Norton Antivirus 2010

Norton Antivirus 2010 is the latest edition of Symantec's famous antivirus software. A full-featured PC security and antivirus suite, Norton Antivirus provides packed protection from malware, PC viruses, and files and applications affecting PC performance.


Utilizing a new reputation-based security system, Norton Antivirus 2010 goes beyond standard definition and behavior-based virus detection to deliver a level of protection that's tailored to all and every individual user. With a variety of virus detection and performance modes, Norton Antivirus 2010 is a valuable antivirus suite for home users and professionals.

Building on Norton Antivirus 2009's user-friendly interface, Norton Antivirus 2010 contains some new visual features and navigation options. While new users will no doubt appreciate the enhanced interface, old users will feel right at home as Norton Antivirus 2010's interface is, on an operational level, very alike to last year's version. Features are simply accessible and PC security can be controlled from the software's control center.

Norton 2010 uses a range of different methods to check for and eliminate PC viruses and malicious software. Files are reviewed against fitted virus definitions and malware templates, and are also checked for unusual behavioral patterns or system requests. Going beyond these two standard antivirus measures, Norton Antivirus 2010 also checks viruses against a dynamic online archive of virus information, collected from users' PCs and virus information.

This focus on ongoing dynamic virus detection ensures that Norton Antivirus 2010 can eradicate viruses from the instant they spread to users' PCs. Rather than having to remain for a software update, users are protected from viruses all the time with Norton's web-based detection system.

Gamers and power users will be pleased to know that Norton Antivirus 2010 contains a range of different performance and protection options. Software can be reduced to background monitoring for PC gamers, allowing them to improve PC performance during gaming, without having Norton compromise speed or available memory.

While Norton Antivirus 2010 delivers a smooth and improved experience, there are still a few nagging issues. Scanning speeds can be slow, and system performance frequently slows to a crawl during scan periods. However, for high-end PC users, these issues are probable to be minor. As an all-round antivirus and security application, Norton Antivirus 2010 surely delivers on its promises.

Norton AntiVirus: Liked

• Virus detection is aided by the use of an online reputation-based security system, which eliminates viruses without the want for quick software updates.

• A range of performance modes offer gamers and power user’s flexibility and minimum resource use.

• Aside from some minor tweaks, the interface is much the same as Norton Antivirus 2009, and offers the similar user-friendly navigation and control tools.

Norton AntiVirus: Didn't Like

• Performance can be too poor during scanning, and virus detection scans can often last unnecessarily long.