By Mark Wilson
The Standard edition of Norton is a name long associated with virus protection, and antivirus is a key component of this package, but there’s much more besides. The suite also offers a firewall, protection against identity theft and phishing websites, and online shopping security. As an added bonus, there are also a number of performance-enhancing tools on hand to help you to eke a little extra speed from your PC by optimizing and tweaking settings.
User experience
All antivirus and other security software depends on a database of current threats, so it’s no surprise that once installed, Norton Security begins downloading a hefty database update – larger than the original software download itself – which can take a long time depending on your connection speed.
Once up and running, the security side of the suite essentially takes care of itself. Should any rogue files be encountered, a warning will appear and they will be moved into quarantine (a sandbox separate from your operating system and files). Here you can review them and decide whether they should be deleted, restored, ignored or fixed.
Database updates are released on a very frequent basis. In fact, Norton (and its parent company Symantec) has its finger so …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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