Norton Security Premium has a scanning engine that's reliable, powerful, and has moderate consumption of content resources. The start screen shows an overview of the security status of the system, as well as quick access to the main features of the program, inlcuding Scanning, Live Update, and Advanced Settings. Usability is one of the strengths of Norton Security. Norton Security Premium offers as well a coverage for data with 25GB of automatic cloud-based backup to keep your photos, videos, music, contacts and other documents safely. In addition, the suite includes a startup manager, which is useful for speeding up startup on your computer. Norton Security Premium also pays particular attention to others dangers on the network, and that's why it offers a module, Identity Safe, to protect your personal information, passwords, and credit card details against any online scams.
It also has parental controls (via Norton Family) to protect your children online. The firewall has a fair degree of configurability and is organized in such a way as to be usable even by less experienced users. Unlike Norton Antivirus, Internet Security offers a few more features, starting with a two-way firewall that can filter incoming and outgoing connections. Norton Security Premium includes an evolution of the Insight module, which analyzes files and running processes, classifies those which are reliable, and excludes them from being scanned, thus optimizing the resources available to your system. The antivirus also integrates Norton Power Eraser, an advanced tool to use when the engine fails, with its classic scan which can delete malware that has allegedly attacked the system. Norton Security can also block websites and malicious downloads, and includes options to configure Silent Mode.
Thanks to SONAR technology, the proactive defense module can identify more precisely any unknown threats. Norton is also able to analyze your Facebook wall, which is increasingly becoming a tool for spreading malware. Norton Security provides comprehensive, real-time protection against viruses, worms, trojans, spyware and rootkits, acting as a filter for email, instant messaging programs and internet browsing. This release does not revolutionize the product, but it does optimize several features.Īdvertisement (function() ) Advanced defence tools Norton Security Premium is a reliable security suite for your PC, with a powerful engine, firewall, an Identity Safe feature, and usability of the highest level.