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Norton 360 version 2.0 now includes Norton Parental Controls as an optional free add-on. Norton Parental Control allows individual settings regarding the websites that can be accessed to be defined for existing Windows User Accounts.

Parental Controls also features a new Log Viewer feature that records attempts to access restricted sites based on user profile and an improved antispam function which will retrieve and merge pre-existing white and black lists from Outlook email addresses and pre-defined Norton anti-spam lists.

Norton 360 version 2.0 also comes with Norton Identity Safe. This securely stores passwords and personal information as well as offering one-click log-in to trusted sites. The Network Monitoring function checks the status of wireless security, maps connected devices and alerts users if they are connected to an unsecured network.

The software also includes Symantec's patent-pending Browser Protection technology, which defends against drive-by downloads and other new or unknown threats that exploit vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, FoxFire and other user friendly browsers.

Symantec says the antivirus and antispyware applications and firewall intrusion protection have all been improved while Norton 360's antiphishing and web authentication functionality has now been extended to include the Firefox browser and that is a big step ahead of V1.

The online backup service offered by Norton 360 has been expanded to include Blu-Ray, iPods, HD-DVD discs, or shared drives, in addition to internal drives, CD/DVD drives, USB drives, mapped network drives and external hard drives you can even back up your photo mem card if you like, this to me seems like high end creation, but so simple to use.

Users can also make use of a registry file cleanup to optimises PC performance, a diagnostic report function for easy system troubleshooting and problem solving and one-click support, which offers a direct link via telephone, e-mail or 24x7 live chat to Symantec's support technicians.

Norton 360 Version 2.0a will be available from the Symantec Online Store from April this update/add-on is a must get and completly free for current 360 2.0 owners.

A one-year subscription that can be used on three PCs and includes Symantec's protection updates and 2GB online storage space costs $59.99. A Premier Edition that comes with 10GB online storage space will cost $69.99. Your data is safer here then if it was on CD's and locked away in your steel safe and best of all you never loose

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