AntiBot is as subtle, effective and automated as the pesky programs it aims to stop. During normal day-to-day usage it didn't flag up anything legitimate as suspect, and quarantined any malware we threw at it.

Although most anti-virus and anti-spyware tools use heuristic techniques to try to block malware based on its behaviour, Norton's new product goes one step further in basing its diagnosis solely on what an app does, rather than what it is

We approached Norton 360 with some trepidation, as previous Symantec products have been large intrusive suites that take over your laptop without so much as a by-your-leave, but we were in for a pleasant surprise.

In a perfect world Windows would back up your entire PC automatically, and restoring it to a working state would take no more than a few clicks when required.

Back in the day, one of the biggest problems with creating an effective back-up routine was finding enough space to put everything. With the advent of big, fast and ever cheaper USB2 external hard drives, that's no longer a problem.

We're not sure what to make of Norton 360. On the one hand it offers exceptional value, a three-user license of a program that's basically Norton Internet Security 2007 plus a host of extras - and all this for just £10 more than NIS2007 itself.

Symantec has long been marketing its Norton Internet Security (NIS) package as a complete security solution, keeping you protected against online threats. Competition from Microsoft and McAfee has persuaded the company that NIS isn't quite complete enough

Anyone who moved over to the Mac OS after years spent fighting off virus after virus on a Windows PC knows how lucky they are. Every time we turn on our Macs we can be sure of having folders and files exactly as we left them.

Norton Save & Restore is a backup and recovery package that includes drive imaging functionality and a recovery environment on a bootable disc. It aims to provide a complete solution for backing up your data and restoring your whole drive