Norton Internet Security 2013 Beta
May 7, 2012Norton Internet Security — provides a quick and easy protection against online threats. Integrated antivirus and firewall protects your computer, local network, online activities and your personal information, using innovative technology solutions for today's aggressive threats. powerful and rapid protection against malware and Internet threats without slowing down your computer. Improved Norton Protection System with multi-level security technologies that work together to provide comprehensive protection.
Norton Internet Security 2013 beta is the new version of comprehensive security suite released recently by Symantec Corporation — the largest maker of security software for computers. Available for free download from the Norton beta website, Norton Internet Security 2013 beta is designed for compatibility with the Windows 8 Consumer Preview, in addition to Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP.
With the Norton Internet Security 2013 beta, Norton continues to leverage the power of the cloud to keep consumers safe in all they do online — whether browsing, socializing or shopping. In addition to delivering core protection via the cloud, the betas now include improved cloud-enabled features such as Norton Management and Norton Identity Safe which allow consumers to conveniently manage their security and keep their personal information safe, anywhere, anytime.
STAR (Security Technology and Response)
May 6, 2012Security Technology and Response (STAR) is the Symantec division responsible for the innovation and development of Symantec’s security technologies, which address protection in five areas: file, network, behavior, reputation, and remediation.
Within Symantec, Security Technology and Response (STAR) oversees the research and development efforts for all of Symantec’s malware security technologies. These form the core protection capabilities of Symantec’s corporate and consumer security products.
The Security Technology and Response (STAR) organization, which includes Security Response, is a worldwide team of security engineers, threat analysts and researchers that provide the underlying functionality content and support for all Symantec corporate and consumer security products.
With Response centers located throughout the world, STAR monitors malicious code reports from more than 130 million systems across the Internet, receives data from 240,000 network sensors in more than 200 countries and tracks more than 25,000 vulnerabilities affecting more than 55,000 technologies from more than 8,000 vendors. The team uses this vast intelligence to develop and deliver the world’s most comprehensive security protection. There are approximately 550 employees in STAR.
Some years ago, traditional antivirus technologies were all that was needed to protect an endpoint from attack. However, with the dramatic shift in the threat landscape over the last few years, it is no longer reasonable to think that antivirus-based technologies alone are sufficient. To address this, STAR has developed a collaborative eco-system of security technologies to protect Symantec’s users from malicious attacks.
Symantec Remediation Technologies
Although our goal is never to allow a threat to reach a machine, in the real world there are still situations where a user's system can get infected. Such circumstances likely include:
1) Users who previously had no installed security product;
2) Users whose product subscription expired;
3) Users attacked by a new zero-day threat;
Symantec remediation technologies address these situations by providing capabilities to clean up already infected machines. The core set of these technologies is built into all our malware security products.
Reputation-Based Protection
The newest addition to the suite of protection technologies developed by STAR, reputation-based security, addresses the latest development in the threat landscape, that of micro-distributed malware. Using the combined wisdom of over 130 million contributing users, our reputation system learns which applications are good and bad based on the anonymous adoption patterns of our users. It then uses this intelligence to automatically classify virtually every software file on the planet. This reputation data is utilized by all of Symantec's products to automatically block new malware and, conversely, to identify and allow new legitimate applications.
Behavior-Based Protection
Millions of end users today are tricked into clicking on malware that are masquerading as video players or rogue antivirus applications that do nothing except infect the user and social engineer the user into paying for software that doesn’t do anything. Drive-by downloads and web-attack toolkits are silently infecting users who visit mainstream websites by the hundreds of millions. Some malware will install rootkits or inject malicious code into running programs and system processes. Malware today can be dynamically generated rendering file-based detection insufficient for protecting end users systems.
Network-Based Protection
Network-based protection is a set of technologies designed to block malicious attacks before they have a chance to introduce malware onto a system. Unlike file-based protection that must wait until a file is physically created on a user’s computer, network-based protection starts to analyze the incoming data streams that arrive onto a user’s machine via network connections and blocks threats before they hit the system.
File-Based Protection
A common misconception about antivirus file scanners is that they simply look for known patterns in files in order to determine if a file is good or bad. Actually, modern antivirus solutions go beyond simple pattern matching and apply generic and heuristic techniques when looking for threats. In fact, the best antivirus engines provide multiple methods for identifying known and unknown threats. Symantec’s file-based protection is one such technology.
File-based security has a long history as one of the cornerstones of Symantec’s protection technologies. STAR continues to invest in and drive innovation to Symantec’s file-based security to keep current with the latest developments on the threat landscape. Having infected files on a target machine is one of the main methods for threats to maintain a presence on a machine beyond the initial attack. Because of this, file-based protection will always be instrumental in detecting, neutralizing and removing threats on Symantec’s customers’ machines.
Norton Internet Security 2012 (video presentation)
Jan 29, 2012Over the past few years, Symantec has completed a course reversal for its Norton consumer Internet security suites. The massive package of security tools works better than it ever has before, with an impressive set of features, some useful new tools, including remote management and download stability analysis, and third-party security efficacy benchmarks that are at the top of the heap.
Symantec positions its premium security suite, Norton Internet Security 2012, as one of the best paid-licence security suites available. The tight integration of behavioural threat detection, in conjunction with serious attention to download stability, makes Norton a compelling choice. The extras are worthwhile, too, especially for people looking for one security solution that includes mobile. There's no doubt that this is comprehensive, robust security that users can put their trust in.
Get your Free 90 Day Norton Internet Security 2012 today
Oct 12, 2011Norton Internet Security 2012 provides powerful protection that lets you email, surf, shop and bank online without worrying about cybercrime or slowing down your PC.
Norton Internet Security 2012 key features:
- Lets you email, chat and surf the web without worrying about cybercriminals ripping you off;
- Delivers the industry’s fastest security suite for protection from online dangers without sacrificing performance;
- Guards against online identity theft so you can shop, bank and visit social networks with confidence;
- Updates automatically, offers easy-to-use features and includes free customer support during your subscription period;
History of Norton Internet Security
Jun 12, 2011We all know that the world (especially in the tech world) is changing so fast that we do not even have time to see how these changes occur. And all that yesterday seemed to be an innovation tomorrow will be history — the history that is the basis for progress and future technologies. And probably, the software is one of the most rapidly growing areas where almost every day you can see „new changes”.
In this post, I want to write a brief history of the Norton Internet Security, more precisely, the key features of this security suite, which were designed from its inception to the present day. In addition, I add a brief description of the product, the product box image and information about the press release, with which you can find more detailed use information.
I hope this article will help you notice how Norton Internet Security has progressed and changed with each version, and also see the whole history of the Norton Internet Security, which comprises more than one decade — starting with Norton Internet Security 2000 until latest version.
Protecting your Virtual Environment
Apr 29, 2011Protecting your virtual environments takes more than just hiding them behind a firewall. This podcast looks the question of endpoint protection for virtual machines. In this discussion with Daniel Schrader from our Endpoint Security Product Management team, we will look at the differences between protecting physical and virtual endpoints. Different approaches to securing virtual machines will be discussed as will changes Symantec has made to Symantec Endpoint Protection 12.1 to optimize it for virtual environments.
How to Login to Norton Account
Feb 18, 2011If you are not familiar with the Norton Account, first of all I want to note that My Norton Account is a free online „service”, through which everyone can get the latest product updates, access online features and services, protect additional computers, view Norton Product Keys and benefit from various special offers for Norton customers only.
Norton Account includes the following features:
- Products — View all of your registered Norton products and services;
- Order History — View details of your online orders, including order status, payment status, amount paid, and the Norton products and services purchased.
- Profile — Keep your personal and billing information up-to-date by editing your Profile.
- Change Password — Maintain your Norton Account security by periodically changing your password.
- Special Offers — Take advantage of promotions, discounts, and special offers that are provided to Norton Account holders.
Symantec has recently observed phishing websites spoofing courier service brands
Aug 17, 2010Symantec has recently observed phishing websites spoofing courier service brands. There were primarily three brands targeted and fraudsters were attempting to steal customers’ login credentials.
So what’s in the login credentials of courier service brands that fraudsters can take advantage of? Couriers provide their customer with several online features upon registering with the brand’s legitimate website. The features help customers to track their shipments, make online payments for their orders, specify the address for delivery, and so on. If login credentials are stolen, fraudsters can benefit from these features because it may enable them to reroute valuable packages to any address they provide.
In one of the phishing sites, the page prompted the customer to update user details, purportedly because "the account had not been updated for a considerable time." The details that required updating included sensitive information such as login credentials, account name, account number, and billing address. When the requested information is entered, the page redirects to the legitimate website, which creates the illusion that the update is complete. If customers fall victim to these phishing sites, they may end up losing their customer identity with the courier, which would — at the very least — result in the failure of having their packages delivered to the recipients.
Search the Web using Norton Safe Search
Jun 11, 2010Norton Safe Search enhances your Web search experience. When you search the Internet using Norton Safe Search, it uses Ask.com to generate search results. Norton Safe Search provides site safety status and Norton rating for each of the search results generated.
By default, the Norton Safe Search box is disabled. After you install Norton Internet Security and open Internet Explorer or Firefox for the first time, an alert message is displayed. The alert message prompts you to enable Norton Safe Search. You can choose to enable or disable Norton Safe Search.
As you type a few letters in the search box, Norton Safe Search displays the search suggestions in the search box pop-up. You can see the search suggestions after you type three or more characters in the search box. It also provides you the intelligent search-as-you-type feature that displays search suggestions when you type a few letters of the search phrase.
Keeping protection up to date
Apr 17, 2010Definition updates are available to you as long as you maintain an active product status. The ways in which you can acquire the product and maintain your status are as follows: