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body It’s a simple truth: The faster virus definitions are received, the better the protection is for the computer. Norton 2009 has added a new technology, called Norton Pulse Updates, which downloads new virus definitions almost as soon as they are created, without sacrificing reliability or performance. pulse updates ... Read More
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body Are you Naked? Exploits from the latest Microsoft Vulnerability Seen in the Wild Which is worse, being seen naked running down the street or having a vulnerable computer leaving you exposed to attacks from drive-by downloads? It is probably a matter of opinion (or local laws.) Unfortunately, I think people are more concerned about being seen naked than whether they have a computer that is vulnerable. Don’t get caught being exposed by having a vulnerable computer system! ... Read More
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This past weekend I was joined by an international group of journalists and bloggers for a Zero-Gravity flight to “blast off” the launch of the Norton 2009 security products. This 18-person “band of brothers” boarded the G-Force One in Las Vegas, prepared to float, flip and fly the way orbiting astronauts do. One word describes the experience - awesome. But most people want to know, what in the world does a Zero-G flight have to do with security software?

 

And the answer is simple…we designed the 2009 Norton products with a mantra of "zero-impact performance".  Meaning, we want our software to be weightless, nag-less, and virtually undetectable except when you really need it. To that end, we now proudly tout the fastest security products in the world, with over 300 performance improvements that span nearly every aspect of the product -- from the scanning engines to the user interface. The products install in under a minute, run scans in about 33 seconds, and boast the lowest memory usage in the industry (about 7MB).

 

Norton Internet Security 2009 is already getting rave reviews from the industry's best known experts – and now that they’re in the marketplace, we're excited to hear about your experience as well. Please leave me your comments in the section below. In the meantime, enjoy this short video from our trip.

 

Oh, and join us for the next flight in 2009.  Enter at: http://www.norton.com/space.




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Message Edited by dave_kim on 09-22-2008 10:18 AM
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  • date 09-09-2008 06:22 AM
  • author DC Chung writes:
body nis 09 Symantec is pleased to announce the official release of our Norton 2009 products. This year, we’ve made performance improvement the key focus of the 2009 Norton product line. Virtually everyone in the company knew that this was our main mission ever since our first 2009 engineering planning sessions. Since then, we’ve questioned, agreed, and disagreed to many of the ideas and concepts that came up, but we were consistently guided by our shared vision and dedication to doing what is right for our customers: to build the best security software in the world. ... Read More
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body This article takes a detailed look at the CPU and Memory Usage graphs in the upcoming 2009 Norton Products. ... Read More
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body Hi, I'm Kunal Karandikar a Manager on Symantec’s Consumer Products Engineering team and I wanted to provide an in-depth look at Norton Insight, one of the most exciting new features of our upcoming 2009 products ... Read More
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body Cascadia Graph - j harrisonIn the old days, practicing “safe Internet” meant staying in the good online neighborhoods so you didn’t get infected. Today, almost any website you visit could be a landmine leading you to having your system compromised. ... Read More
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body adam_schepisI was surfing the web tonight and I came across an article on Scientific American. The author asked some friends for permission to break into their bank accounts and then went to work trying to steal their identity. The ease at which he was able to do so is startling ... Read More
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body Robin Raskin blog postAuthor, speaker, advocate and former Yahoo! columnist Robin Raskin stops by the Norton Protection Blog to share a personal story about why you should always backup your computer…and never trust the hood of your car in a pinch. ... Read More
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body Laura's Norton Labs post Today, the Norton team is excited to introduce Norton Labs, an online community where users can download new security technologies and share input directly with developers-- ultimately helping to shape our future products and features. ... Read More