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Norton Internet Security 2009 Beta on Steroids

Symantec is working on the next iteration of Norton Internet Security, NIS 2009, with the mantra of what it’s calling Zero Impact Performance: “Security so light and fast you never even know it’s there — until you need it.”
There are more than 300 major overhauls that the company asserts will affect almost every aspect of [...]

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Symantec Fixes New Attack on Word

Microsoft, as of late, has been making headlines and not the headlines it would have hoped for.
Criminals have found a new way to attack PC users, taking advantage of what appears to be a new bug in Microsoft’s Word software, according to Symantec (Compare Patch and Vulnerability Management products).
Symantec warned of the attack Tuesday, saying [...]

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Norton AntiVirus 2008 Falls Short

Norton AntiVirus 2008 utilizes six times the size of most competing antivirus applications, doesn’t offer three-user license, lacks support for Firefox, doesn’t work with the latest Yahoo and AOL IM applications, and offers fee-based services under the guise of technical support.
Norton AntiVirus 2008 falls way short of expectation. The protection is still solid, the user [...]

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