Norton AntiVirus 2011 + 2 Year Keys

Norton AntiVirus 2011 by Neil J. Rubenking 09/08/2010 IN THIS STORY Full Review Next: Good Blocking, Intrusion Prevention, Performance, and More. Whether you love it or hate it, you know the Norton name. Symantec has been in the business so long it must be tough to come up with a new version each year, right? Well, you wouldn't know it looking at Norton AntiVirus 2011 ($39.99 direct). The product's appearance continues to evolve, and it includes some interesting new features. It scored very well in my tests, though not always at the very top. Installs in Minutes Installation is extremely quick and simple. A few minutes after you click "Agree and Install" you're ready to activate and register the product. Yes, it needs a definition update for peak protection, but it normally performs that update during idle time. Naturally I forced a full update before running my tests. A full scan of my standard clean system took almost 50 minutes, twice as long as the average. However, by first running an application ratings scan to identify known good programs I cut the scan time down to barely over two minutes—that's fast! Normally this scan for known good programs would happen automatically during idle time. New in the 2011 edition, the Norton Insight Network window displays up-to-the-minute statistics on how many files have been identified as good or bad using input from the Norton community. Along the same lines, the new reputation scan examines all files on your disk and reports on three significant stats: trust level, age, and prevalence. Older and more widespread files are naturally considered safer than very new or very uncommon files.