Norton AntiVirus 2005

Na een eerdere public beta heeft Symantec nu Norton AntiVirus 2005 de final-status gegeven. Vanaf de website is nu een 24MB grote versie te downloaden die je de gelegenheid geeft om deze virusscanner twee weken lang gratis te proberen. Een echt changelog was niet voorhanden, dus we volstaan met het opnoemen van de belangrijkste mogelijkheden:

Key Features

• NEW! Norton Internet Worm Protection stops certain damaging Internet worms at their attempted point of entry.
• NEW! QuickScan tool automatically searches for and removes viruses whenever new virus protection updates are downloaded.
• ENHANCED! PreInstall Scan quickly detects and removes infections that can interfere with installing and launching Norton AntiVirus.
• Automatically removes viruses, worms, and Trojan horses.
• Scans and cleans both incoming and outgoing email messages.
• Blocks viruses in instant message attachments.
• Detects spyware and certain non-virus threats such as adware and keystroke logging programs.
• Scans compressed file archives before you open them and risk infecting your computer. (Available only on Windows® XP/2000 Pro.)
• Downloads new virus protection updates automatically to protect against new threats.*
• Worm Blocking and Script Blocking can detect new threats even before virus protection updates are created for them.