Norton Security Scan
Jun 30, 2011Norton Security Scan is a free and easy-to-use tool that helps you to run a security scan. You can also run the scan automatically. By using Norton Security Scan, you can scan your computer and find out if your computer is infected with viruses, spyware, and other crimeware. If you find any threat on your computer, you can take appropriate action to remove the threat.
Please note, that Norton Security Scan is used only to detect security threats but not to remove them. This free tool will be useful, if you want to make sure that your computer is not infected — because the utility is fast, light and uses the virus definitions from Symantec, i.e. like Norton Internet Security.
Frequent updates for always-on protection
Aug 23, 2010As you know, most antivirus programs use several methods to detect, prevent and remove computer viruses, worms, Trojan horses, adware, spyware, Rootkits and other forms of malware. The most commonly used methods are Heuristic-based detection and Signature based detection.
Norton Safe Web for Facebook helps protect you and your computer
Aug 15, 2010To take advantage of this feature, click on the "Enable Auto-Scan" button on the scan summary page to have Safe Web check your News Feed for malicious links every hour and notify you if unsafe links are found.
It’s FREE. It’s effective. And it makes your experience on Facebook safer. The Norton Safe Web for Facebook application scans your news feeds and identifies URLs containing security risks such as phishing sites, malicious downloads and links to unsafe external sites. With this application, you can easily see which links in your News Feed are unsafe for you or your friends to click on. From the scan results page you can click through to view detailed site rating analysis on the Norton Safe Web site (http://safeweb.norton.com/).
10 Most helpful user reviews about NIS 2010
Jun 27, 2010Most helpful cnet.com user reviews about Norton Internet Security 2010:
- Best security suite for all the AV haters
- Norton Internet Security 2010 is fast
- Good product, but the whole package expires
- Definitely worth upgrade and free if NIS has not expird
- Works well on XP, XP PRO & Vista
- Not worth the money even if it was free
- Its Way better than its predecessors
- A very nice, worthy security suite
- Average product
- Great Product
Respond to Worm Blocking alerts
May 3, 2010If a program tries to email itself or a copy of itself, it could be a worm trying to spread through email. A worm can send itself or send a copy of itself in an email message without any interaction with you.
Worm Blocking continually scans outgoing email attachments for worms. If it detects a worm, you receive an alert telling you that a malicious worm was found.
Worm Blocking alert appears only when you enable the Ask me what to do option under How to respond when an outbound threat is found in the Email Antivirus Scan window. If the Ask me what to do option is disabled Norton Internet Security automatically quarantines the detected worm and notifies you.
Detecting viruses, spyware, and other risks
Viruses and other security threats can be detected during a manual or scheduled scan. Auto-Protect detects these threats when you perform an action with an infected file. Threats can also appear during an instant messenger session, when you send an email message, or during a manual or scheduled scan. Security risks, such as spyware and adware, can also be detected when these activities are performed.
Scanning Office documents
Apr 28, 2010Norton Internet Security scans all Office documents that you receive through email messages, through Internet download, and through inserted floppy disks or other removable media. By automatically scanning all Office files, Norton Internet Security maintains a higher level of security. Norton Internet Security scans the Office document when you open them.
By default, Microsoft Office Automatic Scan option, under Computer Scans, in the Settings window is turned off. Turn on this option to scan Microsoft Office files automatically.
SONAR Protection
Apr 27, 2010Symantec Online Network for Advanced Response (SONAR) provides real-time protection against threats and proactively detects unknown security risks on your computer. SONAR identifies emerging threats based on the behavior of applications. SONAR identifies quicker than the traditional signature-based threat detection techniques. SONAR detects and protects you against malicious code even before virus definitions are available through LiveUpdate.
Turn off or turn on Insight Protection
Insight Protection option lets Norton Internet Security perform an Insight Network scan on your computer
When the Insight Protection option is turned on, Norton Internet Security performs a traditional scan and an Insight Network scan simultaneously. The traditional scan uses the definitions from the local system, and the Insight Network scan uses the definitions that are hosted in the Cloud. Norton Internet Security performs only a traditional scan if the Insight Protection option is turned off.
Norton Internet Security performs an Insight Network scan only when the Insight Protection option is turned on. By default, the Insight Protection option is turned on.
Insight Network scan
The Insight Network scan uses the Cloud technology wherein a remote server on the Web contains the latest virus definitions. Norton Internet Security scans your computer for the latest security threats. When Norton Internet Security performs the Insight Network scan, it uses the virus definitions that are available locally and in the Cloud. Norton Internet Security provides additional protection by using the most recent definitions in the Cloud, apart from the definitions that are available locally on your computer.
Norton Internet Security performs an Insight Network scan only when the Insight Protection option is turned on. By default, the Insight Protection option is turned on. You can see this Insight Protection option under Computer Settings in the Settings window.
When the Insight Protection is turned on, Norton Internet Security performs a traditional scan and an Insight Network scan simultaneously. The traditional scan uses the definitions from the local system, and the Insight Network scan uses the definitions that are hosted in the Cloud.
Threat detection based on the Cloud definitions is identical to the threat detection that is based on the local definitions. However, the Cloud definitions are specified with additional data about the threats that it detects which indicates that it has been obtained from the Internet. Definitions in the Cloud provide a generic name for the risk detected, but the local definitions provide the specific name for the risk detected. For example, if a Trojan horse is detected, the scan results of the Insight Protection might display Cloud.Trojan. However, the scan results of the local definition might display Trojan.Foo.
If the traditional scan completes while the Insight Network scan is still running, you can view the Performing Insight Network Scan progress status.
Specify Idle Time Out duration
Apr 26, 2010You can set the duration after which Norton Internet Security should identify your computer as idle. You can select a value (in minutes) between 1 minute and 30 minutes. When you do not use your computer for the duration that you specify, Norton Internet Security checks for other predefined parameters and runs Idle Time Scans.
After you specify the Idle Time Out duration, you can view the Idle Countdown bar in the Norton Tasks window. The Idle Countdown bar displays the idle state of your computer.
Turn off or turn on Idle Time Scans
The Idle Time Scans option is automatically turned on when you install Norton Internet Security. When the Idle Time Scans option is turned on, Norton Internet Security detects the time when you do not use your computer. Norton Internet Security then intelligently runs a scan, depending on the scan history of your computer. However, there may be times when you want to turn off Idle Time Scans.
Idle Time Scans
Norton Internet Security keeps your computer secure from ongoing threats by automatically running scans on your computer by using the Idle Time Scans feature. Idle Time Scans detect the time when you do not use your computer and intelligently run scans depending on the scan history of your computer.
The Idle Time Scans option is automatically turned on when you install Norton Internet Security. Even though Idle Time Scans automatically run the scans, you can still customize the settings of Idle Time Scans. Norton Internet Security decides when to run Idle Time Scans, depending on your settings and a few other predefined parameters.
Delete a scan schedule
You can delete any scan schedule. Deleting the schedule does not delete the scan.
You can delete the schedule of any scheduled custom scan or Full System Scan from the Scans window.
Edit a scheduled scan
You can change the schedule of any scheduled custom scan or Full System Scan from the Scans window.
Schedule a Full System Scan
Apr 25, 2010Norton Internet Security uses Idle Time Scans to automatically detect the idle state of your computer. Norton Internet Security runs a weekly Full System Scan when the computer is idle. The Full System Scan protects your computer against infection without compromising the performance of your computer. You can override the Idle Time Scans settings to schedule a Full System Scan on specific dates and times or at periodic intervals. However, before you schedule a Full System Scan, you need to turn off the Idle Time Scans option.
Schedule a custom scan
You have complete flexibility in scheduling custom scans. When you select how frequently you want a scan to run (daily, weekly, or monthly), you are presented with additional options. For example, you can request a daily scan, and then schedule it to occur every two days or every three days instead.
You can schedule a custom scan in the Scans window.
Scheduling scans
Norton Internet Security uses Idle Time Scans to automatically detect the idle state of your computer and runs a Full System Scan when the computer is idle. However, you can schedule a Full System Scan according to your preferences. Norton Internet Security prompts you that the Idle Time Scans option gets turned off when you schedule a Full System Scan. You can also set up a schedule for custom virus scans.
Delete a custom scan
You can delete custom scans if they are no longer needed.
You can delete a custom scan in the Scans window.
Run a custom scan
When you run a custom scan, you do not have to redefine what you want to scan.
You can run a custom scan from the Scans window.