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Norton Internet Security 2008 Vs Norton 360
Norton products have long been a popular choice for users wishing to protect themselves against the various threats that exist online. As well as providing invaluable software they are also renowned for their extensive definition databases and regular updates for the databases and the software. Two of the latest incarnations of software are full Internet security suites with added extras. This is how they compare.
Similarities Between Norton 360 And Norton Internet Security 2007
Both Norton 360 and Norton Internet Security 2008 provide virus and spyware protection. They also both include a firewall for enhanced security and offer intrusion prevention, antiphishing, and vulnerability assessment. Both applications can also be fully automated to run in the background of your system while you continue to use your PC and Internet connection as and when you need to.
Protection And Beyond From Norton 360
Both offer an excellent level of protection against various potential threats, but Norton 360 takes it a step further. As well as preventing and removing these threats Norton 360 can validate whether a site is authentic or not providing even greater online protection. It will also optimize your PC. PC and hard drive cleaning is a valuable step in the fight against spyware and other malicious applications.
Local And Online Backups
Norton 360 can be used to create a backup of important files onto local media devices and online. Backing up files is the most powerful to protect against a loss of data. Data loss can occur for a variety of reasons including infection by a spyware or virus. Local backups are a convenient and safe way to protect your data while online backups provide the added protection of having a backup away from your existing computer. All backed up data can be securely and effectively encrypted to ensure it retains its integrity.
Cleaning Up After Infection
When spyware and viruses strike they have a tendency to leave a trail behind them. As well as potentially causing software conflicts and system errors this can be a huge waste of hard drive space. Even when we manually delete files or registry entries the hard drive does not allow for this action and large chunks of your hard drive can become unusable despite being empty. Defragmenting your disk drive is an effective technique made simpler and more effective by the Norton 360 application.
Optimizing Your Hard Drive For Superior Performance
As well as performing hard drive defragmentation Norton 360 will also optimize the hard drive. By tweaking your settings and removing unwanted files and histories it can speed up your online activities and improve the overall performance of your system and software. Norton 360 automatically and routinely completes this effective task for you ensuring that you can always get the best out of your browser and your system.
Norton Internet Security 2008 Conclusion
Norton Internet Security 2008 is a powerful protection and prevention suite that is ideal for the regular Internet user. It will help to beat spyware, viruses, and various other online threats. It is updated regularly to ensure that you are protected against the latest threats before they can become a major problem for your system.
Norton 360 – Above And Beyond
However, Norton 360 excels because it takes this process a step further. As well as preventing and protecting against online threats it will also ensure that your system is properly optimized to give you the best performance possible. By defragmenting the hard drive, providing local and online backups, and optimizing your hard drive Norton 360 becomes an even more invaluable suite to have on your system.