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Symantec has announced the launch of Norton Internet Security 2009 and Norton AntiVirus 2009 in India. Norton 2009 was compared to existing security products in the market by independent test labs PassMark Software and AV-Test in a lead up to its global launch. Vishal Dhupar, Managing Director, Symantec India said that  Norton 2009 is a significant product in company’s history given the advancements over their existing product lines, in response to both user feedback and the rapidly evolving, complex nature of security threats and risks.

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Symantec Corporation has indicated that its next-generation security products for consumers would install fast, run fast, and download fast. Tom Powledge, vice president of product management for the consumer products division of Symantec said the primary complaints Symantec hears from consumers boil down to security products being confusing, eating up a lot of storage space, and slowing down the PC. “Security technology does not have to be big, fat, and slow,” he said as he gave reporters a sneak preview of the features that will be built into Norton products, Symantec’s brand of consumer security software. “We are setting on a mission to provide zero-impact on the performance of your computers.”
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In a recent interview with PC Magazine, Rowan Trollope, senior vice president at Symantec, discussed his vision for Symantec’s future. Among those dreams includes a security suite that doesn’t impact system performance - and might even make your computer run faster.

Trollope is hoping that Norton Internet Security 2009 will be that product suite:

“If I could create what’s unquestionably the fastest security product in the world, without compromising security features, it would be very clear to the consumer why they’d buy Norton. Performance is the focus for 2009.”

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