The first and most fundamental test was how quickly and thoroughly each contender could scan for viruses. Speed may be of prime importance to busy users, but it's better to be safe than sorry. No matter which program you use, frequent anti-virus updates are essential, and not just for desktop systems. The other testing criteria were installation time and whether the program checked the floppy drive whenever the computer shut down. Checking the floppy at shutdown is an important safety measure.
Users often download something from the Internet onto a floppy and then forget about it.
Then during the next boot-up, the computer launches a lurking virus when it spins the floppy drive. All packages in this review incorporated the floppy-check safety feature. Symantec Norton Internet Security 2001, like its predecessors, worked remarkably well. A logically constructed menu window made the 2001 version easier to use and navigate than Norton 2000. Norton 2001 was the largest bundle of software in the review, taking up a hefty 20.9 megabytes.