Norton Antivirus is an
anti-virus or anti-malware software, created as well as distributed by NortonLifeLock considering that 1991 as part of its Norton household of computer system security products. It makes use of
trademarks and also heuristics to identify infections. Other features included in it are e-mail spam filtering systems as well as phishing defense.
Symantec distributes the product as a download,
a boxed copy, and an OEM software program. Norton Anti-virus and Norton Internet Safety and security, a related product, held a 61% United States retail market share for safety
suites since the first fifty percent of 2007. Competitors, in terms of market share in this study, consist of anti-virus products from CA, Pattern Micro, and also Kaspersky
Laboratory.
Norton technical support
Norton Antivirus runs on
Microsoft Windows, Linux, and also macOS. Windows 7 support was in development for versions 2006 with 2008. Version 2009 has Windows 7 supported upgrade already. Versions 2010, 2011, and also
2012 all natively support Windows 7, without needing an upgrade. Variation 12 is the only variation fully suitable with Mac OS X Lion. With the 2015 collection of items, Symantec made adjustments
in its portfolio as well as briefly terminated Norton AntiVirus. This action was later turned around with the intro of Norton Anti-virus Basic.