| Norton AntiVirus 2007
10725781 Norton AntiVirus 2007 blocks viruses and spyware with
advanced protection. It automatically detects and removes viruses,
spyware, unwanted adware, and Internet worms, and provides
protection updates. Your purchase provides a full year of protection
with regular updates from Norton to combat the latest Internet
threats. The purchase of this product contains a licence for one
user.
The 2007 version includes the new Security History feature to let
you review detections and other actions taken by Norton AntiVirus.
Also new for this release is Cookie Tracking Support, which gives
you the ability to remove detected tracking cookies.
The improved user interface in AntiVirus 2007 contains a
convenient, centralized location where you can review detections,
items repaired, and action required. View larger.
The new Security History is a convenient, centralized
location where you can review detections and other actions taken
by Norton AntiVirus. AntiVirus 2007 continues to offer
Auto-Protect, Worm Blocking and more alerts. It also provides the
option to allow Norton AntiVirus to automatically take action or
be alerted prior to taking action. This "set-it-and-forget-it"
solution lets you view alerts when you want to, so you can let
Norton AntiVirus take care of the rest. At your convenience you
can visit the Security History to view detections made and actions
already taken by Norton AntiVirus.
Tracking Cookie Support is also new for AntiVirus 2007.
Upon scanning the system, tracking cookies will be detected and
you will have the option to delete tracking cookies or ignore
them. For some sites, you may want to allow cookies so that you
don't need to sign into the site each time you visit it. But other
cookies you may want to delete, such as those from third-party
advertisers.
Internet Worm Protection has been enhanced for 2007 so
that it now protects against entire categories of spyware,
viruses, worms and Trojan horse programs. Rather than block
individually identified threats, this feature now matches
individual but unknown threats to known worm and virus families
and blocks them from installing on the system without requiring
specific virus or worm signatures, giving you zero-hour
protection. This technology helps protects against new spyware,
viruses and worm threats before they are even created.
Rootkit protection has been improved for AntiVirus 2007
to better guard against hidden threats such as rootkits, a type of
virus that exhibits no discernible symptoms in order to evade
detection. Previous versions of Norton AntiVirus already protect
against user mode and application level rootkits. Leveraging VxMS
technology acquired by Symantec through its merger with Veritas,
Symantec has increased detection of emerging stealth threats by
including patent-pending rootkit protection at the deepest level
within the operating system. This protects against kernel mode
rootkits that have dropped a driver onto the system. These threats
may be invisible to Windows or other security software, but can be
detected and removed by AntiVirus 2007.
Norton AntiVirus protects your computer with three distinct
types of scans.
- The Preinstall Scan detects and cleans spyware,
viruses and worms on an already infected system. The enhanced
pre-install scan now detects and removes high-risk spyware
before AntiVirus is even installed.
- QuickScan runs invisibly after you receive new virus
definitions from Norton. QuickScan helps ensure that your
computer is fully protected against even the newest threats.
QuickScan has now expanded to search for other areas on the
system such as "My Documents" and other areas of common
infection.
- Full Scan is a full-system scan that now includes a
foreground and background throttling mode. The background
throttling mode performs the scan using less processing power so
users can continue working on their system without major
performance impacts.
The Norton Protection Center has been completely
redesigned to communicate security status simply and efficiently.
You can browse easily through each drop-down category to view the
status of the category’s security features. Overall computer
status is always visible via the Norton Status icon on the taskbar
or in the Windows system tray icon.
The improved Auto Protect Blocking detects and blocks
incoming viruses, spyware and unwanted adware threats as they
attempt to install and execute on your system. Auto Protect
Blocking now blocks both threats and high security risks from ever
installing on the system. It is always running invisibly in the
background to protect your computers. The easy "install and
forget" feature keeps you from having to make constant security
decisions to keep your computer safe and protected.
Packer support has also been updated for 2007 to protect
against virus hidden in compressed files or other masking
technology. Many virus writers use packer tools to package up a
virus such that the virus becomes difficult to detect. Sympack
will now focus on unpacking the virus so that it can be detected.
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