Review by Greeny

This is the first time I’ve used Norton in many years - what an improvement. Task Manager tells me it uses a little over 4,500K of memory. That’s great given that I have 4.00 GB of memory of which I can use 3.87 GB with my 64-bit Windows 7 operating system. Norton 360 5.0 isn’t slowing me down and it uses only a small fraction of a second additional time in startup.

The 360 5.0 version is consistent with trends in antivirus software. It offers fewer choices in setup and control, intended to make installation and operation easier on most users and to guarantee some standardization of controls as required by many businesses. It runs in the background, not affecting me except when it tells me that it detected a threat and what actions it took.

Beyond this I take precautions. To list one, I log on as administrator only when necessary to make system changes and install software. Precautions like that are needed because the user can feel complacent having antivirus software that runs invisibly.