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Symantec Norton Antivirus 2007

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Pros
Excellent virus detection
Good design
Cons
High renewal and support costs
Slow signature updates

$13.99 - $38.99
From 7 Merchants

Full Specifications
Download price, 1-year license	$40 (3/31/07)
Renewal cost, per year	$39 (3/31/07)
Ease of use	Superior
Malware detection rate	96%
File viruses	92%
Macro viruses	100%
Script viruses	98%
Polymorphic viruses	100%
ActiveX controls	100%
Back doors	94%
Bots/zombies	99%
Trojan horses	96%
Adware	97%
Dialers	97%
Number of false positives (out of 20,000 harmless files)	3
Heuristic detection (one-month-old signatures)	49%
Heuristic detection (two-month-old signatures)	43%
Detection rate of malware within archived files	84%
System disinfection
Detection rate of existing infections (10 infections)	100%
Disinfection rate (files, Hosts changes, Registry items)	82%
Average time (in hours) to deliver signatures for new malware	10 to 12
Features
Right-click manual scans in Windows Explorer?	Yes
E-mail protocols scanned	POP3, SMTP
Scan Web traffic?	Yes
Scan speed with standard settings, in seconds	40
System slowdown
With Firefox 2	13%
With Adobe Photoshop CS2	15%
With Microsoft Office 2003	10%
Support policies
Daily support hours	24
Saturday support hours	24
Sunday support hours	24
Free phone support	No
Toll-free phone number	Yes
Cost of phone support	$10 (installation and bug issues free)
Live chat support?	Yes
E-mail support?	Yes

Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2007 Review

by Ryan Naraine

- Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2007 took second place in our "Virus Stoppers" roundup of eight stand-alone antivirus programs. Its overall virus detection rate of 96 percent places it firmly in the upper echelon, and like our other top-rated products, it sports an attractive and easy-to-use interface.

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User Reviews for Symantec Norton Antivirus 2007

Reviewed by: verdunwatts

Duration of ownership: 2 Years

Strengths: I loved the programs for Norton SystemWorks but the 2007 version kept crashing and finally locked up my computer. Got it off of my system and got a refund from Norton but...

Weaknesses: The Norton SystemWorks programs kept crashing and finally locked up my system which has more than enough horsepower to handle it. Also getting it off of my system took a lot more work than I would expect.

Overall Evaluation: I would expect that Norton will clean up this product or take it off of the market. I have probably used prior versions for over 10 years. Very dissappointed.
Reviewed by: aungmoe

Duration of ownership: 2 Days

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Overall Evaluation: I bought Norton AntiVirus 2007 which Symantec says is Windows Vista ready. I downloaded the vista update for Norton AntiVirus 2007 from Symantec website as advised. But my Windows Vista says that the downloaded file is not suitable for this version of Windows. So, I can't even install the Norton AntiVirus 2007. I felt cheated and looked for the recommendations of good anti-virus softwares. I found that PC World has awarded Best Buy to Kaspersky Anti-Virus and I downloaded and installed it. The installation was very smooth and easy. Kaspersky works well with Vista and now I am happy.