Norton AntiVirus 2007 is a solution that is designed to give consumers advanced protection against viruses, spyware and related risks. Norton Internet Security 2007 is a security suite that includes the anti-virus and antispyware protection of Norton AntiVirus and safeguards against the latest online dangers by providing sophisticated new phishing protection, an enhanced firewall, and defence against software vulnerabilities.

Symantec is delivering advancements in two areas of our 2007 release: security technology and product performance, says Enrique Salem, group president: consumer products and solutions, for Symantec. Todays threat landscape shows large, widespread virus outbreaks being replaced by groups of higher frequency, low-visibility attacks aimed at financial gain rather than notoriety.

Symantec has responded by developing security features to restore consumer confidence online and protection that automatically identifies and neutralises online threats without requiring users to make complicated decisions about their security. We have complemented these technological advancements with performance enhancements that our customers will feel in almost every facet of the products - from boot time to full system scans.

Part of the changing threat landscape is the fact that virus writers are rapidly creating variations of existing malicious code rather than developing entirely new threats. Norton AntiVirus 2007 aims to address this trend by delivering technology that blocks attacks from entire worm and virus families without requiring individual signatures for each new threat.

Designed to leverage newly developed security technology that detects these virus and worm families, Norton AntiVirus 2007 now provides proactive protection for users even before a new worm or virus is created and released. Norton AntiVirus defences are kept current with protection updates delivered daily, Salem adds.