Symantec is an industry leader in the world of protection software for your computer, in fact many of their products, namely their Norton AntiVirus, have been acclaimed for their excellence. Here we will go through a brief over of the Symantec Corporation and their products.
The Symantec Corporation was founded in 1982 and went IPO (first sale to the public) on the 23rd of June, 1989. Since then Symantec has come a long way and has become an industry leader that has a lot of accomplishments and recognitions under their belt. Symantec is a world wide corporation with faculties in over forty countries and over 14,000 employees. They offer a wide range of software products for the home user, businesses and enterprises. Their products cover everything from anti virus, anti spam, security to back up, data restorations and management. Below we will go over three of the most popular software, Symantec has to offer.
Norton AntiVirus
This anti virus program covers you from most internet threats, this includes viruses, worms, trojan horses as well as adware and spyware. This program is easy to use and automatically detects and deletes threats on your computer and in incoming email and attachments. There is no need to worry about getting all the latest updates with this antivirus, Symantec automatically updates the program once a new threat has been recognized. Some of the other features this program offers are:
Cleans your computer before it completely installs, so your computer is free from threats right from the start.
Detects and blocks internet worms before they infect your computer.
Uses smart technology to detect and remove new threats before it has even received an update about them.
Norton AntiVirus has won awards like best of the year, editors choice and shoppers choice.
Norton Internet Security
Norton Internet Security is the ultimate solution when it comes to internet protection. Within this software, Symantec has included all the programs that you need to protect yourself and your computer while you are on the internet from spam, hackers, viruses and more. Some of the features include:
Norton AntiVirus - to detect and remove virus, worm and adware threats.
Norton Personal Firewall - to protect you against hackers and keeps your out going information safe.
Norton AntiSpam - to keep your inbox clean of spam
Norton Privacy Control And Parental Control - to keep your information safe and blocks websites with content you don't want your children to see.
Norton Internet Security has won a host of awards, some include the best of the year, smart choice, editors choice and shoppers choice.
Norton SystemWorks
Norton SystemWorks, would have to be one of their most and fully featured software items. It does everything you need to have a healthy working computer, all in one program. Some of the features of this software include:
Norton AntiVirus - an acclaimed program that removes viruses and other threats as soon as they are on your computer and it also checks your email and attachments to prevent any further infection.
Norton GoBack - software that lets you restore your computer to a healthy state before a crash. You cab ever even restore lost and deleted files.
System Optimizer and CheckIt Diagnostics - programs that repair and keep your system running fast and healthy.
This program has won awards such as Best Buy, Editors Choice and Shoppers Choice.
All of these programs above are based on the products for home users but they are also available in advanced business and enterprise versions.
As you can easily see, Symantec is truly a world leader when it comes to computer and internet protection. Whatever you need, security, antispam or antivirus, Symantec has the program that will suit your needs. Why not try one of them out today?