Norton Antivirus and Internet Security 2012 Beta Released: Download Now

[madeinheaven]

Symantec has today released the first beta version of Norton Antivirus & Internet Security 2012. Both the betas are available for public testing from the Norton Beta Center, but require free registration. Once you register for Norton Antivirus/INS Beta, a trial product key (14-days) is sent to your email address. If you want to extend your trial subscription, register again – You will receive a new trial license that will extend your subscription by 14 days. You can continue this process as long as you want, until the final version is released.

Norton Internet Security And AntiVirus 2012 19.0.0.43 Beta l 98.3mb l 83.2 mb

Norton Internet Security 2011 - Strong on protection, light on system resources, award winning! It runs quietly in the background to detect and block today's complex threats and to protect your identity when you buy, bank, or browse online. The friendly and efficient product design helps minimize confusing security alerts and system slowdowns that can get in the way of your online experience. Norton Internet Security provides essential protection from viruses, hackers, spyware, spam and other privacy threats. A comprehensive set of security tools, NIS helps keep you safe online as you surf and email, swap files, download programs, and chat. NIS also allows you to automatically block annoying banner ads and pop-up windows, set up parental site blocking options for restricting access to specific Web sites, and selectively determine which, if any, Java applets and ActiveX controls should be allowed to download and execute on your computer. Enjoy the Internet with award-winning protection!

Key Technologies:

• Anti Virus

• Anti Rootkit

• Bot Protection

• Norton™ Safe Web

• Smart Firewall

• NEW! SONAR™ 2 Behavioral Protection

• NEW! Norton System Insight

• NEW! Norton Insight Network AntiSpam

• NEW! Norton Download Insight

• NEW! Norton Threat Insight

• Spyware Protection

• Identity Protection

• Pulse Updates

• Network Monitoring

• Parental Controls

• Vulnerability Protection

• NEW! Professional Strength AntiSpam

• NEW! Norton File Insight

Key Benefits:

• NEW Delivers clear threat and performance explanations—Gives you greater insight into downloaded applications and files by telling you where they came from, if they can be trusted, and how they may impact your PC’s resources and performance.

• NEW Identifies unsafe web sites right in your search results—Warns you of dangerous web sites and suspicious sellers so you can surf and shop online with confidence.

• IMPROVED! Stops online identity theft, viruses, spyware, bots and more—Guards your PC, online activities, and your identity against all types of Internet threats.

• IMPROVED! Stops attacks before they get on your PC—Proactively blocks hackers and prevents dangerous software from downloading to your computer when you surf the web.

• Uses intelligence-driven Norton Insight Network for faster, fewer, shorter scans—Detects and eliminates dangerous software with the shortest scan times of any security product.

Norton Internet Security 2011 Features:

Intelligent Protection

• IMPROVED! Norton Protection System delivers multiple layers of security that work together to provide comprehensive Internet threat protection.

• NEW! Norton Safe Web identifies unsafe and dangerous web sites right in your search results.

• IMPROVED! Norton IdentitySafe offers one-click log-ins and automatic form filling to prevent key loggers from stealing your information as you type.

• NEW! Norton IdentitySafe On-the-Go lets you access your most up-to-date log-ins and passwords on any Norton Internet Security 2010 protected PC.

• Industry-leading anti-phishing technology authenticates safe sites and protects you from visiting unsafe and fraudulent web sites.

• NEW! Analyzes downloads, files and applications and tells you if they can be trusted before you install and use them.

• IMPROVED! Vulnerability Protection guards security holes in your operating system, applications, browsers and browser plug-ins.

• IMPROVED! Detects and gets rid of even the hardest to find Internet Explorerf and Firefox cookies.

• Smart Firewall stops hackers and makes intelligent security decisions for you.

• NEW! Parental Controls give you insight into your kids' online activities so you can teach them good Internet habits and help keep them safe.

• IMPROVED! Norton Bootable Recovery Tool repairs, restores and boots severely infected, unbootable PCs.

• NEW! Professional-strength antispam protection uses the same technology as many large businesses to effectively block unwanted emails.

Engineered for Speed

• IMPROVED!Proven fastest, lightest security suite for protection that won't slow you down, get in your way, or swallow up system resources. More info

• IMPROVED! Norton Insight scans only files at risk for fewer, shorter scans and the fastest scanning times in the industry. More info

• Won't slow you down when you download, copy, or edit files, or install applications. More info

Combats today's rapid-fire attacks

• NEW! Norton Insight Network uses Symantec's global security network to provide real-time protection from the latest-breaking threats.

• NEW! SONAR 2 (Symantec Online Network for Advanced Response) uses online intelligence and proactive monitoring to detect and stop new threats.

• Norton Pulse Updates provide rapid mini updates every 5 to 15 minutes for up-to-the-minute local protection against the latest threats.

• Prevents bots from taking control of your PC.

• Finds and removes rootkits.

• Prevents Internet worms from getting on your PC.

• Tells you which application processes currently running on your PC are safe and which are at risk.

• Norton Bootable Recovery Tool provides a deep level of cleaning for heavily infected PCs.

Provides info on threats, downloads and files

• NEW! Norton Download Insight warns you of dangerous downloads before you install and use them.

• NEW! Norton Threat Insight tells you if threats were detected, what actions the threats attempted to perform on your system, and how Norton Internet Security eliminated those threats.

• NEW! Norton File Insight tells you where files and applications came from, if they're trusted, and how they may be impacting your PC's speed.

Helps keep your PC running at top speed

• NEW! Norton System Insight helps you improve and maintain PC and application performance.

• NEW! Automatic and on-demand application optimization improves application performance.

• NEW! Norton System Insight gives you an overview of recent events on your PC such as installs, downloads, scans and detected threats, so you can see what events may have impacted your PC's performance.

• NEW! Norton System Insight resource usage graphs help you pinpoint what's causing your PC to slow down.

• NEW! Tells you how files and applications impact your PC's performance.

Protection without disruption

• Smart Scheduler conducts scans and other tasks only when your PC is idle.

• Automatically switches to Silent Mode (no alerts, updates or scans) when watching movies or playing games in full-screen mode.

• NEW! Automatically delays product updates and other tasks if you're watching TV or burning CDs/DVDs.

• NEW! Power Saver Settings help extend portable PC battery life by putting off power-intensive activities until your computer is plugged in.

Additional Features

• NEW! Monthly report tells you what Norton Internet Security has done in the past month to protect you and your PC.

• Free 24x7 support by phone, email, live chat or online knowledge base.**

• Automatically scans emails and IMs for infections.

• Maps and monitors your home wireless network so you can see everything connected to it — even unauthorized visitors like the PC next door.

• Automatically downloads protection updates and new product features as they become available during your service period.

• With the Norton Automated Renewal Service your yearly subscription can be automatically renewed for uninterrupted protection.

Why Choose Norton Internet Security:

* IMPROVED! Stops online identity theft, viruses, spyware, bots and more – Guards your PC, online activities, and your identity against all types of Internet threats.

* IMPROVED! Stops attacks before they get on your PC – Proactively blocks hackers and prevents dangerous software from downloading to your computer when you surf the web.

* NEW! Delivers clear threat and performance explanations – Gives you greater insight into downloaded applications and files by telling you where they came from, if they can be trusted, and how they may impact your PC's resources and performance.

* NEW! Identifies unsafe web sites right in your search results – Warns you of dangerous web sites and suspicious sellers so you can surf and shop online with confidence.

* Uses intelligence-driven Norton Insight Network for faster, fewer, shorter scans – Detects and eliminates dangerous software with the shortest scan times of any security product.

Supported Operating Systems:

* Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 or later Home/Professional/Media Center

* Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit) Starter/Home Basic/Home Premium/Business/Ultimate

* Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit) Starter/Home Basic/Home Premium/Professional/Ultimate

Homepage - http://www.symantec.com/norton/internet-security

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Norton Internet Security 2012 Beta || Norton Antivirus 2012 Beta

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Norton 2012 betas tweaks already well-regarded suite

New Norton betas include the ability to rate a download's stability based on the file behavior on the computers of other Norton users and full Google Chrome support, setting the tone for the premium security suite updates due later this year.

Released today by Symantec, Norton Internet Security 2012 beta (download) and Norton AntiVirus 2012 beta (download) also include a new start-up manager that debuted earlier this year in Norton 360, changes to Symantec's SONAR technology, and a new autofix feature for curing installation woes quickly.

Norton Internet Security 2012 beta makes minor changes to a strong product.

The changes are not ground-breaking, but do appear to be able to keep Norton on top of its game. The Chrome support is a long-request feature for the world's third-most popular browser, and extends Norton Safe Web toolbar features such as search result evaluation, link scanning, and Norton's ID Safe to Chrome users.

The two engine changes in the Norton 2012 betas aren't exposed in any new interface modules, yet they are important. Insight 3.0, and its component Download Insight 2.0 feature, have been improved. As mentioned above, Download Insight now looks at downloaded files for security and stability. It won't stop you from downloading a file that's known to cause instability, but it will warn you and provide an option to stop the download.

This is a fairly well-designed feature, and can tell the difference between operating systems. This means that if a file is known to be stable on Windows 7 but unstable on Windows XP, only Windows XP users will see the warning.

Norton Internet Security 2012 beta offers more nuanced download ratings, and will warn you when a download is known to cause system instability.

Meanwhile, improvements in SONAR 4.0 include upgraded behavioral protection, which monitors running programs for suspicious behavior and will stop them if it detects any. One of the bigger changes in SONAR is that it now scores DLL file separately, allowing for more nuanced detection.

There have been some interface tweaks in the betas, adding bright green to a formerly yellow-and-black interface. While not a major redesign, the green does serve to better highlight key features, such as your security status. Norton's online storage vault also catches up to the competition this year, integrating a cloud sync feature, and the Norton Power Eraser for last-ditch fixes has been integrated with the Norton bootable recovery tool, so you won't have to download them separately.

While CNET Labs won't benchmark the Norton 2012 betas until the final versions are released, Symantec itself says that it is seeing substantial, double-digit benchmarking improvements over 2011's strong times.

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[T0nyB]

Considering what I read about Norton's new upcoming 2012 suites from these articles, they are going to be awesome! :) I know what I am going to choose next, when my KIS license expires: NIS 2012 or 360 6.0, :)

EDIT: We'll see how good they will perform RTM...