Software reviews: Symantec Norton Antivirus (2008) – Part 9
I downloaded this software in January 2008. My Internet usage consists of daily email reading and surfing a variety of Internet websites. Email reading takes an excellent antivirus program. Many viruses are out there trailing along with unsuspecting emails. Often close friends are sending me emails that contain viruses and they are not even aware. When these emails come through with attachments, my Norton Anti virus goes to work immediately scanning the attachment before allowing me to go forward and open it. This feature alone has saved me hours of problems.
In addition to great antivirus protection, Norton give me regular updates to the software throughout the year. Usually when I sign on, it will update in the background. Updates are for antivirus and spyware protection. Additionally, Norton supplies me with an inbound and intrusion protection firewall as well as phishing protection. Phishing protection is to protect me from fraudulent websites attempting to get personal and private information. I use and internet bank (paypal) and have been contacted by phishing websites frequently. The Norton antivirus warns me of possible phishing whenever a site similar to this contacts me. Claiming to be from a legitimate institution, phishers send phony emails with Web links, requesting personal information or directing the recipient to a fake Web site.
Pharming is a rare form of phishing in which users are directed to a fake Web site where personal information is then requested.How it works: Criminals successfully reroute victims who are typing in legitimate Web addresses to fraudulent sites designed to steal personal information. Norton provides me with an icon in the tray of my desktop with a green check mark to let me know that everything is up and running as normal.
I have used Norton Antivirus for over five years and highly recommend this company and product. Last year I totally lost everything in my computer, due to a hardware issue. After replacing the hardware, I began the long and arduous task of replacing software. Thankfully the Norton was not one of the difficult to replace. They had me up and running quicker than anyone and I was back with peace of mind quickly.
Norton Antivirus will run a regular scan to assure nothing unwanted has come in through other websites or downloads that I do through normal online activity. Today alone I visited over a dozen websites before I came to Helium to write this article. I keep three email addresses and they are
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