• Norton Identity Safe keeps your personal information and identity safe when you buy, bank and browse online
• Start, scan, and run faster. Improved performance delivers an enhanced online experience
• Get help fast with free online technical support via live chat and email all from within the product
• Optimized product design improves scan times and decreases impact on system startup and resource usage
• SONAR technology delivers behavior-based protection that can detect emerging spyware and viruses even before traditional signature-based definitions are available

What do you do to keep yourself healthy? Norton Internet Security Suite 2008 is designed to keep your PC healthy. Every time you visit the Internet, there are hackers, predators, and weapons ready to usurp your identity and destroy your computer. It can happen quickly and silently. Some viruses present on the web can have delay mechanisms that can halt use of your computer days, weeks, months ahead. Norton Internet Security Suite 2008 scans your PC for potential pathogens, points them out, and helps eliminate them. It provides regular updates to your system to eliminate any new viruses. It also provides a strong firewall acting as a shield while you're online. Control spam with built-in filter technologies. Enjoy the Internet and safeguard your PC and peripherals with the power and reliability that Symantec is famous for. Be safe when your PC has Norton Internet Security Suite 2008 installed. Intrusion Prevention automatically shields newly discovered security vulnerabilities Network protection configures security settings when logged on at home, or on public networks Full System Scan performs a deep scan to remove existing viruses, spyware and other threats Norton Protection Center provides a central place to easily check overall security settings Includes protection updates and new product features as available throughout the renewable service period Windows Vista friendly
Stay protected from the latest online threats. Norton Internet Security 2008 runs quietly in the background to detect and block today's complex threats and to protect your identity when you buy, bank, or browse online. The friendly and efficient product design helps minimize confusing security alerts and system slowdowns that can get in the way of your online experience. And if you need help, an integrated online chat tool connects you to our support professionals, so you have easy access to the answers you need. In addition to protection updates, Norton Internet Security provides new product features as available throughout your service subscription.

Norton Internet Security 2008 runs quietly in the background to detect and block today's complex threats and to protect your identity when you buy, bank, or browse online.

Stay protected from the latest online threats.
Norton Internet Security 2008 runs quietly in the background to detect and block today's complex threats and to protect your identity when you buy, bank, or browse online.

Key Benefits

• Blocks online identity theft--An extra layer of security protects when you buy, bank, or browse.
• Detects and eliminates spyware--Provides advanced protection against today's latest threats.
• Removes viruses and Internet worms--Fast and quiet scans provide comprehensive, automatic protection.
• Protects against hackers--Safeguards your computer with a smart firewall that automatically configures protection settings.

Includes Full Versions of the Following Products:

• Norton AntiVirus
• Norton Personal Firewall
• Norton Antispyware
• Norton Identity Safe--New!
• Norton Antiphishing

New Features and Enhancements--What's New

• Norton Identity Safe keeps your personal information and your identity safe when you buy, bank and browse online.
• Enhanced performance lets you start, scan, and run faster, so you can enjoy your online experience.
• Get help fast with free online technical support via live chat and email all from within the product.
• Optimized product design improves scan times and decreases impact on system startup and resource usage.
• SONAR (Symantec Online Network for Advanced Response) technology delivers behavior-based protection that can detect emerging spyware and viruses even before traditional signature-based definitions are available.
• Stores and encrypts your passwords and other confidential data, automatically filling it at your request to save time and protect it from being stolen by eavesdropping keystroke loggers.
• Network security monitoring checks the status of your wireless network security, maps connected devices, and provides expert advice on managing your network security settings.

Start, scan, and run faster. Improved performance delivers an enhanced online experience.

Norton AntiVirus:
Antivirus and antispyware protection, rootkit detection and intrusion protection

• Protects your computer by automatically detecting and removing spyware, viruses, Trojan horses, and Internet worms.
• Exchange files via email and instant messaging without worrying about receiving threats on your computer or spreading them to others.
• Stays out of your way. Runs quietly in the background without requiring you to respond to confusing security alerts.
• Threat blocking technology quietly monitors system activities to stop most spyware, viruses, and worms before they can install and cause damage on your system.
• Email and instant message scanning detects and removes infected attachments even if they're hidden in archives.
• Rootkit detection finds and removes threats that are hidden deeply in the operating system.
• Internet worm protection blocks an entire class of viruses, spyware, and worms with a single threat signature.
• Thorough pre-installation scan cleans out spyware and virus infections that can obstruct ordinary protection.
• Quick Scan automatically runs on receipt of new definitions to help ensure protection against the latest threats.
• Full System Scan performs a deep scan of the system and hard drive to remove existing spyware, viruses, and other threats.

Norton Identity Safe:
Antiphishing, Web site authentication, eavesdropping protection and confidential information management

• Advanced phishing protection identifies and blocks fraudulent Web sites designed to steal personal information.
• Adds a layer of targeted, real-time identity theft protection to prevent identity thieves from eavesdropping on your online shopping transactions and banking and brokerage sessions from login to logout.
• Blocks hard-to-detect phishing sites by deeply analyzing Web page elements for evidence of criminal activity.
• Authenticates the Web location and credentials of the most popular banking and shopping sites, so you know you're dealing with the true site and not a fake.

Norton Personal Firewall:
Two-way firewall

• Stay hidden when connected with a smart firewall that automatically configures protection settings.
• Log on at home, at a cafe, or on the road, and Norton Internet Security automatically optimizes your security settings.
• Two-way firewall blocks hackers from breaking into your computer and stops spyware from transmitting information.
• Trust Control automatically optimizes your protection settings based on the network--wired or wireless, public or private--to which you're connected.

Additional Features

• The Norton Add-on Pack delivers optional solutions for you and your family including antispam and parental controls.
• Connect with confidence knowing your protection is continuously updated for one year as new threats emerge.
• Includes protection updates and new product features as available throughout the renewable service period.
• Intrusion prevention shields newly discovered security holes in the operating system and applications to prevent viruses, worms, and hackers from entering through these vulnerabilities.
• Includes one year of automatic definition updates, new product features, and access to updated versions of Norton Internet Security throughout the life of your service subscription.

Customer Rating:
Summary: works well even with Vista 64
Comment: like the product....wish it was a little more editable but it is effective and it works well with other programs unlike some of the other major players and works well on a Vista 64 based system.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Faster and Use Less Memory?
Comment: Recent advertisements from Symmentec states that Norton Internet Security 2008 runs faster and uses less memory than 9 different competitors. But please check out the actual test study by PassMark software: Boot time for NIS 2008 is at 87% that of Kaspersky Internet Security 7.0 (100%), and scan time is at 91% that of Panda Internet Security 2008 (100%). Also, the study DOES NOT measure CPU and memory usage during local file scanning, which explains why so many people complain about the speed of this software. All this data points against Symmentec's recent advertisement claims in terms of practicality.

A software can claim it runs the fastest and uses the least memory...when the computer is off. What do you think of that?

I have the same problem as other people who install and use this product. SLOW!!! My computer is a 3.0 GHz with 3 GB of memory and 200GB of hard drive space, running Windows XP Professional. After spending nearly 10 minutes installing NIS 2008 and rebooted my PC, I saw a tremendously difference on my PC performance...that is, TREMENDOUSLY SLOWER. It took nearly twice as long to boot up my computer now.

I do a lot of Word and Excel editing for work. When I was typing and Norton's antivirus scanning started, sometimes I had a hard time moving my mouse cursor. This alone can tell you how much memory the scanning program uses.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Unable to install on Windows XP Professional
Comment: Installing NIS 2008 to replace NIS 2006 already installed. Tried installing 3 times and the install failed each time. Tried their suggestions and that did not resolve the problem. Went back to 2006.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Emmensely Improved
Comment: I was so upset with NIS 2007 I did not think I would buy it again. Calls to Symantec were of no help. NIS 07 constantly failed me in two critical ways. AUTO PROTECT would turn off and not turn back on even having run live update or manually turning it on. Auto protect required me to restart my PC's(2 with XP) & Laptop (with XP) over and over again until Auto protect would function. The other problem was live update would work (update) intermittently! The NIS 2008 is functioning flawlessly so far on 2 PC's (with XP) & 2 Laptops (One has XP the other Vista (disappointing operating system). I have had it installed for about 20 days and have to trust it is doing it's job.
Doug

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Buy only if your computer was purchased the same year as the Norton version
Comment: I agree with the other reviews that this version is a resource hog. I have a Toshiba Satellite purchased in 2003 and I had no problems with Norton 2003 even though others complained that IT was a resource hog. I suspect what is going on here, much with Operating Systems and programs in general is that computers have gotten so much faster, programmers no longer bother to write "tight" code. Having said that, I see no real downside in actual use, the computer runs everything pretty much as fast as it did. It just takes about five minutes to boot up instead of one.
It appears to be a very robust program and runs more "behind the scenes" than 2003 with less pop ups requiring a response. It also has some features such as a password vault that may be of interest to some, though personally, I just wanted a firewall and was too lazy too uninstall the prior Norton and switch to another product. Overall an adequate product, but don't try to put it on your older computer. Also, Zone Alarm got better reviews in Consumersearch.com and may be a better value.

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