BANGALORE, INDIA: Symantec announced the launch of its Norton Internet Security 2010 and Norton AntiVirus 2010 security package.

Both packages are engineered around Quorum intelligence that claims to offer advanced malware and behaviour detection security.

The new software can be installed quickly, scans an HDD and SSD in 61 seconds and 31 seconds respectively. Additionally, it takes up only 10MB of memory storage capacity. They are attributed with propriety Norton Insight Intelligence that updates users on the performance and security of their files and applications.

Symantec Corp. announced that its industry-leading Norton security products received top reviews from three respected, independent testing bodies, Dennis Technology Lab, AV-Comparatives.org and AV-Test.org.

David Hall, regional consumer product marketing manager, Asia Pacific, Symantec, said: "These tests covered important, but very different benchmarks in security testing and yet each one arrived at the same conclusion — Norton is a best-in-class offering."

The core anti-malware technology and content evaluated in these reviews is delivered by Symantec's Security Technology and Response (STAR) organization, a worldwide team of security engineers, threat analysts and researchers dedicated to developing the world's best protection against both existing and emerging threats.

The security softwares feature:
Reputation-based security: Symantec's new technology codenamed Quorum leverages the wisdom of Norton's tens of millions of participating customers to derive highly accurate security ratings for virtually every file available on the Internet.  This empowers Symantec users to make far better choices about the software they download and install on their computers. 

Heuristic protection: STAR has introduced a new generation of heuristics to detect unknown malware files before they can run and cause damage.  This advanced approach detects entirely new malware, spyware and adware strains without fingerprints, instead searching files for suspicious sequences of instructions typically used by malicious software.

Behavioural protection: STAR has completely redesigned the behavioral protection, enabling it to recognize and block thousands of new malware variants by analyzing the behaviors of running software, all without traditional fingerprints.

Lean and efficient engines: STAR optimized the core security scanning engines, helping to make Norton Internet Security 2010 and Norton AntiVirus 2010 the fastest security products in the industry.