and features on installation that constantly appears. Nevertheless, it is a good option for home and business use.