Norton Internet Security offers a comprehensive collection of protection tools for ensuring the privacy of your Internet connection. It's the first security tool to combine antivirus protection (via the integrated Norton AntiVirus scanner) with the security of an Internet firewall. And unlike its strongest competitor, BlackICE Defender, the complete release of Norton Internet Security (NIS) is freely available for download as a try-before-you-buy evaluation edition.

In addition to protecting against viruses and unwelcome intrusions from the Internet, NIS also allows you to automatically block annoying banner ads and pop-up windows, set up parental site blocking options for restricting access to specific Web sites, and selectively determine which, if any, Java applets and ActiveX controls should be allowed to download and execute on your computer.