NORTON 360 VER 4.0

Symantec Norton 360 Version 4.0 is a suite of tools that combines the anti-malware and anti-phishing features of Norton Internet Security 2010 (NIS), with the PC tuneup tools of Norton Utilities.

The antimalware protection of NIS has been enhanced by ‘Quorum', the reputation-based monitoring system introduced in the 2010 edition. Norton Insight aims to speed up the scan process by whitelisting known safe files on your PC. Other new features in Symantec Norton 360 Version 4.0 tend to focus on finetuning your PC's performance by monitoring the resource usage of applications and identifying potential slow-downs and other problems.

We were initially a bit concerned by how much Symantec Norton 360 Version 4.0 would cause a slowdown of its own. The first thing we noticed after installation was that boot time of our Windows 7 laptop increased by around 30%. But that was the only aspect of performance that seemed to suffer. Gamers often worry that antivirus software running in the background can hinder games performance. Some quick tests with Far Cry 2 revealed only a minor dip in speed of just over 1%, from 41.5fps