Norton Enhances Core Security Products, launches its '360 Multi-Device' in India

Norton by Symantec today released the latest versions of its core security products, Norton Internet Security and Norton Anti Virus, which are compatible with Windows 8 and engineered to be safer, optimized for speed and performance, and simpler to use.

Also, enhancing the product line-up further, Norton 360 Multi-Device,will also be available to consumers in India.

Norton 360 Multi-Device provides protection for Windows based PCs, Macs, Android-based phones and tablets, right out of the box along with 25 Gig of online backup . It offers a single key to activate protection on all devices. It uses a cloud-based Norton management console that lets users take charge of their devices' security from anywhere, at any time, right over the Internet.

In addition, Norton 360 Multi-Device is a flexible solution that allows customers to move protection from one device to another to meet their changing needs as they add or change the number and type of devices they own.

With five patented layers of protection, stronger social networking defenses, anti-scam capabilities, and improved cloud-enabled features, the latest Norton products set new benchmarks for protection and performance.

In addition, the latest releases are Windows 8 compatible and engineered to make Windows 8 safer and faster compared with running Windows Defender on Windows 8.

According to third-party testing, when paired with Norton, Windows 8 is 50 percent faster1 and 20 percent safer than with Windows Defender2. In addition, testing showed that Norton was able to correctly detect and block all the threats that Windows Defender failed to recognize.3 1 "Real World Performance Test," PassMark, August 2012.

Norton Internet Security vs. Defender as default setting in Windows 8. Faster claim based off on-demand security software scan time.