As a Norton SystemWorks Premier 2006/2007 customer with a valid subscription*, you are eligible to receive the latest product features available with Norton SystemWorks Premier 2008.** 

Norton SystemWorks Premier 2008

Key Benefits:

• Blocks spyware, viruses and worms
• Backs up your files and your system
• Repairs and maintains PC health
• Maintains your PC with one click
• Reverses failed software installations
• Removes unneeded Internet clutter  

To ensure that your software is properly installed and configured, please uninstall your 2006/2007 version of Norton SystemWorks Premier before downloading and installing the 2008 version. If you encounter any problems, you can obtain more information at http://www.symantec.com/install

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New and Enhanced Features

Enhanced Internet Worm Protection
Blocks entire categories of viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and spyware.

Rootkit protection
Detects and removes stealth threats that hide in the operating system.

Process Viewer 
Allows to easily view the software processes running on the system and which ones are affecting the overall performance.

Improved Scanning
Automatically scans run after getting new virus and spyware definitions while minimizing impact to computer performance.

Improved Performance
Optimized product design improves scan times and decreases impact on system startup and resource usage.

SONAR
SONAR (Symantec™ Online Network for Advanced Response) technology delivers behavior-based protection that can detect emerging spyware and viruses even before traditional signature-based definitions are available.

Norton Cleanup
Quickly and permanently removes unwanted Internet clutter, temporary files, and other private information about Internet security.

File and folder backup
New Norton™ Save & Restore provides all the power of Norton Ghost™ and adds File and Folder backup so you can protect just the data that’s important to you.

Performance Test
Performs a physical examination of the hardware to determine its stability.

System Requirements

Windows^® XP Home Edition, Professional Edition, Media Center Edition, or Tablet PC Edition

• 300-MHz or faster processor
• 256 MB of RAM minimum
• 200 MB of available hard disk space

Windows^® Vista Starter/Home Basic/Home Premium/Ultimate/Business

• 800 MHz or higher processor (1 GHz or higher recommended)
• 512 MB of RAM minimum (1 GB or higher recommended)
• 300 MB of available hard disk space 

Required for all installations

• CD-ROM or DVD drive for software distribution on media
• Internet Explorer (minimum version 6.0 required)
• Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution video adapter and monitor
• DirectX 8.0 or higher for Performance Test by PassMark Software
• Average of 10 percent of total hard disk space for Norton GoBack history (configurable)

  Note

  Norton GoBack is compatible only with Windows XP operating system.

 Supported file systems for Backup and Recovery tasks:

• FAT16, FAT16X, FAT32, FAT32X
• NTFS
• Dynamic Disks
• Linux^® EXT2/3 and Linux Swap Partition

Hard drives and Removable media supported for Backup and Recovery tasks:

• CDR/RW and DVD-R/RW drives
• USB and FireWire^® (IEEE 1394) devices
• Iomega^® Zip^® and Jaz^®

Email scanning is supported for standard POP3-compatible and SMTP-compatible email clients.

Supported instant messaging clients for Norton Antivirus

• AOL^® Instant Messenger 4.7 and later
• Yahoo!^® Instant Messenger 5.x or 6.x 
• MSN Messenger 6.0 and later
• Windows^® Live Messenger 8.0 or higher

Symantec Recovery Disk

Minimum RAM required for the Symantec Recovery Disk is 512 MB RAM dedicated. Cannot be shared with an on-board graphics card, etc. If shared 768MB or more suggested. 

* Norton SystemWorks Premier 2006/2007 customers with a trial version or OEM 30, 60, 90, 180-day subscriptions are eligible to receive the latest product feature updates once a full version of the product is purchased from the trial version or OEM subscription. 

** If you choose to download Norton SystemWorks Premier 2008, you will have the right to use this product until the expiration of your current subscription, subject to acceptance of the Symantec License Agreement included with this product and available for review at www.symantec.com. Protection updates and new versions of this product as available during your subscription period are included. Product features may be added, modified or removed during your subscription period.  

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