Norton AntiVirus
Norton Antivirus is an antivirus program and the product of the U.S. software company Symantec.
The suffix " Norton " is derived from the former Peter Norton Computing software development company that developed this program. The company was acquired in 1990 by Symantec.
Since its creation in 1990, it is used by over 250 million users per year, making it by far the most widely installed antivirus program worldwide. This will, among other things achieved that it is pre-installed on many laptops sold and thus easier acquire new customers.
With Norton AntiVirus, you can, among other things:
- Malware, Viruses, Trojans and spyware on the hard disk and other storage media track.
- Isolate and remove pests.
- Repair infected files with viruses.
- Check the incoming and outgoing e- mails, by means of automatic configuration of the mail program.
About the so-called Live Update can update the software again and again, so that the virus definitions are always up to date. These updates can be after the registration of the software for one year Download ( 90 days for OEM versions ), after that you have a new subscription on the Internet relate or buy a new version commercially or download from the Internet.
Norton AntiVirus is individually and sold in the security package Norton Internet Security.
Product Versions
The products sold by Symantec as an enterprise product " Symantec AntiVirus " was up to and including version 7.61 " Norton AntiVirus Corporate Edition". It refuses to use the " colorful" surface Dubbed the "Home " variant of the standard product, is much more resource-saving by another engine, and can also uninstall clean. It offers additional features specifically designed for business, including the complete pre-configuration by administrators, which can also be set as mandatory, so that the user, for example, real-time protection can not be deactivated and the system administrator thus retains control. Also the live update via internal server is possible, so appropriate Internet traffic is saved because only the server itself is downloading directly from Symantec, numerous clients are then supplied by him by rapid and cost-effective LAN. On July 4, 2012, the support for " Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition " has been set.
The sequel is called " Symantec Endpoint Protection " (SEP ) and continues the versioning with version number 11. SEP includes other protection components such as a firewall component for the scan of malware calls himself still " Symantec Antivirus ".
The available by Symantec for the end user products bear the additional name Norton. Norton ( by Symantec ) Anti- Virus is available for Windows, MacOS and Android.
System
The requirements for Norton AntiVirus are also a CD -ROM or DVD drive, Microsoft Internet Explorer version 7.0 or Mozilla Firefox.
Criticism
Symantec has come with Norton AntiVirus under criticism since the security specialist, the spy software ( keyloggers and backdoor ) of U.S. intelligence FBI (Magic Lantern) and CIA ( Oasis ) let pass unfiltered through its malware detection.