Norton 360 Version 5.0 Beta

[Pleonasm]

Norton 360 Version 5.0 Beta is now available. Please see here (http://www.symantec.com/about/news/release/article.jsp?prid=20101012_02) for a description of the product’s features, and see here (http://us.norton.com/beta/overview.jsp?pvid=n3605beta) to participate in the beta process.

[ExtremeGamerBR]

Cool! Maybe in two months I test, the interface is really cool! :thumb:

[3GUSER]

To be honest , it by itself is nothing special - just NIS 2011 with new interface + back-up/optimisations functions.

[icr]

@ 3GUSER
Totally agree with you:thumb:

[ExtremeGamerBR]

What is the difference between Norton 360 and Norton 360 Pro Premier?

[malexous]

The Premier Edition has 25GB online backup as opposed to 2GB.

http://us.norton.com/products/charts/comparison.jsp?pcid=mp

[ExtremeGamerBR]

-{ Quote: "The Premier Edition has 25GB online backup as opposed to 2GB.

http://us.norton.com/products/charts/comparison.jsp?pcid=mp" }-

Thanks! :thumb:

[maddawgz]

bloaty??? how is detection.where u get beta?

[JRViejo]

maddawgz, Pleonasm provided the link in the post: Norton 360 Version 5.0 (http://us.norton.com/beta/overview.jsp?pvid=n3605beta)

[Nevis]

quite similar to NIS 2011 GUI
engine going to be same

so not very exciting

[malexous]

The most exciting part is the round taskbar icon.

[ExtremeGamerBR]

What sets it interests me is the backup, probably soon buy a license it! :thumb:

[Victek123]

-{ Quote: "quite similar to NIS 2011 GUI
engine going to be same

so not very exciting" }-

Yes, the pattern seems to be NIS gets the new tech first and then it's ported to N360. Still, if you're a N360 user it's new (and maybe exciting) for you :)

AFAICT the only reason to use N360 instead of NIS is the online backup functionality, and you really need the larger 25gig capacity to make that useful.

[dschrader]

It used to be that NIS got the new tech first, then it rolled into 360. That is changing - new development cycle will put 360 first as it is the flagship product.

[Pleonasm]

-{ Quote: "...new development cycle will put 360 first as it is the flagship product." }-
I recall seeing an article that briefly referenced this change. If I remember the gist correctly, the article seemed to suggest that Symantec is seeking to transition from a thick-client (Norton Internet Security) approach to something like a hosted, thin-client approach to PC security (under the Norton 360 brand). Can you please elaborate on these plans?

[TonyW]

-{ Quote: "If I remember the gist correctly, the article seemed to suggest that Symantec is seeking to transition from a thick-client (Norton Internet Security) approach to something like a hosted, thin-client approach to PC security (under the Norton 360 brand)." }-That sounds like the product going more cloud-based, which, let's face it, a lot of security programs seem to be heading towards these days.

[ExtremeGamerBR]

The Norton will never implement a sandbox in their products? :(

Several AVs already have this protection included (Avast! IS, KIS, Comodo).

[malexous]

Voice your interest.

http://community.norton.com/t5/Norton-Product-Ideas/Sandbox/idi-p/215595

[ExtremeGamerBR]

Malexous,

Thank you, good to know that they are considering developing a SB.

But really for novice users is a bit hard to handle SB.

Thanks again, was very helpful.

[slider916]

Is this true that if you lose your internet connection that Norton is basically useless because it depends on your connection?

Thanks.

[firzen771]

-{ Quote: "Is this true that if you lose your internet connection that Norton is basically useless because it depends on your connection?

Thanks." }-

well the Insight component would be im pretty sure, i dont remember is Sonar was cloud or not but if it is then most of its functionality would also be gone

[3GUSER]

-{ Quote: "Is this true that if you lose your internet connection that Norton is basically useless because it depends on your connection?

Thanks." }-

If you lose your Internet connection you are less likely to get infected because the majority of today's threats are internet-borne type. Malware cannot download payload , spyware and trojans cannot spy on you , you can't open infected websites , etc. With no internet connection , the cloud functionality and SafeWeb cannot work so protection is less . However , theats are less , too . Classical Auto-Protect (real-time file system protection) with local signatures remains fully working , of course. SONAR , too

[ExtremeGamerBR]

-{ Quote: "Is this true that if you lose your internet connection that Norton is basically useless because it depends on your connection?

Thanks." }-

But if you lose your internet connection you can only be infected by a malware that is already on your machine (Like some malicious executable) or via USB.

I think Norton can protect you even without the Insight. :thumb:

EDIT: Did not see that 3GUSER posted, it was like our posts (Although it gets better).

[dschrader]

Norton will work just fine even if you lose your internet connection. A portion of the Insight data and all the sigs are stored locally. You don't need a connection to get strong protection.

Pleonasm, we are not transitioning to a thin, hosted client - not as far as I know (I no longer work on the Norton products). We do have a new hosted solution for small enterprises - essentially NIS on the client and a web management console. But most sales are and will continue to be traditional, full client solutions.

The transition I was referring too was simply changing the development cycle so that N360 gets the newest technology which will then roll into NAV/NIS instead of the other way around.

[3GUSER]

-{ Quote: "Norton will work just fine even if you lose your internet connection. " }-



No.....

No matter that some part of Insight data is locally , Norton will not be able to coneect to the Cloud to gather information for new files arriving via other (non-Internet) means such as files coming from network shares , removable (pen) drives or CD/DVDs. Of course Auto-Protect will remain functioning and you/we still consider it to be one of the most important parts . But what about future updates (every 8 hours or so , pulse updates ...) ? Of course user will be without them.

However , most wide spread internet borne threats (spyware,trojans...) that rely on the Internet to spy/function and to be spread (to be downloaded from) will not function , too and protection for them will not be as effective by the means of Download Insight , Safe Web , etc as it was when Internet connection was present.

-{ Quote: "Norton will work just fine even if you lose your internet connection" }-

If you lose Internet connection , the only way to infected yourself with rogue application , spyware , trojan is to be either very stupid , to be do it on purpose.
Todays threats need Internet to function and they have no benefit to kill your Internet.

[Pleonasm]

-{ Quote: "Pleonasm, we are not transitioning to a thin, hosted client - not as far as I know (I no longer work on the Norton products)....

The transition I was referring too was simply changing the development cycle so that N360 gets the newest technology which will then roll into NAV/NIS instead of the other way around." }-
Thanks, Dan, for the clarification.

[silverfox99]

Just for clarification, does N360v5.0 beta have any new tech over and above the current NIS2011?

[cupez80]

-{ Quote: "Just for clarification, does N360v5.0 beta have any new tech over and above the current NIS2011?" }-
i dont think so.. its just NIS 2011++ (backup stuff, system optimiser bla..bla..)

[3GUSER]

-{ Quote: "i dont think so.. its just NIS 2011++ (backup stuff, system optimiser bla..bla..)" }-

and the interface includes the newest Norton logo

[malexous]

No longer a difference, though. Build 18.5.0.125 of Norton Antivirus and Norton Internet Security displays the new logo.