![]() The configuration settings page itself is always one click below the main page. Specific tools can be turned on and off easily without diving into the configuration settings. Also gone are the tabs reminding you that you can purchase other Norton products. This year's redesign is much cleaner and more sophisticated, one befitting a major security product, and the colors used on the Interface can be changed if you want. Speaking of a mess, we didn't like last year's Halloween colors on the user interface. Now, after rebooting our machine, what is left behind is licensing information. Should you want to uninstall, Norton includes an uninstall option. That said, Norton Internet Security 2009 presents a remarkable transformation of a product and is worth a second look. Once again, this year it emphasizes its premium services a bit too much. ![]() While Norton users now have free telephone support, Symantec still doesn't provide enough of a knowledgebase, or even an adequate user's manual. Lagging behind, though, is Symantec's technical support. And Norton continues to win awards in third-party effectiveness testing. The redesigned logic behind Norton Internet Security clearly shows in CNET performance testing: it is faster and considerably lighter than last year's version, and even some standalone 2009 antivirus applications. We especially like the Insight feature, which identifies "trusted" files and applications and doesn't waste time rescanning and rescanning them unless there's been a change. Almost all the security vendors have recognized the changing threat landscape and have rethought traditional protection. The suite of tools packs in the kinds of features people want most in an Internet security suite including some forward-looking technology. Symantec has been listening to its users, and this year the company delivers a slimmed-down and faster Norton Internet Security 2009. Norton Internet Security 2009 hits all the right security notes and its superior protection technologies might even win back some jaded anti-Symantec folks, though for some technical support may continue to frustrate
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