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Symantec Endpoint Protection 

Free Protects virtual and physical computer systems
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Prevent malware, spyware or virus infection on notebooks, desktop computers, and servers. The protection suite features scanning and removal tools for harmful code, zero-day attack blockers, monitoring tools, a bootable disk creation utility, etc. Scans and updates are optionally randomized.

Symantec Endpoint Protection combines AntiVirus with advanced threat prevention to be able to deliver an excellent defense against malware intended for notebooks, desktops and servers.

It integrates without problems essential security technologies in a single management console, this increases protection and lowers the total cost of ownership. It also adds firewall, intrusion prevention, and device control and it comes ready to enable Symantec Network Access Control, for better stronger network defense.

Client features:

-Proactive Scan

-Non-signature-based malware detection and blocking delivers real-time protection.

-Out of the box detection, no manual tuning or configuration required.

-Highly accurate, with low rates of time wasting due to false positives.

-Generic signature to block new exploits of known vulnerabilities (before the software vendor issues a patch).

-Blocks threats at the network layer, before they infect systems.

-The firewall monitors both inbound and outbound traffic

All of these characteristics and more, managed under the same console.

Review summary

Pros

  • Excellent protection, virus and malware definitions

Cons

  • Systems requirements demand a well powered computer
  • At least 1GB or RAM, and a 1 Ghz PIII processor

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