Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2001

"I Love you"….. three little words that mean so much to many people who opened their mail last year and found that their PC was not functioning correctly. The "I love you" virus was just the tip of the iceberg with hundreds of new viruses being recorded in 2000 and many more existing ones being tweaked and re released. So just what is a computer virus after all I've never seen my machine with a hanky and Lemsip! Put simply a virus is machine code that is operating on your machine without your knowledge. Contrary to common belief the most viruses are not malicious, indeed many of them are system tools written by Microsoft or other ...  Read the complete review

We've all heard of anti-virus software and the Norton name is probably the best known in this field. BUT WHAT DOES THIS SOFTWARE DO? Anti-virus software is supposed to protect your computer system from potentially destructive viruses. These are little pieces of computer code that can get into your system and either attach themselves to another programme, or work alone, to damage files in your system, or sometimes just sit there eating up memory. This can cause loss of data at best, and in the worst cases, leave your computer useless. There are viruses that don't actually do any damage. (See below.) These viruses don't just affect ...  Read the complete review

Computer viruses have always been a threat to the safety of your computer and more importantly the data that is stored upon it. Since the Internet has become ever more popular the threat has increased as the people writing the virus' have become a lot sneakier in the way their virus' work. They are not only getting ever more complex but they also are starting to come in such forms that the user will activate the virus without even knowing it. You will never be safe from viruses because as soon as the companies producing the anti-virus software have just updated their software a new virus appears. But you can at least guard yourself from the known viruses. ...  Read the complete review

Symantec Norton Anti Virus 2001 is the most complete anti-virus programme around today. I recently installed this on my computer and was extremely impressed with the efficiency and presentation of the software. The software is presented on a CD and installation is very simple. Once completed you will then we able to utilize all of the various functions associated with the software, which will enable you to maintain your computer in a proper working condition. Norton Anti-Virus protects your computer thoroughly and is able to detect the viruses before they can affect your computer. This is done by providing you with: 1) Email ...  Read the complete review

With my recent decision to be more security conscious of my PC, I decided it was high time I installed some Anti-Virus software on the computer. After much deliberation, I decided to go for Norton Antivirus 2001 after reading some favourable reviews of it on dooyoo. Installation is simple, as it always seems to be these days, simply a matter of popping the CD in the drive and selecting where you want to place your files. Norton prompts you to see if you want to add the program to your start up menu, so that it is loaded into memory and provide active protection as you use your computer. It also asks whether it should place an icon on your desktop, and if it ...  Read the complete review