Symantec Corp. unveiled the 2007 editions of its consumer Norton AntiVirus and Internet Security desktop products, plus a third new offering called Norton Confidential that protects e-commerce transactions. symantec often adds features to its consumer security software, which is sometimes purchased by small businesses, and includes those features in the enterprise editions that can be remotely managed. In Norton AntiVirus 2007, the consumer antivirus and antispyware product, a rootkit detection and eradication capability has been added that will likely become part of enterprise products. Group product manager Craig Lane said Symantec has developed a methodology for scanning at the kernel level where rootkits attempt to lodge to detect and eradicating them. In addition, Norton AntiVirus 2007 will have a so-called zero-hour protection capability that will be updated whenever a vulnerability is identified for the Windows desktop. While not intended to replace software patching, Symantec said this zero-hour protection is designed to block exploits that might occur before the patch process is completed. The second upgraded product, Norton Internet Security 2007, will also adopt this rootkit-scanning technique as well as provide additional defenses, including desktop firewall and antiphishing protections. Norton Internet Security includes everything in Norton AntiVirus plus an additional firewall. Both 2007 editions run on Windows XP, with support for Microsoft Vista to be added when the new operating system ships.