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By Jing Garcia, Tech Times editor
Sepang, Malaysia: Ever wonder why your computer is still slow? This,
despite having a fast multi-core processor, the largest number of
RAM you can get, and even the latest updated operating system from
Microsoft.
There may be two reasons why your PC is such a
road hog on your productivity: First, it may be infected by a
malicious software (e.g. virus, spyware, etc.); the other, your
anti-virus software is doing such a good job in keeping your
computer clean from viruses and other security attacks that it’s
actually slowing down your PC. Believe it or not, many anti-virus
software eat a lot of PC resources and Symantec is definitely aware
of this.
So, for their latest Norton Internet Security
2009 and Norton AntiVirus 2009 products, Symantec has set a new
standard for speed and performance. Speed: for faster deployment and
easy online updates. And performance: for a more comprehensive
security protection.
The new Norton 2009 products were designed with
a “zero impact” performance goal, supported by more than 300
improvements that span nearly every aspect of the product; from the
scanning engine to the user interface.
“The emphasis is on speed, and to bring a
product which is really the industry’s fastest yet most secure is
very significant,” said David Freer, vice president, Symantec
Consumer Business for Asia Pacific and Japan.
Symantec executives, in a media briefing at the
Sepang F1 International Circuit in Malaysia, guarantee that the new
Norton products are light on computer resources and reengineered for
speed.
The Norton 2009 alone includes hundreds of
performance enhancements and introduces new technologies, such as:
Community intelligence-driven Norton Insight technology that removes
the need to scan common files; thus, reducing the number of files
that have to be scanned regularly; and, Pulse Updates, which every 5
to 15 minutes deliver the latest protection updates, faster than any
other competitor.
Other new features of Norton 2009 are: Fastest
installation at 52 seconds as clocked by independent third party
test lab, PassMark Software; least working memory usage—using less
than 7MB of the computer system’s resources; and fastest quick
scan lasting only 33 seconds for the entire computer system.
A comprehensive protection is provided with the
Norton Protection System, a multi-layered system of technologies
that work together to stop threats before it impacts any computer
system. An independent security software firm, AV-test, released
results for malware protection analysis on the 2009 security suites
with the detection of 98 percent for malware, 95 percent for spyware,
plus producing no false positives.
“Norton is the world’s leading security
company, obviously, we learned that consumers changed products
because of performance; performance is absolutely critical for a
consumer,” said Freer. “We’ve focused on making the best
performing software out there that would keep more happy Norton
customers; that means being a Norton user as well as a Norton
employee, we will be getting the intelligence we need to protect
more people around the world.”
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