Symantec solutions provide comprehensive defence for new HP desktops worldwide

Symantec, the global leader in information security, has announced that its Norton Personal Firewall and Norton AntiVirus solutions will be pre-installed on all new HP Pavilion and Presario desktop PCs, expanding protection to consumers throughout Africa.

Combining Norton Personal Firewall with Norton AntiVirus provides customers with intelligent protection against the full range of today's Internet threats. Norton Personal Firewall is Symantec's award-winning firewall solution, providing a comprehensive firewall, privacy protection, program control, ad blocking, and intrusion prevention system in one product. Norton AntiVirus is the world's most trusted anti-virus, providing automatic protection against viruses, worms, Trojan horses and spyware.

Also included is a 60-day subscription to Symantec's virus and firewall protection update service to keep HP systems protected from the latest threats.

"Symantec is focused on not merely delivering a product, but helping companies to manage their risk - to ensure data is not compromised," says Patrick Evans, regional manager, Symantec Africa. "To make sure this process occurs, we have partnered with a company like HP to ensure that information integrity is not viewed as a reactive response but a proactive stance. Therefore, providing Norton Personal Firewall together with Norton AntiVirus on HP desktop PCs makes Internet security convenient, easy and very effective."

"HP is committed to a quality customer experience," said John Romano, senior vice-president, Consumer PC Organisation, HP. "We want to be sure our customers are shielded from today's malicious Internet security threats right out of the box. By providing Norton Personal Firewall as well as Norton AntiVirus on our desktop line, we are making sure that our customers' new technology investments are protected with these industry leading solutions from the moment they go online."