Norton Utilities

Norton Utilities is a utility software suite designed to help analyze, configure, optimize and maintain a computer. The latest version of the original series of Norton Utilities is Norton Utilities 16 for Windows XP/Vista/7/8 was released 26 October 2012.

Norton Utilities
Developer(s)Symantec
Stable release
16.0.0.126 / 26 August 2012 (2012-08-26)
Operating systemWindows, Classic Mac OS, Mac OS X, Unix
TypeUtility software
LicenseTrialware
Websitesymantec.com/norton/norton-utilities

Peter Norton published the first version for DOS, The Norton Utilities, Release 1, in 1982. Release 2 came out about a year later, subsequent to the first hard drives for the IBM PC line. Peter Norton's company was sold to Symantec (now known as Gen Digital) in 1990 and Peter Norton himself no longer has any connection to the brand or company.

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