Symantec's Norton AntiVirus 2009 - Winning protection against viruses, spyware,
and other malicious threats! Heuristically detects Spyware threats, detects
blocks Internet worm attacks, and protects email.
Norton AntiVirus blocks viruses and spyware with advanced protection. It helps
protect your entire computer by stopping viruses, spyware, and other security
risks. Norton AntiVirus works in the background so you can surf the Internet,
read the news, play games, and download software or music without disruption.
It also scans and cleans all email and instant messaging (IM) attachments,
preventing you from receiving viruses, or spreading them to others.
With set-it and forget-it functionality, Norton AntiVirus checks for updates
continuously and automatically blocks new and emerging threats from getting
on your system.


Key Technologies
- Antivirus software
- Spyware remover
- Bot protection
- Browser protection
- Internet worm protection
- Intrusion prevention
- OS and application protection
- Rapid pulse updates
- Recovery tool
- Rootkit detection
- Norton Insight
- SONAR behavioral protection


Key Benefits
- Stops viruses, worms, spyware, bots, and more—Keeps your system protected
against all types of malicious threats.
- Norton Insight—Delivers innovative intelligence-driven technology for
faster, fewer, shorter scans.
- Rapid pulse updates every 5 to 15 minutes—provides up-to-the-minute protection.
- Prevents virus-infected emails and instant messages from spreading—Feel secure
while you keep in touch.
- Blocks browser exploits and protects against infected Web sites—Surf the
Internet with confidence.


Norton AntiVirus Features:
Engineered for Speed
* New! Proven fastest, lightest security suite available.
* New! Scans only files and processes at risk using Norton Insight.
* New! Installs in under one minute on average, requires less than 10 MB of
memory, and only 100 MB of disk space plus definitions.

Up-to-the-minute Protection
* New! Delivers up-to-the-minute protection with rapid pulse updates.
* Improved! Provides multilayered security through the Nortonâ„¢ Protection System.
* New! Prevents bots from taking control of your PC.
* Detects and automatically removes malicious threats.
* Improved! Defends against Web-based attacks.
* Automatically detects and removes spyware, viruses, Trojans, bots and Internet
worms.
* New! Boots and repairs badly infected PCs.
* New! Delivers our most complete, deep cleaning scan possible.

Control without disruptions
* New! Automatically schedules scans and updates to occur while PC is idle.
* New! Review the security status of every process on your PC.
* New! Ensures movies and games are never interrupted.

System requirements:
* Microsoft Windows Vista Home Basic/Home Premium/Business/Ultimate**,
Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 Home/XP Pro/XP Media Center Edition
* 300 MHz or faster processor
* 256 MB of RAM
* 150 MB of available hard disk space.



Email scanning supported for POP3- and SMTP-compatible email clients.

Browser support for Browser Protection feature:
* Microsoft Internet Explorer 32-bit 6.0 or higher
* Mozilla Firefox 2.0 or higher

Supported instant messaging clients:
* AOL
* Yahoo!
* Microsoft
* Trillian