Free Norton Antivirus review

A free Norton Antivirus 2009 review is very interesting to realise. This antivirus is produced by Symantec has the reputation of an antivirus and antispyware product that covers and at the same time omits a series of useful options. Like other antivirus softwares that belong to this category, it takes hold of too many resources in the system usage and integrates at such a scale that it can lead to freezing and hanging windows and applications.

Norton Antivirus Installation

Norton Antivirus 2009 has recently undergone a series of efficient transformations as far as its installation time is concerned. Its producers claim it can be installed in one minute, but although it is very likely to take more, it is a big step ahead as compared to the previous installation time. The real issue with this antivirus software is that its uninstalling doesn’t lead to the complete removal of its registry entries and directories. It is also important to keep in mind that the Live Up date program must be uninstalled separately.

Symantec Antivirus - Usage

Norton Antivirus 2009 has a configuration that defends from trouble your computer system. Norton start icon that appears on the bar is programmed to inform you of the eventual problems of the system.

Norton Antivirus - Efficiency and Updates

Free Norton Antivirus 2009 is certified by ICSA to cope with scanning needs required by possible infections.
Recent tests on Norton Antivirus 2009 have proved that it is fully capable of detecting and deleting those variants of viruses against which it has been tested.

The issue of resources is raised again as Norton Antivirus 2009 wastes the system resources and may slow down the computer, leaving hanging windows operating systems like Windows XP or Windows Vista.
A major improvement has been observed, though. This version of Norton Antivirus has been described as speeding the functions.
Norton Antivirus 2009 updates every 5 to 15 minutes (the previous system used to update weekly).

Symantec Antivirus components

Some Free Norton Antivirus 2009 compounets are: Yahoo, Instant Messenger protection for MSN, an antispyware scanner, a feature that stops the users of your computer to change its settings system.

Norton Antivirus technical support

Although Norton Antivirus 2009 offers online, e-mail and free phone support, it is rather unsatisfactory from this point of view because of the estimated support time, namely 30 minutes. Another shortcoming is that Internet Explorer and the installation of another application are required in case the user decides to use the live chat option. But even after Norton Antivirus 2009 is installed you are very likely to wait approximately half an hour to get in touch with a representative.

Norton Antivirus conclusions

Norton Antivirus is a good solution if you have a powerful computer and you don’t navigate very often on Internet.