Norton Internet Security delivers the fastest and lightest online threat protection available. It guards your PC, network, online activities and your identity with innovative detection technologies optimised to combat today’s aggressive, rapid-fire attacks. The improved Norton Protection System features multi-layered security technologies that work together to provide comprehensive protection that helps detect and remove identified threats before they can harm your PC.

It stops online identity theft, identified viruses, hackers, bots, spyware, Trojans, and more while minimising performance impact and without getting in your way. Improved Norton Safe Web technology blocks online attacks before they can infect your PC, so you can browse, buy and bank online with confidence.

It helps prevent threats from sneaking in through vulnerabilities in your operating system, applications and browsers. It analyses downloads before you install and run them. It even warns you of unsafe web sites right in your search results. New Norton System Insight ensures strong protection that’s light on CPU and memory resources. It offers the fastest install time, the fastest boot time, the fastest scan speeds and the lowest memory requirements of any Internet security suite.

It provides easy-to-understand threat and performance information to help you prevent future infections and keep your PC running fast. With Norton Internet Security you get more than just software. You get Symantec’s global network of security response, support and service resources and expertise working together to help keep you safe from today's complex threats.

Norton Internet Security guards your PC, network, and your identity with innovative detection technologies optimised to combat today’s aggressive, rapid-fire attacks. All in all, Norton Internet Security will provide the fastest and the lightest protection level against all known online threats.

NOTE:
· In order to test the new Norton Internet Security you need to register an account here.
· The BETA product comes with a 14 day-trial period.

Here are some key features of "Norton Internet Security 2010":

Engineered for Speed:
· Proven fastest and lightest security suite available
· Intelligence-driven Norton Insight technology targets only those files at risk for faster, fewer, shorter scans
· Installs in under one minute on average requires less than 7 MB of memory
· Up-to-the-minute Protection
· Delivers up-to-the-minute protection with rapid pulse updates every 5 to 15 minutes.
· The Norton Protection System provides multilayered protection technologies that work in concert to stop threats before they impact you.
· Real-time SONAR (Symantec Online Network for Advanced Response) helps prevent bots from taking control of your PC.
· Prevents threats from entering through your firewall.
· Detects and automatically removes online threats.
· Defends against Web-based attacks with patent-pending technology.
· Recovery Tool boots and repairs badly infected PCs
· Delivers our most complete deep-cleaning scan possible.
· Prevents bots from taking control of your PC.
· Norton Ongoing Protection provides continuous protection updates and new product features as they become available throughout your product subscription period, helping to keep your computer protected against the latest Internet threats and risks.
· Norton Automatic Renewal Service helps to ensure that you’re protected by automatically renewing your product subscription before it expires.

Norton Identity Safe:
· Keeps your online identity safer than ever when you buy, bank, browse, and game online.
· Advanced phishing protection keeps your personal identification out of the hands of fraudulent Web sites.
· Stores and encrypts your passwords and other confidential data.
· Fills in online forms at your request to save time and protect you from keystroke loggers.

Control without disruptions:
· Puts every element of your security at your fingertips
· NEW! Schedules resource intensive tasks for when you’re not using your PC.
· Review the security status of every process on your PC.
· Silent mode suspends alerts and updates to avoid interrupting or slowing games and movies.
· Smart two-way firewall automatically makes security decisions for you.

Secure Networking:
· Helps you secure your home network.
· Conceals and secures your PC on public Wi-Fi networks.

Parental Controls:
· Create individual user profiles with enhanced parental controls.

Spam Blocking:
· Filters spam better than ever.

Requirements:

· 300 MHz or faster processor
· 256 MB of RAM (512 MB RAM required for the Recovery Tool)
· 200 MB of available hard disk space
· Standard Web browser
· Email scanning supported for POP3- and SMTP-compatible email clients.Required for all installations:
· CD-ROM or DVD drive (if not installing via electronic download)
· Support for AntiSpam feature
· Microsoft Outlook 97 or later
· Microsoft Outlook Express 6.0 or later
· Browser support for Browser Defense and Phishing Protection features
· Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 (32-bit only) and later
· Mozilla Firefox 2.0 and later

Limitations:

· 60 day trial

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· New and Improved Features

· Performance Enhancements
· The 2010 products improve on the very high performance bar already set by the 2009 products. The Beta builds will be regularly updated, with later builds improving on performance and functionality.

· Enhanced Norton Insight
· Norton Insight is built on the Symantec Quorum backend intelligence technology first introduced in the 2009 products. In 2009 Norton Insight only quantified trustworthiness, in 2010 Norton Insight also provides information on prevalence, age, and runtime performance data.

· Download Insight
· Download Insight is a new line of defense against the introduction of untrusted applications on your system. Download Insight monitors new application or installer downloads, automatically analyzes and classifies the application using the Quorum technology, and provides you with a trust rating for the application before allowing the application or installer to execute.

· Performance Monitoring
· The system performance ...

Reasons why this program is marked as ad-supported:

· Includes third-party services unrelated to the program's functionality but intended to generate income