Foreword

Like every year the company Symantec from sunny California presents a new version of well known antivirus Norton antivirus in the us this year 2001. We have seen us therefore advance more a beta version of the honorary worthy successor.

Surface

The new version of Norton AntiVirus maintains the well structured and clearly designed surface, although it once again has left no stone on the other. The main server box is because in a new, not necessarily an intricate design. At first the most important information such as the size and age of the virus definition, or how long the last virus scan back lies are visible immediately.

Range of functions

On the functions, virtually nothing has changed to the predecessor, you can here talk highest of an improvement and expansion of the existing functions. As usual works Norton antivirus in the background of Windows, in order to guarantee a permanent monitoring of the system. So, inserted disks are automatically subject to a security check. Furthermore a virus check for incoming mail offers 2001, like the predecessor, NAV, so Visual Basic viruses to be armed. The email control can, each individual email account that you have enabled or disabled for are, in order to preserve a certain space.

Also protects, if Norton AntiVirus 2001 enabled, even the Web browser from virus attacks and scripting attacks of visited Web pages. Other features include the integration in the Office package to protect against macro viruses and the familiar Norton rescue disk in the event that it was possible a virus causing any more damage to the system.

Virus definitions

The new version of Norton AntiVirus knows from home from just under 47,000 viruses of all kinds. On each program known virus, there is a brief overview of dangers, activities, and the “attributes” of villains. Over the Internet or via diskette from Symantec (time limited) to get also each month an update of virus definitions. New on the 2001 version is here, that download important updates automatically in the background and not only after a call to live update, to be loaded. Whom this function too dangerous or disruptive seems she can of course disable if necessary.

Virus scan

The virus scan expires largely automatically in the background, as regards the investigation of newly-created files, including emails, download, documents etc.. Also ZIP archives are investigated to be already pointed out potential hazards before unpacking. There are of course the detailed study of individual drives, folders, or files in addition to automatic discovery. Also your own new “Scanprojekte” can be created, where a number of even selected folders or drives are examined automatically. Also it is possible by right-clicking on a file, to initiate a scan.

Norton AntiVirus 2001 is also capable of even unknown viruses, alone because of their activities to track down and out of action for the time being to set. Here the so-called quarantine is used function.

Quarantine

With this function is to secure possible also unknown viruses, but are noticed by their activities and send to Symantec for an investigation. Thus, not only the own system against unknown viruses is protected, but it is also helped to find a fast protection against unknown viruses.

Task Scheduler

To schedule tasks, such as the complete scanning of the hard drive, what something takes, so that it falls on days or times can be as usual to your PC is not used. This is however less spectacular because she virtually by any good antivirus program. At Nav 2001, but has the possibility to plan not only the virus search services, but also the starting of other programs as well as writing itself entered text messages to remind.

Conclusion

Again, Symantec has created a really good and above all easy to use program for effective virus protection with the follower of Norton AntiVirus 2000. The price of the version published this autumn will be located where the predecessor, so at around 129 DM. Thus, also the rating “Very good” for performance and “good” for price/performance is justified.

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