Norton Internet Security 2012 Review

Norton Internet Security 2012 Review. Computers are always struggling with the Internet requires a high level of security. Moreover, the current threats are scattered not just the virus alone. Therefore, complete protection is absolutely necessary. For such computers, the role of an antivirus application is not enough. Users still need additional security.

For that reason, Symantec security application package to present a more complete than the usual antivirus, i.e. Norton Internet Security (NIS).

Judging from the interface and several features, NIS 2012 is similar to previous versions such as NIS 2011 and 2010. Display and function relatively the same but with some new features. So for those of you who’ve used previous versions, you will feel familiar with NIS 2012.

In terms of reform, NIS 2012 offers several new features among which is the Control Center display a customizable, bandwidth management, identify alerts that moved to the Norton toolbar so as not to interfere with your computing activities, and of course updates from the side of better security.
Features

its main ability is clear, protecting the computer from threats that endanger the system and data. In NIS, you will find the typical functions of a security application. For example in real-time protection, detection files or folders manually or automatically scheduled.

Here, users will also have easy to update the database regularly. NIS will also monitor the files that are accessed over a network or the Internet. So you stay safe doing the downloading of files from the internet.
In the Activity Map, you will be presented information about the online activities Norton observed from the server. Data on the latest threats that Symantec could be detected from around the world will be broadcast in real-time.

The whole threat is detected and were driven through the running text is displayed. You can also get details from any threat that appears. Later information will be displayed through the Norton site.
If you feel suspicious about a site if there is a virus or other threat, you can check in advance through the features Safe Web. Here you can enter the address of the site in question. Symantec will then provide a report related to the presence or absence of threats.

Using NIS 2012, you will also get an additional application to access the Norton Mobile. This application can be used free of charge and use it to be installed on Android-based gadgets.
trial

The trial of Norton Internet Security we do on a notebook Acer Aspire 4315 Intel Celeron 560 processor speed of 2.13 GHz with 2.5 GB of memory and operating system Windows 7 Ultimate.

During installation, the installation of security measures 523MB bundle itself takes only 49.73 seconds. Slightly slower than the installation of NIS 2011 series. Here’s condition before and after the computer installed Norton Internet Security 2012.

	Without AV	NIS 2012
Performance
Windows Startup	37,9 seconds	40,05 seconds
Windows Restart	56,8 seconds	59,7 seconds
Windows Shutdown	10,4 seconds	12,9 seconds
Consumes resources
Windows Idle CPU Usage	0-1%	0-1%
Windows Scan CPU Usage	-	61-100%
Windows PF Usage	436-461MB	642-646MB
Windows Scan PF Usage	-	732-758MB

 

When testing, we tried to do a scan of 1GB of data consisting of documents and files with different formats like PDF, DOC, RTF, XLS, TXT, HTM, CSS, JS, EML, TIF, GIF, EXE, INI, AVI, and MP3 fruit stored in 2 folders.

Apparently, this application is being able to complete scanning all the files are in a time 21.43 seconds. In addition, it automatically also examine a number of other files belong to the system to ensure safety.

From brief testing we did, we assessed the NIS 2012 this could be the ideal security solution to provide protection to your PC and prevent the risk of threats while doing the activity online or offline.

Some additional features also complement its main function as an application security. You’ll also find a feature that will detect system performance which will provide what information needs to be done later.

In Indonesia, Symantec Norton Internet Security 2012 is available in its price range Rp256.500 for 1 user and Rp386.500 for 3 users for the use of 1 year.

 Pros:
• Features a complete security protection
• have additional features for security

Disadvantages:
• compared to before, NIS is a little more time consuming system resources.

When testing, we tried to do a scan of 1GB of data consisting of documents and files with different formats like PDF, DOC, RTF, XLS, TXT, HTM, CSS, JS, EML, TIF, GIF, EXE, INI, AVI, and MP3 fruit stored in 2 folders.

Apparently, this application is being able to complete scanning all the files are in a time 21.43 seconds. In addition, it automatically also examine a number of other files belong to the system to ensure safety.

From brief testing we did, we assessed the NIS 2012 this could be the ideal security solution to provide protection to your PC and prevent the risk of threats while doing the activity online or offline.

Some additional features also complement its main function as an application security. You’ll also find a feature that will detect system performance which will provide what information needs to be done later.

In Indonesia, Symantec Norton Internet Security 2012 is available in its price range Rp256.500 for 1 user and Rp386.500 for 3 users for the use of 1 year.

Pros:
• Features a complete security protection
• have additional features for security

Disadvantages:
• compared to before, NIS is a little more time consuming system resources.