It is a never ending battle between the good and the bad guys. The bad guys (malicious software coders) are constantly thinking of innovative ways to install malwares onto user’s computer without being detected by antivirus and the good guys (antivirus company) are just constantly catching up. Every year around the same time Symantec will release new Norton products with a major update on the version number incorporating new and improved features to provide better protection against viruses.
From what I see, Norton Antivirus 2012 provides 3 major levels of protection. The first is based on its virus definitions where it contains specific information that allows Norton Antivirus to detect viruses and malicious codes. Second is the SONAR (Symantec Online Network for Advanced Response) which is basically a heuristics detections where it monitors your computer for malicious activities and it is most useful to detect unknown security risks. I have seen malwares that is able to bypass both signature and heuristic detection but the third one which makes it really good and complete is the Norton Insight Network.
A while back I tested more than 100 different antivirus software against a malware made fully undetectable with Incognito Crypter. Norton was one of the few that was able to successfully block the infection even though scan time was detected as clean, thanks to the Insight technology. So far the Norton Community has collected a file count of over 300 million, classifying between known good or bad files and a small number of file’s reputation being built. Through this technology, I believe that the number of false detection is greatly minimized.
If you go to Symantec’s website and click on the Download link where it tells you that you can try their products for 30 days before you buy, you may be required to enter your debit or credit card for the opt-out trialware. If you forgot to cancel your Opt-Out trialware order before the 30 day trial period ends, you will be automatically charged the the rather expensive 12 month subscription fee.
In my opinion, you should NEVER buy a license directly from Symantec themselves because of the absorbitant subscription fees. It really pays to shop around and you can get the same license elsewhere for way less than half what Symantec charge!
Fortunately I found a few links where you can download Norton Antivirus 2012, Norton Internet Security 2012 and Norton 360 v5 for free without entering your debit or credit card and they all come with 90 days trial subscription instead of the default 30. Simply download and install, no product key is required.
Download Norton Antivirus 2012
Do note that you should only install 1 of these products at a time and NOT all 3 because it won’t work. When you install the software, on first run you will be asked for an email address, and on the next screen you will be asked to retype the email, enter the password twice and select a country. Those boxes highlighted in red below.
Although the email address doesn’t actually have to be real, you do need to remember what it is because the program will ask you later on for the email and password on the subscription and activation windows etc. Once done, it will be ready to go and you will have 90 days left.
Something I would recommend is to run Live Update straight away because it will download a large update for the latest version (NIS was around 200MB). I had to run Live Update and reboot 4 or 5 more times to get completely up to date.
NOTICE: I have seen a few people asking for a key to run the software in the comments. I have just tested all 3 of these on a clean install again and will repeat; They DO NOT need a key as it’s already built in to each product. If you are being asked for one it’s possible you still have old Norton product information on the system or in the registry. In that event you should run a cleanup tool first and then try to install. Have a look in the Antivirus Removal Tools article for more information.
I want to try this before putting my credit card in, what to see if I like the antivirus
Thank you
I t worked for me Thanks!!!!!
good work.
I need your help getting anti virus on my lap top please send me a product key for my free 90 day trial are longer if you could. Thanks
You said that NO product key is required….. THen WHY why i used your link and downloaded Norton it asked me to subscribe or inter the product key?
will you please (pretty-please) send me the free trial version of internet security? I have no credit card.
Thank you for your help
Will you please send me the free trial version of internet security ? i have no credit card.
Thank you for your help
I orginally had mcafee, it did nothing!!! Please I want to the info on the 90 trial. Thank You so much! I had a Trojan.
Please send me key code for norton service
90 day trial
Please send me key code for norton service
90 day trial
I have been going crazy because of credit card debt and am not able to download even a free trial because of no credit card~IT SUCKS
Please send me the activation key to pbisor@Yahoo.com thank you
This download was great!!! Best ive had so far… Great info, n thanx
i like it
gud day… send me a norton 2011 90days trial… thank’s about that. parapernalia21@yahoo.com
thank you norton
is there a problam that all three norton things can not be installed .
because when i installed the 2 nd one after installing ist one it remove the first one.
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norton 360 is the best anti virus. can you pease send me a trial copy for windows xp norton 360 for 90 dys. thank you.
i understand your anti-virus is the best
thank you norton
can i have the activation code?? pls?? thank u
email me at celine.magbanua@yahoo.com
thanks
I like this product and fast. it’s really great. thanks.
plz send me norton antivirus
yo i need norton antivirus and a activation key think u can do that and i suscribed
pleas send me the activation key my nortonanti runs out
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Is this a trial period or is the activation code included?
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I want norton antivirus 2011 free full verson
Thanks Raymond!
The link for NIS is still working, downloaded and got 90 day trial.
Like Raymond said no product key is required, but you do have to create an account with Norton to activate it. You do not have to provide any credit card info, all it asks for is your name, email & enter a password.
I have downloaded Norton 360 but I can’t open it what do I do?
norton is good for me
thank u so much for sharing this
very thanks
someone give me norton 2011 key…plz,……
i want a free 90 day norton 360 version 3.0 and norton antivirus 2010. pleaze comment rated subscribe thanks
Hey guys….just help me with Norton product Key for 2011!please ….i really like Norton security anti virus!
kaspay is the best
i never use Norton, AVG is always been good for me
hey guys ur objectives are great.
would u please send me Norton 2011 product key for 90 day
Currently i’m using norton internet security 2011,but this period will expired with in next 2 days,So i will decided to install this free trail period(90 days) on my PC.Is there any problem when i choose this?
hey guys ur objectives are great.
would u please send me Norton 2011 product key for 1 year.
great’s job guy’s thank’s alot
does this work if u already have the vireses
But the kaspersky is the best
thanks for giving me this antivirus
thanks for the assurance Ray..dl it 360 and Is…worked just fine on my xp x64..
well at least its norton and not a virus so u can download it and feel ease like i do, thanks Ray
wat is the best norton anti virus,norton internet or norton 360 v4………….?
I`m little late on this one but thank you Raymond.
I have to disagree with some of the posters. I recently purchased a download version of Norton Antivirus 2011 and used a coupon from this site nortonantiviruscenter.com/ and I’m running this software just fine on my Windows 7 machine. I know that Norton has been a pain some years ago, but now it seems to be up to its speed. Also, I read some comment where folks that are in this stuff say they wish Norton is slower but that it does more of checking. I guess it’s about between good protection and the speed. You have to pay on one side.
thanks
hey i have d same question like war379k……. i am using internet with limited usage….every time i format pc, it is not possible to update norton….. someone please reply
Thanks Raymond keep it Up
i like this antivirus !!!!!
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thanks for this
thnks buddy ….great!!!!!
Very nice and useful. Thanksss
awsm ray….. i just want 2 ask is there any trick to update norton offline?? there is offline update available on net but it is not latest update. And after update offline it still needs major update.
You rock!!! Raymond! Norton is my fav. ^^
The All time Best Antivirus and total security is BIT DEFENDER……. I’m very happy with it…..
And i refer Spyware terminator which is best and totally free too….
i hate norton as it takes more time and less detection and also virus is active though it is quarantine in Norton…!!!
Even avast is best free antivirus that can detect almost all viruses than Norton and Eset or any other…..
Sorry Raymond but its my opinion…. but i know you are the best…!!!
hey raymond, awsm article….as always…..
i just want to ask is there any way to update norton offline with latest updates? i’ve downloaded update (latest) from download.com and after installation norton again try to download while 86mb update from Liveupdate server. Any suggession? or any way to take a backup of my existing updates (like avira update generator)
Thanks a lot…
your my hero….
Thx man!!!!
THx so much NORTON IS MY favourite anti virus TY TY TY It has everything. Except the limit option that is present in Kaspersky. If u can pls tell them to add this option so it is possible to test software that you think is bad for your comp
i like this antivirus
nice antivirus
You need to just leave Norton alone. 90% of the computers I fix are brought to a crawl with this stuff. I can’t believe they get away with being the default for most manufacturers. Worse, users end up disabling it and spreading viruses very quickly. IMHO, Avast, Panda, and AVG (in that order) are extremely good, and extremely free! :)
Havn’t Raymond been in trouble over this?
Daniel
MTA
thank you so much Ray!
thaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanks
Thanks raymond
great work.
The best antivirus is your common sense
Thanks for the links, Ray
by the way will you be reviewing Comodo Internet Security?
They released version 5
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9 months norton, appreciate the new links Raymond.
Thks ray
you are always the best………
Norton is not a bloatware software anymore
for me,it more lighter than kaspersky
Kaspersky always slow down my laptop when downloading virus signature
also “gaming mode” seem not working at all
Thanks for info…..
Excelente amigo, eres de gran ayuda, felicidades
Great post!
Thank you very much for sharing your knoweledge with us!
thnks ray for this inf.
ray may i know the result of the test tht u hve tested
Between norton and kaspersky, I will choose kaspersky because it is not bloatware. :)
thank u man, u have done a great job.
Thanks man
Thanks Raymond for this wonderful free software. More power….
thatz cool thanx
thx ray for gr8 share
good
Thanks Raymond! ;-)
Thanks Raymond , great post . you are best…..
Thanks Ray, I trust Avira better than Norton though : )
Thanks Ray!
Thats some valuable stuff!
Thanks Ray , great post
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It’s a great post…however NAV was too heavy for my machine and for that i use avast. but anyway i cud share this to my friends! THANKS
Hey raymond there is also a way to get NAV 2011 for free 6 months ;) I got that
I’ve been using Norton AntiVirus since 2007 (2008 version) to 2011… There’s no problem since then…
The best antivirus/security software is when you understand all of the features and all of configurations… not just scan and update without knowing it’s features and configurations…
thanks so much for sharing..:)
Thanks for the article Ray! Hmmm, I’m using Microsoft Security right now since I hated McAfee and deleted it right away (even though I bought it in-store). Your good review of Norton though makes me wonder if I should dump MSE and go for this one…
Grt!!!!!!!
You’re the best man! Awesome. Thanks a ton!