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Norton Internet Security Suite 2007
Power packed with
features Norton Internet Security Suite is a fantastic resource for
users who wish to make sure they are protected as much as possible when
online. This package is easy to install and you should be up and running
reasonably quickly. One thing I did notice with this package is that it
is missing some anti phishing features that you can pick up in the
Norton Confidential package also reviewed on this site.
One of the first things that I noticed is that this
is a pretty hefty installation on your hard disk. You will be looking at
about 350mb disk space to get this puppy up and running with all
features enabled. It also prefers to play with only other Symantec
products, so your third party programs like Adaware etc might need to be
tinkered with in order to work.
Installation of NISS requires you to register the
product online to take full advantage of the software and also to
receive updates as they become available. Updating the software is a
pretty seamless affair and registration does not take so long that it
becomes irksome.
Possibly the most overhauled section of this software
is the anti virus component and to most users, the general look and feel
of the program is the same. Access to the different parts of the
software is through a window with a series of tabs on it that made it
pretty easy to get around which was certainly appreciated, with
everything there for ease of use.
You can tweak the settings on NISS if you want to do
some things that are sure to trigger an event with NISS, however I would
recommend this only to advanced users. Most of the settings you will
encounter are pretty much fine to just leave the way that Norton has
intended them. Once everything is set up, NISS will perform a system
check and give you the old red, green and yellow light to tell you that
all is well in PC World. If there are any problems, you do get the
option to hit a fix now button that will take you through the process of
undoing whatever is wrong. My guess is that Symantec has this in place
to empower users, however novices might get a bit lost during this
process. My advice is simple, take your time to work through whatever
issues come up and don’t blindly click.
Added to the protection in this package is Sonar
which monitors activity when you are online for Malware, working in
conjunction with an enhanced VxMS technology that enables checking on
the volume label or main drive for malicious applications or rootkits
that are running, allowing you to get rid of them promptly. Which would
lead to the question of bogging down your system whilst performing
indepth scans. In this version however it’s not the case. An enhancement
to this version of the software is that this time round is that it is
not a system hog like I sometimes have experienced in the past and it
runs nicely in the background whilst giving priority to applications
that you actually want to use, just the way it should be.
One thing that users need to be aware of is that NISS
doesn’t provide is any sort of comprehensive support for wireless
routers which is kind of surprising considering that most homes have
more than one machine. As one of those people (well geeks!) who run up
to 3 or 4 machines all I can advise is that you make sure that you have
MAC protection enabled to try as best as you can to stop unwanted
visitors to the people on your network.
All things said and done I think this is quite a
robust piece of software that is relatively easy to use and will look
after your PC. I think that it would have been enhanced greatly by
incorporating Confidential and am not sure at the motivation behind not
including it as Confidential would have really boosted the effectiveness
of this protection package.
Finally I would have to say to give this software a
shot. Symantec and a few other companies are the best at what they do
and this years NIIS is most definitely an improvement on previous years,
that is to say it was not bad then, they have just made it even better.
Norton Internet
Security 2007
Platforms:
Windows® XP Home/XP Pro
Eligible for a free Windows Vista™ compatibility update†
Windows® XP Home
Edition/Professional
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300MHz or higher processor
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256MB of RAM Minimum
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350MB of free hard disk space
Email scanning
supported for POP3 and SMTP-compatible email clients
Supported
instant messenger clients:
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AOL® Instant Messenger 4.7 or higher
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Yahoo! ® Instant Messenger 5.x or 6.x
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MSN® Messenger 6.0 or higher
Phishing
Protection feature requires Microsoft® Internet Explorer v6.0 or higher
REQUIRED FOR ALL
INSTALLATIONS
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DVD or CD-ROM drive
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Standard Web browser
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