Last week I received an email from Symantec’s PR Firm, telling me about the new Norton Internet Security 2009. Being fed up with Symantec and their bloated ways over the past couple of years, I normally would have just hit delete.
But before I could hit delete something caught my eye. “Fastest install — Norton Internet Security 2009 installs in only 52 seconds” I immediately said BULL SHIT, who the heck does Symantec think they are trying to fool, no way in HELL does Norton Internet Security 2009 install in under 52 seconds no way in hell does it install in under 20 minutes. I called a few people up and we laughed at that claim.
So after I was done laughing I decided I needed to put it to the test, and make Symantec look like a big liar, so I requested a copy of Norton Internet Security 2009, and over the weekend while I waited for it I joked with a few guys who I know that are network admins and they laughed at the claim too. One of them even said “It will probably ruin your system in under 52 seconds they mean”.
But as the saying goes, he who laughs last laughs the hardest. I hear Symantec laughing really hard right now. I am embarrassed to report that Norton Internet Security 2009 installed on my system in less than 1 minute, in fact if my stop watch was correct it installed in less than 50 seconds. So Symantec I take back all the crap I have said about you guys over the past few years.
It installed so fast that I thought I might of not installed it correctly, so I installed it on a second machine and again it installed in under a minute.
So yes, Symantec you are correct when you say it will install in 52 seconds, but the outrageous and so far true claims do not end there. They also claim it uses less than 7MB of memory.
I again found that hard to believe when previous versions of Norton were known for using as much memory as your system could spare. But Norton literally is only using right now on my system 4 MB of memory, and get this not even 1% of the CPU.
I am simply blown away; in fact I am in love with Norton now and probably will recommend it to everyone and their mama, after years of recommending the free version of AVG which is bloated to hell and the free version of avast which confuses the crap out of a lot of novice users, I guess I will start throwing in a recomendation for Norton now. There is a saying, you pay for quality. Well when it came to AV Software that saying in my opinion did not apply until now.
I just ran a virus quick scan and it took 45 seconds, windows one care takes nearly 2 hours to do a quick scan on my system, and I like that the virus definitions are updated every 30 seconds or so automatically so you have the latest up to the minute protection.
Here are some screen shots from the installation of Norton Internet Security 2009.
It installed so fast that my fingers weren’t fast enough to catch a few of the screens. The longest part of the installation was activating it and that just took 5 seconds.
To get your copy and for more information visit Symantec.
Comments: (31)
Chris on Mon, Sep 15th, 2008 at 08:59 PM
I will have to try this my self.
Broady on Tue, Sep 16th, 2008 at 11:18 AM
it installed in a little over a minute for me. But what ever happened to the 30 day trial? They are just offering 15 days for this.
Michael on Tue, Sep 16th, 2008 at 11:45 AM
Instead of updating my post.
I’ve installed the software on 4 additional systems 2 desktops 2 noteboks (tablet and regular notebook)
the notebooks it took about 1 minute and 30 secnds each, the two other desktops were $299 systems and on one it installed in 2 minutes (bogged down system) the other was new and it installed in about one minute.
The system
Anthony on Tue, Sep 16th, 2008 at 07:20 PM
Unbelieveable! I will have to try this as well!
Michael on Tue, Sep 16th, 2008 at 11:49 PM
giving away 5 copies
http://www.hardwaregeeks.com/index.php/site/comments/win_norton_internet_security_2009/
Spyw on Fri, Sep 19th, 2008 at 10:15 PM
Wow that is pretty impressive. I have always had respect for Norton Antivirus but like you mentioned it just was way too slow and took up a TON of virtual memory for me to use it on a regular basis. I switched to Online Armor which runs a little quieter. But after reading this I may have to jump back on the Norton bandwagon. Good stuff.
JT on Tue, Sep 23rd, 2008 at 03:48 PM
Less than a minute. It’s true.
Orgu on Wed, Oct 08th, 2008 at 06:20 AM
Thanks, Brandon, and great to hear from you. Hope your business is thriving up in Oregon (with or without gold-ups).
Alex on Thu, Oct 16th, 2008 at 12:01 PM
Hey, thanks for the review - but I need to know one thing: is it worth switching over to NIS2009 from Avast Personal (free version)? I’m trying to find some objective points to consider. For some reason, I’m not really all that interested in the lenght of time it takes to install (although it is a nice thing) - I just really don’t want to fall back into the Norton propaganda trap which has resulted in some disasters in the past. Any comments, suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Thx!
Roland on Fri, Oct 17th, 2008 at 02:46 PM
We’d also need a security test.
http://www.experl.com on Mon, Oct 27th, 2008 at 09:08 AM
Doug Embrey on Mon, Oct 27th, 2008 at 09:45 PM
I have a modern computer with power. I bought their NIS2009 and paid for the $59 tech to tweak my computer and the free install 49 days before my regular annual renewal.
Canadian Techs were friendly, polite and spoke English clearly.
The first tech Meryl, after about two of tuning my computer, suddenly hung up the phone, and the dialog box stated she passed my case to Sean. 4 hours later, Sean figured out he had to eliminate my Norton Systemworks for NIS2009 to work. 6 1/2 hours total. He politedly read my performance report card and was about to shut off the conversation, when I asked him when he was giving me back my Systemworks. He then became a deaf-mute. He did mumble that his supervisor told him to eliminate SWorks.
3 years ago they did this with another program. I thought this might signal a culture change...........an improved security program with techs that were’nt from Bimini or Cambodia that could communicate.
I lost 6 hours my law practice was shut down and my systemworks, with no offer to provide another utility program.
Culture change? Same old Norton, tell and sell you anything, with no warnings up front. They wonder why they get sued. How can one trust them?
suraj rao on Thu, Dec 04th, 2008 at 10:51 AM
cool
suraj rao on Thu, Dec 04th, 2008 at 10:55 AM
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Tech0utsider on Thu, Dec 04th, 2008 at 09:41 PM
NIS09 installed in ~1 minute 45 seconds on my Pentium 4. Symantec benchmarked NIS09 on a Core 2 duo.
NAV09 installed on my Core 2 Quad Q6600 in ~10 seconds.
NAV09 installed in ~2 or 3 minutes on my Pentium 3 500 mhz. It ran fine, scans took >10 minutes. Wow!
mahesh on Tue, Dec 09th, 2008 at 12:36 AM
i want keygen Norton Internet Security 2009
Tech0utsider on Tue, Dec 09th, 2008 at 08:54 AM
No keygens. Symantec’s new activation system for N360 v1 took Team EDGE 1 and a half years to crack. By then v2 was long released.
frustrated on Thu, Dec 18th, 2008 at 10:54 PM
I just tried to load it. Got to ‘loading drivers’ then the machine crashes, reboots, and tries to load the software again, gets to ‘loading drivers’ and crashes - over and over again. I can’t stop it, I can’t remove the software. I’m screwed because I ‘m not a windows admin and really have no idea what to do. I had systemworks already . It stated it was removing existing symantec software but it didn’t. Both systemworks and NIS2009 show up in the programs list.
I can’t remove either of them before it just crashes again.
Anni4000 on Sun, Dec 21st, 2008 at 11:58 PM
I just upgraded from 2008 to 2009, what a refreshing change! I love the new Norton. I also suspected that it had not installed right. I installed it on another machine and it was also under a minute. Actually on my new computer with an Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 running at 3.16 GHz it installed in about 30 seconds!!! I have never gotten a virus while running Norton (can’t say the same about McAfee) but I have never been impressed by how much of my system resources it use. That is no longer a concern. NIS2009 uses 4 MB of system memory (I have 4 GB DDR2 1066) and less than 1% of processing power. During a full system scan it still used around 4 MB of system memory and around 10% of processing power. I am very pleased and Norton has reclaimed someone who was about to start using other products and recommending that others do so as well. Watch for rebates in ads and you can get it for almost free. I have not paid more than $20 for a Symantec product for many years, it also does not matter what year you buy a subscription for, I am using a NIS2008 subscription with no negative effects. If it is 2006 or later you can download a free upgrade from their website. http://www.symantec.com/home_homeoffice/support/special/upgrade2007/vista/migration_start.jsp?site=nuc
If this link becomes inactive just look under support then “upgrade center”
Tech0utsider on Mon, Dec 22nd, 2008 at 09:06 AM
Anni4000, great to hear about your experience.
Frustrated, you may want to go to the Norton forums and post your comment there; more people are there to help you.
Grumby on Mon, Feb 02nd, 2009 at 10:14 PM
I have an expiring version of NIS2008, and a brand new copy of NIS2009 ready to go. Can anyone tell me if I should uninstall 2008 first, or does 2009 install alongside it, or does it effectively upgrade 2008 to 2009 (and still do it in less than a minute 
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Tech0 on Mon, Feb 02nd, 2009 at 11:14 PM
Uninstall 2008 using the Norton Removal Tool to ensure an conflict free upgrade:
symantec.com/nrt
reboot, and install NIS.
Tom Westbrook on Wed, Feb 04th, 2009 at 01:45 AM
I bought CD copy of NIS2009 with SystemWorks 12.0 and Ghost instead of online renewing my 2006 System Works with AV again after having some trouble during 2008 annual online renewal.
To install 2009 versions should I uninstall 2006 AV only or also all 2006 SystemWorks before beginning installing CD copy of NIS2009, SystemWorks 12.0 and Ghost, or let the new install take care of all uninstalling as part of new install?
Also have heard that 2009 install will want me to uninstall my WinFax as well. Ture?
Please advise ASAP as I prefer to not be online without latest AV protection. 
Tech0 on Wed, Feb 04th, 2009 at 07:00 PM
I sugguest you visit the norton forums; I have limited experience with SystemWorks and WinFax.
Uninstall everything norton-related on your computer using the Norton Removal Tool:
symantec.com/nrt
be sure to backup your WinFax database.
Then install Systemworks12 w/ NIS09. And Ghost.
Grumby on Thu, Feb 05th, 2009 at 06:08 PM
So much for less than a minute!! Over an hour had passed by the time 2008 removed, system rebooted, 2009 installed, and liveupdate run…
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