Norton Internet Security 2012 is the latest security software product from Symantec. It is packed with features to protect your PC from all kinds of online threats and the main programs of this award-winning software are antivirus, antispyware, firewall and antispam protection.

However, Norton Internet Security is not just an online protection program. It is designed to also protect your computer from other threats that do not spread over the Internet. For example, many external media drives, such as flash drives and hard drives, are known to easily carry malware threats such as viruses, Trojans, and spyware. And many people use these devices to transfer files and carry personal information that can be destroyed by viruses on these devices.

Norton Internet Security 2012 has been tested by many of the leading testing laboratories. Symantec submitted it to AV-Test and AV-Comparatives and the results shown have been impressive. In AV-Comparatives’ protection test, for example, Norton scored the highest with 99.3%, beating the world’s leading Internet security product BitDefender with 99.1%. This crucial test shows that Norton has an exceptionally high protection rate against all forms of malware threats (malicious software).

AV-Test’s protection and repair tests in Norton were also impressive and scores were high. But surprisingly, Norton was not submitted to Virus Bulletin for testing; and it was one of the few not to submit its software to this highly esteemed testing lab.

Norton Internet Security does have a few drawbacks, and some of them have stuck through the years. It has continued to lose ground to other security products like BitDefender and Kaspersky and that is mainly due to its efficiency and resource usage. But it is still a leader in this field and we have included some of its most prominent pros and cons below:

advantages

1. Norton Internet Security provides protection for Android mobile phones

2. It’s one of the few security products that offers social media protection on sites like Facebook. It has a Facebook link scan feature that scans all links to check if they are free from malware and phishing attacks.

3. Protects home and business networks from intrusions and hackers.

4. It has many new features that provide excellent protection and include parental controls, a two-way firewall, silent mode, and network monitoring.

5. Norton can create a bootable rescue disk that you use when your computer gets infected and you can’t start Windows.

cons

1. Norton’s test scores fell slightly below the top-rated antivirus products.

Summary

Overall, Norton Internet Security 2012 is a security software product with all the right features. It is also a leader in the fight against key loggers and other hacker systems that are designed to steal and destroy your personal data.