Reg: May Kudos 0. I have the same question 0. Reg: Apr Might be a good idea to run a full system scan in case you have picked up some malware. If that link does not work for you then you may be infected already. Oddballs like myself who actually do want the names must peruse the security history.
Norton detected 89 percent of the malware samples and scored 7. I did say Norton 's scores improved. That improvement comes specifically in the area of rootkits, where Norton detected percent of the samples and scored 8.
While quite a few other products detected percent of the rootkits, only PC Tools, with 9. Norton Version 5. For these tests I install the product on a clean system, attempt to launch malware samples, and chart the product's response.
Between Norton Safe Web blocking malicious sites and Download Insight blocking dangerous downloads, Norton blocked almost 80 percent of the samples still available for download.
When I opened a folder containing pre-downloaded instances of those same samples, Norton wiped out 78 percent of them immediately, just slightly more than Norton Internet Security did. I launched those that survived the initial onslaught and tallied up just how effectively Norton fended them off.
Norton detected 89 percent of the threats and scored 8. Others did better overall, though. Ad-Aware Pro Internet Security 9. But with 9. As in the removal test, Norton showed serious improvement at handling rootkits, scoring a perfect 10 for blocking rootkits. If you're one of the dwindling group who lack this benefit, Norton 's antispam will do a good job without requiring any user intervention. There's no training required; all you need do is agree when it offers to integrate with Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express.
Those using a different e-mail client probably aren't the target audience for Norton In testing, I found that downloading a thousand messages took around twice as long with the spam filter engaged. Given that e-mail arrives in the background you'd be hard-pressed to notice any slowdown.
Out of over 8, recent messages Norton did not mistakenly identify a single valid message as spam. It did allow almost 12 percent of undeniable spam into the Inbox, but that's significantly better than Norton Internet Security did. Multiple Privacy Features Norton Internet Security is my touchstone for testing products that claim to protect users from fraudulent phishing websites.
Its combination of database-driven blocking for known fraudulent sites and real-time analysis for new ones consistently beats almost all of the competition. Norton offers exactly the same technology. The following chart shows how Norton technology stacks up against the rest.
The toolbar marks up search results to help users avoid dangerous sites and offers further details about sites identified as shopping-related. Searches performed through the toolbar's built-in Safe Search box completely suppress dangerous results. It doesn't have Web-based access or other advanced features found in LastPass 1. Parental control in Norton is precisely the free edition. That means it keeps activity logs for the last 7 days, whereas the premier edition retains them for 90 days.
And it omits the time summary and video monitoring features. I asked why Norton users don't get those high-end features. Symantec explained that Norton Online Family Premier is only available in English and only within the United States, so the free edition is more appropriate for widespread distribution. The free edition is a very good product, almost up to par with top commercial products like Net Nanny 6. Still, I wish Symantec had offered the premier edition to Norton users who match its distribution criteria.
Local and Remote Backup Norton does its best to ensure you'll back up your files by making the process really, really simple. It creates a default backup set consisting of the kinds of files most users want to protect. Naturally you can make your own choices, but if you don't the default settings should protect most of your important files. Norton offers 2 GB of hosted online backup, but can also back up to almost any local storage media.
If you use the online storage it automatically runs your backup jobs in the background. Online backup is so easy you may find you want more space. Version 4. Starting with that version you can log into your Norton account and download backed-up files from anywhere. It will also create links to share specific files with others, optionally encrypting the links and setting an expiry date. The backup enhancements for the current version aren't as glamorous as those in version 4.
Clicking the other links brings up windows for detailed configuration of various program areas. When Norton 's firewall protection blocks an attempt to exploit system vulnerabilities it simply pops up a small window reporting that event.
Clicking the window for more details reveals the exact name and nature of the attack, as shown here. When Norton detects an undeniable attack from a given IP address it blocks all access by that address for 30 minutes. I had to temporarily turn off this feature in order to complete my exploit protection test. When malware interfered with installation of Norton on one test system the installer suggested I contact support. The tech-support agent remotely took control of the system and solved the problem.
By default when you manually run a system scan Norton also runs an update and a tuneup operation. On completion it displays the simple summary shown here. Clicking the link for more details gets you this list of resolved and unresolved threats summarized by type.
In order to see exactly what the malware scan did you must click the link for Security History and view the categories "Resolved Security Risks" and "Unresolved Security Risks".
When removing a threat could force closure of open programs, Norton displays this warning and waits for your permission to perform the fix. Norton 's Safe Web component blocks all access to known malware-hosting sites.
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