Evaluation:Norton Internet Security 2009

In Norton Internet Security 2009, Symantec to address a number of users, greatly reduces the software resources of the occupied comprehensive performance improvement and increase of white list functions, monitors and scanners to improve the efficiency of the new Inspired by the high-virus scanning technology has greatly increased the detection of unknown viruses circumstances. Virus and the Treasury and the upgrade process has achieved rapid real-time updates of the short period of time.

1, software installation and interface

Norton Internet Security 2009 (referred to as the NIS 2009) introduced a new design of its own installation package, making installation of speed than the old version (2008 and refers to the previous version) has been a qualitative change from a click on "Agree and Install" Start time to complete the installation of the entire installation process, less than 2 minutes (not including the activation of the operation). The percentage of the progress of the installation of the accession to allow users to more easily grasp the situation of the installation.

Compared to the previous version, if you do not have serial numbers, then only 15-day trial period. This activation will be reminded every time you open the main NIS 2009 interface automatically pop.

NIS 2009 has been the main interface of the new design gives the appearance and feeling generous. The main interface, an increase of system resources and the use of the percentage of Norton diagram, the user can see the visual system resources and occupation of NIS 2009 occupancy of resources. Users can NIS 2009 "set up in other settings →" to open the main interface of the transparent effect and replace the background color.

2, the new functional glance

Real-time protection update

First of all, I put NIS 2009 the virus database upgrade to the latest version, in order to run it up-to-date. Speaking of upgrades, NIS 2009 had to mention the real-time update function. In an earlier version of the characteristics of the virus definition files and update the average time is about 7 hours, and in the NIS 2009 in the official and do real-time synchronization server (the official claim that every 5-15 minutes to update protection), this update includes the characteristics of the virus, Definition files, firewall rules, program updates, and so on, the longest interval of 15 minutes will automatically be updated online. In the update is also satisfied with the speed, the time has been updated to download files to update the size of the document shows.

Real-time occupation of resources to know

Click on the main interface of the "CPU Usage" button, you can enter the CPU utilization of options, where you can view 90 minutes and the system memory usage, but also that of NIS 2009 to form the updates. Noted that there were free countdown, the default countdown time was 10 minutes, when the system idle time to set the time to reach NIS 2009 will trigger a "fast idle scan" and "Automatic LiveUpdate", and other actions.

Reduce the burden on the system, "Norton Insight"

NIS 2009 a new automated process for the assessment of the functions of stars through the evaluation process so that users know what the process is trusted. Click on the main interface, "Norton Insight" after entering. When you first enter this option, NIS 2009 the system will process a complete scan, the scanning process takes longer, after the computer networking when the process of real-time updates / information program list. When a process / procedure after NIS 2009 and a reliable marker for the process / procedure, NIS 2009 will no longer be scanned, so as to speed up the implementation of the efficiency of NIS 2009 to reduce the burden on the system.

The confidence level is divided into two categories, "Norton trust" on behalf of the Norton files that do not have security threat, and the "community of trust" were written while the majority of users Norton does not think this threat. The star ratings are divided into 5-star or five-star and that the risk is low. You can click on the "expand all" to see the process for each module, and click on a process of "document details the button" to see the details of the process.
This is Symantec's NIS 2009 to join the new technology "Norton Insight", the NIS 2009 installed in the computer, not only those who trust in the document will be constantly scanning and monitoring, and the document will be trusted Was ignored, so for this feature to optimize the system performance is obvious. This technology is also a certain degree manslaughter to avoid a situation occurred because of the trust document has been excluded from the scan.

Here you can also click on the "check specific documents" to a file on a separate rating

If you have a special computer security requirements that do not scan some of the documents is unsafe, they can enter the "Settings → scanning performance profile" in setting the level of the document scanning.

Full scan: NIS 2009 will be the implementation of a complete computer scan all documents, including trust documents

Standard confidence: NIS 2009 will rule out the possibility of belonging to the "Norton confidence," the document scanning

A high degree of confidence: NIS 2009 will rule out the possibility of having known or digital signatures of known confidence level of document scanning

Enhance the ability of the virus killing a "high-level protection heuristic"

We can also open the NIS 2009's "High heuristic protection" option, which will strengthen the function of NIS 2009 of the unknown virus killing ability. NIS 2009 detects if a document is sufficiently suspicious features will be included in the document identified as a threat to the infected file.

Does not affect the normal work of "idle scanning"

Also remember that "free countdown," Mody, "idle scanning" when your computer is idle scan task, if you do not like it, it can be shut down.

Does not affect the game's entertainment, "silent mode"

You do not want to believe in full-screen mode when playing games to the software security warning box to interrupt, NIS 2009 increased by a "silent mode" to ensure that your games, movies and so on do not want the case will not be interrupted There are warning of the emergence of information and software updates will not be carried out.

Safety and protection of the surfing automatically fill in a form of support for the "browser toolbar"

NIS 2009 to see another browser toolbar (Firefox has had support), which integrates network and anti-phishing feature automatically fill in a form
Automatic feature to fill in a form of support for older versions of data import, eliminating the need for users to set up the trouble.

Without user intervention, "smart two-way firewall"

NIS 2009 firewall function also improved, the default user does not need to intervene in the proceedings to determine whether or not to carry out intelligent network can automatically a variety of network intrusion protection and hacker attacks. If you feel or to decide whether to allow the interconnection process, can be "set → Internet firewall settings intelligent → → Advanced Settings → → automatic configuration program," select "shut down."

If you can not be a normal network, you can "set → Internet firewall settings intelligent → → → configuration program" to find the corresponding procedures, and it is set to "allow" it.

It should be noted that, when running NIS 2009 in "silent mode" when the next. NIS 2009 will automatically open the "automatic control" and disable the "high-level event monitoring" function.

3. Intercept malicious Web site testing

Today the virus is a major media network of course, so anti-virus software for virus protection level page is a very important measure of the option, I tested using a number of loopholes in the system and loopholes in the browser to pegged to the horse's Web site, NIS 2009 is very good to make the interception.

HIV testing package

As the writer and not likely to get more than the entire virus to be tested, and packaged on-line virus package also tends to be too old viruses, and even includes some of the Dos virus, so the author can only be in its own major collection of up-to-date virus community HIV prevalence of more than 180 samples to be tested. The test in a popular collection of viruses, and adding a number of friends use to reflect their anti-virus software can not check out, but other antivirus software can detect the suspected virus. Does not have extensive personal collection, so the test for reference only. In contrast to the well-known anti-virus software, ESET Smart Security. Both to upgrade to the latest version of the virus database. NIS 2009 in two tests, one for the closure of the "high-level heuristic protection," another set of "high-level heuristic protection" to "take the initiative."

In the course of the two scans are used in the "discovery of the virus, rather than operate to remove the operation to clear," the results: ESET Smart Security scanned documents for the remaining 9, NIS 2009 to close the "high-level protection heuristic" scanning the results of the remaining 12, set up the "high-level heuristic protection" to "active" document for the remaining 10.

The end of the testing process

First of all, use Task Manager to the NIS 2009 2 the end of the process to operate the process. Results: not the end of the process

Then use the name of Ding Ding IceSword of NIS 2009 of 2 to carry out the process of the end of the operation of the process, bearing in mind that the number of stubborn in the process lost all of his IceSword. The results: the successful conclusion of the NIS 2009 2 process, but well after the end of the process, looks like NIS 2009 is still in the background to protect your computer? I tested the virus in the open folder automatically deleted when it has the virus, but no tips. The two have been the end of the process, even in 5 minutes after the automatic "back to life."


Summary

From the above we can see, Norton Internet Security 2009 to focus on products to enhance performance, not only to provide a powerful security guarantee in this effort at the same time does not affect computer performance. Immediately upgrade the NIS to allow time to run up-to-date, and simple operation also enables users to easily start