Norton 360 3.0 Review and Discount Coupon Code

Norton 360 3.0 released by Symantec less than a week ago is the latest version of the software. Sometime back Symantec released Norton Internet Security Suite 2009 that doesn't take up as much space as the earlier version of the software. With Norton 360 too Norton seems to be laying emphasis on avoiding bloated software.

Norton 360 3.0 has better security and performance enhancements. There is also a better flexibility to place backups online and for safeguarding the files most important to the user.  There is a full-featured version of its new web site ratings
service, Norton Safe Web.

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All the Norton 2009 products have so far been taking up less disk space than their earlier versions, a sign of the times to come. Norton 360 3.0 uses less than 10 MB of memory and installs in a minute according to the official sources. The performance and security enhancements of Norton Internet Security 2009 such as Norton Insight and pulse updates are included in this. This helps the program to scan better and update more often.

Norton Safe Web is a new offering from Symantec. It is a website rating service set up with the objective of protecting users when they're browsing, shopping, searching or interacting online. Consumers are warned before opening a website that it may have scripts or viruses that can infect their PC. While this seems a good concept, there have been similar attempts in the past by Google and other companies in this direction. The result has usually been a lot of false positives - sites identified as having viruses and spyware when there was not much reason to fear. Symantec however claims that they have found 60% of sites considered unsafe by their rating service have threats that can infect PCs without requiring the user to download files.

Norton safe Web is going to depend on the 20 million strong Norton community to keep track of websites and identity websites that have viruses. They use targeted crawling and a unique intelligent aging algorithm that makes this possible. Ratings will also extend to e-commerce transactions and users will be able to make informed decisions about whether to make a purchase on a particular website with a specific online vendor.

Norton 360 is one of Symantec's most popular consumer offerings, just two years into its launch, according to Janice Chaffin, group president of Symantec's Consumer Business Unit. Norton 360 comes with Norton Identity Safe, for securely managing your online identities. It stores usernames and passwords for convenient online shopping, banking and browsing. It prevents programs such as keyloggers from getting your private information.

Norton 360 comes with a backup feature. This is the Norton Backup Drive that enables you to manage backup through Windows Explorer. It has been designed to make it convenient for even novice users to use it easily. You can backup your files to various media such as online disk storage sites, hard disks, USB flash drives, removable drives,iPods, Blu-ray media, CDs or DVDs.

Norton 360 3.0 includes Smart Startup Manager. This helps you turn off programs that are loading just as you start windows. A lot of programs reside in the startup and hog memory and take up time when Windows is loading. This is just the fix you need for dealing with that. No more time-consuming start ups! It also measures the performance impact of each item.

Norton 360 Version 3.0 also provides you with an enhanced Diagnostic Report. This shows a comprehensive system snapshot and makes recommendations about what you can do to keep your PC running at its best.

Norton 360 comes with free phone, email and chart support for a period of 1 year from the date of purchase. You can also use their One-Click support to get help instantly from the product interface.

Norton 360 version 3.0 can be bought from the the Symantec online store. The suggested retail price for Norton 360 is US$79.99 (includes one year service subscription to use the product and receive protection updates) and can be installed on up to three PCs. The standard edition of Norton 360 includes 2GB of secured online storage, and additional online storage can be purchased. Current Norton 360 customers in the United States with an active subscription can receive an update with the new features at no additional charge by visiting the Norton Update Center.

Additionally, Symantec has been testing Norton 360 version 3.0 to be compatible with Windows 7, and Norton 360 customers will be eligible to receive a free online update for Windows 7 after the final version of the operating system is made available.(2)

Norton 360 is also available in the following packages:

--  Norton 360 Premier Edition -- MSRP US$99.99 (includes 25GB of secured
    online storage)
--  Norton 360 Small Business Edition 5 User Pack -- MSRP US$129.99
    (includes 10GB of secured online storage)
--  Norton 360 Small Business Edition 10 User Pack -- MSRP US$249.99
    (includes 25GB of secured online storage)