Symantec's Norton SystemWorks 2003 Boosts PC Performance with New Web Optimisation Tools and Enhanced Virus Protection
Hong Kong -- September 6, 2002 - Symantec, the world leader in Internet security, today announced Norton SystemWorks 2003, the new best-of-breed problem-solving suite that offers a comprehensive, integrated solution to help keep PCs running at optimal performance levels.
Available for purchase in late-September, Norton SystemWorks 2003 now features new Web optimisation tools and improved antivirus protection. The award-winning suite's new Web Tools feature helps users get the most out of their online activities by integrating tools that maximise hard drive space and maintain dial-up connections while online. Norton SystemWorks 2003 also includes enhanced antivirus protection through Norton AntiVirus 2003, which offers new, state-of-the-art Instant Message scanning, worm blocking, and automatic removal of Trojans and worms.
In addition, Symantec offers Norton SystemWorks 2003 Professional Edition, which includes all features in the standard edition, and three additional tools - Norton Ghost 2003, Process Viewer and PerformanceTest.
"Consumers want a comprehensive easy-to-use product to maintain optimum performance levels in a personal computer. What we have done at Symantec is to ensure Norton SystemWorks 2003 can help achieve that goal," said Norman Kohlberger, Senior Regional Product Manager for Symantec's Consumer Products Division. "To deliver a productive and trouble-free Internet experience in the 2003 edition of Norton SystemWorks, our award-winning team has addressed the issue with a user-friendly innovative simple and unobtrusive tools."
The key features in Norton SystemWorks 2003 include:
- Norton AntiVirus 2003, the newest version of the world's most trusted antivirus solution for home computer users.
- Norton Utilities and Norton CleanSweep, providing integrated, comprehensive PC maintenance, problem-solving, system optimisation and file removal capabilities.
- Web Tools, a new feature offering easy-to-use tools for removing Internet clutter, managing wanted and unwanted cookies, and keeping dial-up connections alive while downloading online.
- One Button Checkup, with new customised scanning options, allowing users to perform the system scans they want with the click of a button. A history file now logs One Button Checkup's activity so users can share the information with technical support or just keep a record.
- GoBack 3 Personal Edition, an advanced system recovery tool that allows users to easily restore healthy system configurations and lost or damaged data.
New Web Tools Keep PCs Free from Clutter
Surfing the Web often takes its toll on PCs in the form of Internet clutter that get written onto the hard drive each time a user goes online. The Web Cleanup feature inside Norton SystemWorks 2003 provides an intuitive method of removing these cumbersome files with simplicity and ease, allowing the user to customise the experience.
Users who access the Internet via dial-up connections often experience difficulty downloading large files. Connection Keep Alive remedies this issue by simulating user activity when Norton SystemWorks 2003 senses a drop in online activity. If the period of inactivity continues beyond a specified limit, users are prompted before Connection Keep Alive allows the connection to be dropped.
Proactive and Intuitive Antivirus Protection
Norton SystemWorks 2003 offers the most trusted antivirus solution for computer users with the inclusion of Norton AntiVirus 2003. Norton AntiVirus 2003 offers new protection from virus threats that spread through Instant Message services by automatically scanning incoming Instant Message attachments. This feature supports Yahoo! Instant Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger, MSN Messenger, and Windows Messenger. Norton AntiVirus 2003 also features unique, heuristics-based Worm Blocking technology that detects SMTP worms such as Nimda and Badtrans. Complemented by the powerful Script-Blocking technology that detects fast-moving script-based viruses, Norton AntiVirus 2003 keeps users protected from known and unknown threats, even before new virus definitions are created.
Norton SystemWorks 2003 Professional Edition
Symantec also offers Norton SystemWorks 2003 Professional Edition, designed especially for small business and power users. This edition includes all of the features in the standard edition, and adds three additional tools - Norton Ghost 2003, Process Viewer and PerformanceTest. Norton Ghost 2003 protects data from computer disasters by allowing users to create regular backups easily and recover files quickly and safely. Process Viewer enables users to see a multitude of information on each program on their systems, and the new PerformanceTest feature allows users to execute diagnostic and benchmarking functions to evaluate their PC's performance.
Norton Ghost 2003 allows customers to:
- Save and restore images from network drives to protect data from computer disasters;
- Efficiently create disk images and store them on hard disk drives, multiple types of media and supported CD-R/RW and DVD/RW drives using USB 1.1, 2.0, DVD and FireWire; and
- Back up hard disk drives by writing disk images directly to CD-R/RW and DVD/RW drives and removable magnetic media, allowing users conduct weekly data back-ups and perform events such as migrating to a new operating system.
Pricing and Availability
Norton SystemWorks 2003 and Norton SystemWorks 2003 Professional Edition are available in Hong Kong late September at a recommended retail price of HK$757 and HK$897 respectively. To facilitate the upgrade to the new version, Symantec has launched a dedicated Upgrade Centre phone service. Existing users can now call 2877 0776 and the upgrade software will be delivered within five days. It costs HK$486 to upgrade to Norton SystemWorks 2003 and HK$523 to upgrade to Norton SystemWorks Professional 2003. For additional product information, please call the Customer Service Hotline at 2598-1234 or visit www.symantec.com.hk
About Symantec
Symantec, the world leader in Internet security technology, provides a broad range of content and network security software and appliance solutions to individuals, enterprises and service providers. The company is a leading provider of client, gateway and server security solutions for virus protection, firewall and virtual private network, vulnerability management, intrusion detection, Internet content and e-mail filtering, remote management technologies and security services to enterprises and service providers around the world. Symantec's Norton brand of consumer security products is a leader in worldwide retail sales and industry awards. Headquartered in Cupertino, California, Symantec has worldwide operations in 38 countries. For more information, please visit www.symantec.com.
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