TopTenREVIEWS has a look at Norton's latest anti-virus software available. We provide our review, a breakdown of the programs functionality, and provide the pros and cons of the software. For more reviews, check out www.toptenreviews.com.


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Hi! I am Justin with Top Ten Reviews. Our reviewers have you done a side by side comparison of 17 anti virus software programs. Coming in at number eight is Norton Antivirus from Symantec Corporation. Norton has one of the most complete scanning agents on the market proving that three independent labs that it has the ability to detect and remove viruses. It also includes an anti spyware scanner and protects you compatible with all the popular instant messenger programs. Significant issues with Norton dominating system resources and slowing down our test machine kept it from being in our top five computer products. It is excessive integration with your computer and can cause applications to hang or your systems to freeze all together. This is something to consider while you decide on an anti virus solution. While Norton anti virus scan engine was effective, the anti spyware component was much less so. The spyware scanner only found a single tracking cookie on our test system. Norton antivirus 2008 is good and protecting your system from viruses but suffers from system resource problems and a sub parse spyware scanner. Out of 17 products reviewed, Norton comes in at number eight. For up to date product rankings, reviews and side by side comparisons including which product came out on top, visit our antivirus software site on top interviews.com. I am Justin with top interviews. We do the research so you do not have to. Thanks for watching.