Norton has been always considered to be a synonym of security. Some of their products have been in the market for years and are used by millions of computer users around the world on a daily basis.

This new version of Norton Antivirus promises more speed and a better technology that protects your computer without interrupting your work. And I must say it really meets the expectations. I'm always afraid of anti-virus tools being too heavy on memory or displaying too many annoying messages, but Norton Antivirus did its job in an excellent way, without hogging system resources and of course, without disrupting my work.

The new Norton Antivirus 2008 displays a nicely designed interface and features some configuration settings which you can tweak to fine tune the program's behavior, including the elements that should be monitored (e-mail, messenger chats, etc.) and the possibility to schedule automatic scans.

On the downside, I found out that turning off the real-time protection can be extremely difficult –in fact there's no option to do so. I know I'm not supposed to do that, but there may be some particular cases where I prefer my antivirus to be switched off. Also, I didn't like the fact that this Norton comes bundled with the Yahoo! toolbar, although you can decline this offer during installation. Finally, bear in mind that you'll have to set up a free Norton account even if you only want to test this product during the 15-day trial.