Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq:SYMC) today announced Nextra, a subsidiary of the Norwegian telecommunications group TeleNor, has chose Symantec to protect its Internet customers. This on-going agreement includes the initial purchase of 75,000 licenses of Norton AntiVirus and Norton Internet Security. Both titles will be distributed to new subscribers on their start-up CD-ROM. Existing customers will have access to a downloadable version of Norton AntiVirus and Norton Internet Security at the Nextra Web site (www.online.no). Both the CD-ROM and the downloads are free of charge.

"This agreement with Nextra gives us access to more than 50 percent of the Norwegian Internet market," said Dieter Giesbrecht, senior vice president for Worldwide Sales and Marketing at Symantec. "Threats to Internet security can happen anywhere in the world. Symantec is committed to making sure that no matter where our customers are, they have the best protection against any kind of malicious attack."

"We take our customers' security seriously and want to stay one step ahead," said Nextra's chief executive officer Morten Lundal. "It is our strategy to continuously improve and adapt new and better services for our customers. For this reason, we have chosen to cooperate with Symantec to offer our customers an increased security solution for their computers."

Norton Internet Security provides essential Internet protection for the home PC and offers a complete, integrated security and privacy suite. The powerful Norton Personal Firewall solution controls all Internet connections to and from the computer and blocks attempted intrusions. Norton Privacy Control prevents personal data from being sent online to web sites without the user's knowledge and the Ad Blocking component removes online banner advertising for faster download speeds. Norton Internet Security also includes the award-winning Norton AntiVirus software that protects the user's computer from viruses and malicious code at all entry points, including e-mail attachments and Internet downloads.

About Norton AntiVirus

Symantec's Norton AntiVirus automatically protects users against viruses, malicious ActiveX controls and Java applets, as well as other dangerous code. It protects against infection at all virus entry points, including the Internet, floppy disks, CDs, or a network. It also automatically scans incoming attachments in the most popular email programs. Norton AntiVirus is extremely easy to keep updated with scheduling capabilities that allow new anti-virus definitions from Symantec to be downloaded as often as once a week.

About Nextra

TeleNor, the Norwegian incumbent, has been actively building Internet as the third vein of activity in addition to its mobile telephony and satellite services. Nextra, TeleNor's Internet subsidiary, began offering Internet to the business and consumer markets in 1993 and 1995 respectively, and has since experienced an explosive growth in number of customers. Nextra now holds more than 50 percent of the Norwegian Internet Market.

In addition to Norway, Nextra has established Internet companies in Austria, the Czech and Slovak Republics, Switzerland, Sweden, Hungary, Italy and Germany.

About Symantec

Symantec, a world leader in Internet security technology, provides a broad range of content and network security solutions to individuals and enterprises. The company is a leading provider of virus protection, risk management, Internet content and e-mail filtering, remote management and mobile code detection technologies to customers. Headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., Symantec has worldwide operations in more than 33 countries.

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