With registration of Norton Accounts "took the installation on the first computer (3200MHz) 4 minutes, however are still 22,47MB to update data downloaded right up there with the installation continues. (Note: the village-DSL" 448kbit / s) , An application of the Norton Account "is needed only once, in the following two computers is sufficient only to connect to the Norton servers.
A completely new installation is also possible with the update and is of course accepted by Symantec. With the new Win7 laptop 60MB data when reinstalling but then downloaded (30min). This was followed by the actual installation and the LiveUpdate again with 59,26MB of data. This was a little annoying.
The user interface is excellent NIS2010 clear and comparable to NIS2009. Behind every indication is an information messages or help button with understandable information. Life Update is easy to display the amount of data and the course of the update. The time since the last update Life is displayed continuously.
I had no crashes. The systems run flawlessly for 2 months.
The supplied printed user "is a user booklet for installation.
But now there is a 197seitiges manual at the CD, which has earned its name.
When detected threats the proposed actions are understandable and even the beginner will know how to act.
For the actual task of the program, the threat protection, I can not give any assessment. Here I want to refer to the tests in professional journals. (NIS2010 loud Computer Bild 01/10 satisfactory score 2.83)
Caution: It is annoying that even residual term of the subscription is not counted from 2009 to 2010. The remaining term expires.
Notice: In the opening panel, prior to the actual installation there is an indication of Norton Community Watch. Here websites you visit are sent to Symantec when suspected infections exist. According to Symantec, though no personally identifiable information to Symantec sent "(help text). On the other hand, the URL of your computer is due to the system always sent. If you do not want Norton Community Watch, you can remove a check mark on the first installation window (or later under settings).
Conclusion (19:02:10):
+ Excellent, uncluttered interface
+ Simple operation, suitable for beginners
+ Largely automatic sequence
+ Good intelligibility of the proposed actions at attack or fully automatic sequence
+ Quick system scan at startup (when powerful computers)
+ Display of amount of data and progress in LiveUpdate
- Downloading large amounts of data when reinstalling
- Aborestlaufzeit from the previous year will not be considered
