As you know, every year by this date, most security software developers anticipate the release of their next year versions. Having in hand most antivirus 2009 I am going to tell you the summarized features and novelties of what I think are the Top Five antivirus in the security software market.

Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009
This is a security tool of great significance because year after year they have been improving it to be one of the best applications for viruses, worms, spyware, adware, keyloggers and rootkits removal.The basis on which Kaspersky Anti-Virus sets the malware detection are three: updating their virus definitions every hour, malware behavior analysis is performed in two ways: preliminary and on the fly. The kind of protection offered by Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009 is carried out in real time, so it is capable of detecting system threats, while browsing the Internet, IM (chat) sessions, e-mailing, and so on.

What's new?
Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009 features a new method of analysis and has improved the detection of keyloggers and Rootkits.The best is the minimum resources consumption.and it has the lowest average HDD scanning time among many antivirus. Read the rest of this entry »

Symantec announced Norton Internet Security 2009 and Norton AntiVirus 2009 are available on September 8. NIS 2009 is priced at $69.99 for a one-year, meanwhile, NAV 2009 will be offered for the price of $39.99.

NIS 2009 includes antivirus, antispyware, antispam, a two-way firewall, identity protection, rootkit protection, antiphishing and network monitoring. It provides strong protection that is light on system resources. Based on an innovative new security architecture, NIS 2009 sets a new standard for performance.

New in 2009!
- Innovative new architecture dramatically reduces the boot time impact, the scan time, the memory usage as well as the system footprint and the install time.
- Smart Idle Time Scheduler runs quietly in the background to let you work and play without disruption.
- Silent Mode ensures your games and movies are never interrupted by alerts and security updates.
- Enhanced Browser Protection blocks browser exploits and protects against infected websites (now supports Firefox).
- Expanded SONAR Protection offers real-time protection against new and unknown threats without requiring the user to make confusing security decisions.
- Enhanced Identity Safe now includes an interactive tutorial to get users up and running, cloning of your cards importing your data from Internet Explorer and more!
- Improved Home Network Security Networked devices report their health and status through a visual map.
- Bonus Feature: Norton Safe Web, an exciting new Web site rating service that protects against suspicious, fraudulent and/or malicious sites.

Super High Speed
In order to solve the problem of taking up oversized resources, the performance of NIS 2009 is the priority. "Therefore, it's obvious that we must be the absolute best in performance," Trollope said then. "If I could create what's unquestionably the fastest security product in the world, without compromising security features, it would be very clear to the consumer why they'd buy Norton. Performance is the focus for 2009."

According to Symantec disclosed, NIS 2009 installs in just 52 seconds, requiring just 7 Mbytes of host memory. Quick scans can take as little as 33 seconds, although the test conditions were not disclosed. In addition, a silent mode suspends activities during games or other CPU-intensive activities, which can avoid slowing down computers.

You can download Norton 2009 HERE: NIS 2009 NAV 2009.