Norton SystemWorks
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Norton SystemWorks is a discontinued system utility suite by Symantec
. It expanded the tools found in Norton Utilities
, and added other Symantec software titles, primarily anti-virus, and later backup software
for the high-end versions.
It supports Windows NT
3.51 (Intel CPU) or later.
It includes Norton AntiVirus Scanner, Norton File Manager (based on Norton Navigator
), UNC browser, Norton FastFind, Norton Zip/Unzip, Norton Folder Synchronization, Folder Compare, Norton System Doctor, System Information, Norton Control Center.
It is an application suite built similar to Norton SystemWorks, but includes different set of tools to enable support of DOS, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, or Windows NT.
It includes Norton Software Distribution Utility 2.0, Norton CrashGuard 2.0 for Windows NT, Norton CrashGuard 3.0 for Windows 95, Norton Speed Disk for Windows 95/NT, Norton Disk Doctor for Windows 95/NT, Norton AntiVirus 4.0 for DOS/Windows 3.1, and Norton AntiVirus 4.0 for Windows 95/NT. Other administrator components include LiveUpdate Administrator, Norton Utilities for Windows 95 3.0, Norton Utilities 8.0 for DOS/Windows 3.1, Norton Utilities for NT 2.0.
Express.
It supports Windows 95 and 98.
Standard Edition included Norton Utilities
4.0, Norton CleanSweep 4.5, Norton CrashGuard 4.0, and a six-month subscription to Norton Web Services. Bonus pack included Zip-It, Visual Page, WinFax
Basic Edition, Norton 2000.
Professional Edition bonus pack also included full versions of Norton 2000 and Norton Ghost.
New to the release was the announced Windows Millennium, NT, 2000 support.
Standard Edition includes Norton AntiVirus 2001, Norton Utilities 2001, Norton CleanSweep 2001, and Norton Web Services, a free Internet-based service powered by ZDNet Updates for problem solving, self-help, and extended support services.
Professional Edition also includes Norton Ghost 2001 and WinFax 10.0 Basic Edition.
New to the release was the announced Windows XP support.
It includes Norton AntiVirus 2002, Norton Utilities 2002, Norton CleanSweep 2002, GoBack
3 Personal Edition, Process Viewer, One Button Checkup.
Professional Edition also includes Norton Ghost 2002 and WinFax 10.0 Basic Edition.
It includes Norton AntiVirus 2003, Norton Utilities, Norton CleanSweep, Web Tools, GoBack
3 Personal Edition, One Button Checkup.
Professional Edition also includes Norton Ghost 2003, Process Viewer, and PerformanceTest.
Product activation was introduced in this release.
It supports Windows 98 and above (up to XP).
It includes the newest version of Norton AntiVirus 2004, Norton Password Manager, Norton Utilities 2004, Norton CleanSweep 2004, Norton GoBack Personal Edition, Norton Web Tools, One Button Checkup, Web Cleanup, Connection Keep Alive.
Professional Edition now called Norton SystemWorks 2004 Professional, which also includes Norton Ghost, Process Viewer, Performance Test.
It includes Norton AntiVirus 2005 (now with Internet Worm Protection, QuickScan), Smith Micro Software
Inc.'s CheckIt Diagnostics, Norton Utilities 2005, enhanced version of One Button Checkup, Norton Password Manager, Norton CleanSweep 2005, Norton Cleanup, System Optimizer, Norton GoBack 4.0.
Professional Edition now called Norton SystemWorks 2005 Premier, which also includes Symantec Recovery Disk, Norton Ghost 9.0.
It includes Norton Protection Center, Norton GoBack, Norton Cleanup, Norton AntiVirus 2006, One Button Checkup, Norton Utilities, Process Viewer 2.0, System Optimizer 2.0.
Premier also includes Norton Ghost 10.0, Symantec Recovery Disk.
Basic Edition was announced in 2006-01-23. It does not include Norton AntiVirus, Norton Protection Center.
It runs on Windows XP or higher.
Basic Edition includes CheckIt Diagnostics, Norton Cleanup, Norton GoBack, Norton Protection Center, Norton Utilities 2007, Norton CleanSweep, Norton CrashGuard, Norton Web services, Process Viewer, System Optimizer, One Button Checkup.
Standard Edition adds Norton AntiVirus 2007 on top of Basic.
Premier Edition adds Norton Save & Restore 1.0 (previously Norton Ghost), PerformanceTest on top of Standard.
New to the release was the announced Windows Vista support. The model year product names were dropped.
It runs on Windows XP or higher.
Basic Edition now called Norton SystemWorks Basic, which includes One-Button Checkup, Norton Utilities, Norton Cleanup, System Optimizer.
Regular version now called Norton SystemWorks Standard, which also includes Norton AntiVirus 2008 on top of Basic.
Norton SystemWorks Premier also includes Norton Save & Restore 2.0 on top of Standard.
It runs on Windows XP SP2 or higher.
Basic Edition includes Norton Disk Doctor, Norton Speed Disk, Norton Cleanup, Norton Startup Manager, Norton WinDoctor, Norton WipeInfo, Process Viewer, System Optimizer, CheckIt Diagnostics, One-Button Checkup, Performance Test (by PassMark software).
Standard Edition adds Norton AntiVirus 2009, Norton Antispyware, Norton Antibot
, Norton Pulse Updates, Norton Insight
, Norton Protection System, Browser Protection over Basic Edition.
Premier Edition adds Norton Save & Restore 2.0 over Standard Edition.
It included Norton Utilities for Macintosh 6.0, Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh 7.0, LiveUpdate 1.6, Dantz Retrospect Express v4.0.3, Aladdin Spring Cleaning v3.5.
It supports Power Mac with Mac OS 8.1 or higher.
.
It includes Norton SystemWorks 1.0.3 for Mac OS 8.1 - 9.x, Norton SystemWorks 2.0 for Mac OS X v10.1.
Norton SystemWorks 1.0.3 for Mac OS 9.x was supplied for backwards compatibility. It includes Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh 7.0.2, Norton Utilities 6.0.3.
The OS X portion includes Norton AntiVirus 8.0, Norton Utilities 7.0, Norton Disk Doctor, UnErase, Norton Disk Editor, Norton FileSaver, Norton Disk Editor, Norton Scheduler, LiveUpdate, Auto-Protect, SafeZones.
Anti-virus definition dated 2001-12-01 for both products.
Third-party software (for OS X) includes Dantz Retrospect Express, Aladdin Spring Cleaning and iClean 4.0.2, Alsoft DiskWarrior Recovery Edition.
Norton SystemWorks 1.0.3 for Mac OS 9.x was supplied for backwards compatibility. It includes Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh 7.0.2, Norton Utilities 6.0.4.
The OS X portion includes Norton Utilities 8.0, Volume Recover, Wipe Info, Norton AntiVirus 9.0.
Third-party software includes Aladdin Spring Cleaning 5.0, Dantz Retrospect Express 5.0.238.
3.0.1 added support of G5 model Macintosh released before December 2004, 1.25 GHz eMac, and various Mac G4 notebooks. However, some tools may present errors when running Mac OS X 10.4.
Symantec
Symantec Corporation is the largest maker of security software for computers. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, California, and is a Fortune 500 company and a member of the S&P 500 stock market index.-History:...
. It expanded the tools found in Norton Utilities
Norton Utilities
Norton Utilities is a utility software suite designed to help analyze, configure, optimize and maintain the computer. The current version 15 of Norton Utilities Premier Edition for Windows XP/Vista/7 was released December 27, 2010....
, and added other Symantec software titles, primarily anti-virus, and later backup software
Backup software
Backup software are computer programs used to perform backup; they create supplementary exact copies of files, databases or entire computers. These programs may later use the supplementary copies to restore the original contents in the event of data loss....
for the high-end versions.
Norton NT Tools
The precursor of Norton SystemWorks was announced in 1996-03-25.It supports Windows NT
Windows NT
Windows NT is a family of operating systems produced by Microsoft, the first version of which was released in July 1993. It was a powerful high-level-language-based, processor-independent, multiprocessing, multiuser operating system with features comparable to Unix. It was intended to complement...
3.51 (Intel CPU) or later.
It includes Norton AntiVirus Scanner, Norton File Manager (based on Norton Navigator
Norton Navigator
The Navigator was a Norton motorcycle made from 1960 to 1965, based on the Norton Jubilee 250cc when the Norton factory was closed following the collapse of the parent group Associated Motor Cycles.-Development:...
), UNC browser, Norton FastFind, Norton Zip/Unzip, Norton Folder Synchronization, Folder Compare, Norton System Doctor, System Information, Norton Control Center.
Norton Protected Desktop Solution
It was announced in 1998-06-01.It is an application suite built similar to Norton SystemWorks, but includes different set of tools to enable support of DOS, Windows 3.1, Windows 95, or Windows NT.
It includes Norton Software Distribution Utility 2.0, Norton CrashGuard 2.0 for Windows NT, Norton CrashGuard 3.0 for Windows 95, Norton Speed Disk for Windows 95/NT, Norton Disk Doctor for Windows 95/NT, Norton AntiVirus 4.0 for DOS/Windows 3.1, and Norton AntiVirus 4.0 for Windows 95/NT. Other administrator components include LiveUpdate Administrator, Norton Utilities for Windows 95 3.0, Norton Utilities 8.0 for DOS/Windows 3.1, Norton Utilities for NT 2.0.
1.0
The original version was released in 1998-09-17. It included Norton Utilities, Norton AntiVirus, Norton CrashGuard, and a six-month subscription to Norton Web Services. In addition, it also includes Norton System Works Bonus Pack, which contains Norton Mobile Essentials, Visual Page, WinFax Basic Edition, pcANYWHEREPcAnywhere
pcAnywhere is a suite of computer programs by Symantec which allows a user of the pcAnywhere remote program on a computer to connect to a personal computer running the pcAnywhere host if both are connected to the internet or the same LAN and the password is known...
Express.
It supports Windows 95 and 98.
2.0
It was announced in 1999-03-01.Standard Edition included Norton Utilities
Norton Utilities
Norton Utilities is a utility software suite designed to help analyze, configure, optimize and maintain the computer. The current version 15 of Norton Utilities Premier Edition for Windows XP/Vista/7 was released December 27, 2010....
4.0, Norton CleanSweep 4.5, Norton CrashGuard 4.0, and a six-month subscription to Norton Web Services. Bonus pack included Zip-It, Visual Page, WinFax
WinFax
WinFax is a Microsoft Windows-based software product designed to let computers equipped with fax-modems to communicate directly to stand-alone fax machines, or other similarly equipped computers.-History:...
Basic Edition, Norton 2000.
Professional Edition bonus pack also included full versions of Norton 2000 and Norton Ghost.
2001
It was announced in 2000-08-29.New to the release was the announced Windows Millennium, NT, 2000 support.
Standard Edition includes Norton AntiVirus 2001, Norton Utilities 2001, Norton CleanSweep 2001, and Norton Web Services, a free Internet-based service powered by ZDNet Updates for problem solving, self-help, and extended support services.
Professional Edition also includes Norton Ghost 2001 and WinFax 10.0 Basic Edition.
2002
It was announced in 2001-08-27.New to the release was the announced Windows XP support.
It includes Norton AntiVirus 2002, Norton Utilities 2002, Norton CleanSweep 2002, GoBack
GoBack
Norton GoBack is a Microsoft Windows based disk utility that can record up to 8 GB of disk changes. When the filesystem is idle for a few seconds, it marks these as "safe points". The product allows the disk drive to be reverted to any point within the available history...
3 Personal Edition, Process Viewer, One Button Checkup.
Professional Edition also includes Norton Ghost 2002 and WinFax 10.0 Basic Edition.
2003
It was announced in 2002-09-03.It includes Norton AntiVirus 2003, Norton Utilities, Norton CleanSweep, Web Tools, GoBack
GoBack
Norton GoBack is a Microsoft Windows based disk utility that can record up to 8 GB of disk changes. When the filesystem is idle for a few seconds, it marks these as "safe points". The product allows the disk drive to be reverted to any point within the available history...
3 Personal Edition, One Button Checkup.
Professional Edition also includes Norton Ghost 2003, Process Viewer, and PerformanceTest.
2004
It was announced in 2003-09-08.Product activation was introduced in this release.
It supports Windows 98 and above (up to XP).
It includes the newest version of Norton AntiVirus 2004, Norton Password Manager, Norton Utilities 2004, Norton CleanSweep 2004, Norton GoBack Personal Edition, Norton Web Tools, One Button Checkup, Web Cleanup, Connection Keep Alive.
Professional Edition now called Norton SystemWorks 2004 Professional, which also includes Norton Ghost, Process Viewer, Performance Test.
2005
It was announced in 2004-09-14.It includes Norton AntiVirus 2005 (now with Internet Worm Protection, QuickScan), Smith Micro Software
Smith Micro Software
Smith Micro Software, Inc. , founded in 1983 by William W. Smith, Jr., is a diversified developer and marketer of both enterprise and consumer-level software solutions and services...
Inc.'s CheckIt Diagnostics, Norton Utilities 2005, enhanced version of One Button Checkup, Norton Password Manager, Norton CleanSweep 2005, Norton Cleanup, System Optimizer, Norton GoBack 4.0.
Professional Edition now called Norton SystemWorks 2005 Premier, which also includes Symantec Recovery Disk, Norton Ghost 9.0.
2006
It was announced in 2005-10-05.It includes Norton Protection Center, Norton GoBack, Norton Cleanup, Norton AntiVirus 2006, One Button Checkup, Norton Utilities, Process Viewer 2.0, System Optimizer 2.0.
Premier also includes Norton Ghost 10.0, Symantec Recovery Disk.
Basic Edition was announced in 2006-01-23. It does not include Norton AntiVirus, Norton Protection Center.
2007 (10.0)
This version was not announced. The product itself does not include the model year.It runs on Windows XP or higher.
Basic Edition includes CheckIt Diagnostics, Norton Cleanup, Norton GoBack, Norton Protection Center, Norton Utilities 2007, Norton CleanSweep, Norton CrashGuard, Norton Web services, Process Viewer, System Optimizer, One Button Checkup.
Standard Edition adds Norton AntiVirus 2007 on top of Basic.
Premier Edition adds Norton Save & Restore 1.0 (previously Norton Ghost), PerformanceTest on top of Standard.
2008 (11.0)
It was announced in 2007-11-16.New to the release was the announced Windows Vista support. The model year product names were dropped.
It runs on Windows XP or higher.
Basic Edition now called Norton SystemWorks Basic, which includes One-Button Checkup, Norton Utilities, Norton Cleanup, System Optimizer.
Regular version now called Norton SystemWorks Standard, which also includes Norton AntiVirus 2008 on top of Basic.
Norton SystemWorks Premier also includes Norton Save & Restore 2.0 on top of Standard.
2009 (12.0)
Unlike previous release, it was not announced. The model year was not used on product itself (in fact version number was printed on the box), but it appears in some Symantec sites. It is also the first Windows version of Norton SystemWorks that does not include Norton Utilities.It runs on Windows XP SP2 or higher.
Basic Edition includes Norton Disk Doctor, Norton Speed Disk, Norton Cleanup, Norton Startup Manager, Norton WinDoctor, Norton WipeInfo, Process Viewer, System Optimizer, CheckIt Diagnostics, One-Button Checkup, Performance Test (by PassMark software).
Standard Edition adds Norton AntiVirus 2009, Norton Antispyware, Norton Antibot
Norton AntiBot
Norton AntiBot, developed by Symantec, monitors applications for damaging behavior. The application was designed to prevent computers from being hijacked and controlled by hackers. According to Symantec, over 6 million computers have been hijacked, and the majority of users are unaware of their...
, Norton Pulse Updates, Norton Insight
Norton Insight
Norton Insight whitelists files based on reputation. Norton-branded antivirus software then leverage the data to skip known files during virus scans. Symantec claims quicker scans and more accurate detection with the use of the technology.-Development:...
, Norton Protection System, Browser Protection over Basic Edition.
Premier Edition adds Norton Save & Restore 2.0 over Standard Edition.
1.0
Called Norton SystemWorks for Macintosh, it was announced in 2000-10-25.It included Norton Utilities for Macintosh 6.0, Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh 7.0, LiveUpdate 1.6, Dantz Retrospect Express v4.0.3, Aladdin Spring Cleaning v3.5.
It supports Power Mac with Mac OS 8.1 or higher.
2.0
It is the first version that supports Mac OS XMac OS X
Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...
.
It includes Norton SystemWorks 1.0.3 for Mac OS 8.1 - 9.x, Norton SystemWorks 2.0 for Mac OS X v10.1.
Norton SystemWorks 1.0.3 for Mac OS 9.x was supplied for backwards compatibility. It includes Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh 7.0.2, Norton Utilities 6.0.3.
The OS X portion includes Norton AntiVirus 8.0, Norton Utilities 7.0, Norton Disk Doctor, UnErase, Norton Disk Editor, Norton FileSaver, Norton Disk Editor, Norton Scheduler, LiveUpdate, Auto-Protect, SafeZones.
Anti-virus definition dated 2001-12-01 for both products.
Third-party software (for OS X) includes Dantz Retrospect Express, Aladdin Spring Cleaning and iClean 4.0.2, Alsoft DiskWarrior Recovery Edition.
3.0
It includes Norton SystemWorks 1.0.3 for Mac OS 9.x, Norton SystemWorks 3.0 for Mac OS X v10.1.5 or later.Norton SystemWorks 1.0.3 for Mac OS 9.x was supplied for backwards compatibility. It includes Norton AntiVirus for Macintosh 7.0.2, Norton Utilities 6.0.4.
The OS X portion includes Norton Utilities 8.0, Volume Recover, Wipe Info, Norton AntiVirus 9.0.
Third-party software includes Aladdin Spring Cleaning 5.0, Dantz Retrospect Express 5.0.238.
3.0.1 added support of G5 model Macintosh released before December 2004, 1.25 GHz eMac, and various Mac G4 notebooks. However, some tools may present errors when running Mac OS X 10.4.