The Symantec/Norton Thread.

I just double checked. I guess it's only been 9 years.

 

Visually you are half correct, but internally the product is very different from the initial version 22, along the years Norton team made those notable changes:

1- New engine called Symantec Data Scanner.

https://community.norton.com/en/blo...roducing-symantec-data-scanner-sds-technology

2 - A new generic anti-exploit module called Proactive Exploit Protection:

https://community.norton.com/en/blo...ents/introducing-proactive-exploit-protection

3 - A new module that block scripts and macros.

4 - A new module called "Data Protector" that acts as a last resource layer against ransomware.

5- New heuristics and AI protection with less false positives.

6- Better behavior blocker, performance and continuous bug fixes.

7 - Software module updater (best in class for security solutions).

8 - Better IPS module and agnostic browser protection along with a better Norton Safe Web extension.


Nowadays Norton is pretty good, it is a top tier solution along Kaspersky, Bitdefender, ESET and so on.

Ps: The engine changes and upgrades are pretty interesting too, example (yes, those are ported to Norton):

https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en...rotect-against-living-off-the-land-tools.html

 

They really should bump the version number and refresh the UI a bit.

 

Ahh ok only 9 years. Regardless, that GUI needs updating for sure.

 

It does. Hurts my eyes to look at all of that white and yellow.

 

Yeah, I agree with that, it doesnt make a good impression for the majority of users because it seems like that there weren't any improvement in years and this isnt true at all.

 

+1.

 

Norton Security 22.23.10.10 for Windows is now available!

 

Norton Security 22.24.1.6 for Windows is now available!

 

Looking back through this... I think I see what the version number is. Looks like 22.yy.mm.dd? Probably build date and not release date?

 

That's as good a guess as any, but who knows with Norton. As you know, they don't like sharing too much information.

 

End-of-Life announcement for Norton security software on Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 (SP0)

 

Norton Security 22.24.2.6 for Windows is now available!

 

Norton Security 22.24.3.2 for Windows is now available!

 

Just saw this today. Are they finally going to update it?

https://us.norton.com/new-norton-app

 

Looks interesting. It's about time they did something.

 

Norton Security 22.24.5.6 for Windows is now available!

 

Please, if anyone can provide information on how Norton scams and deceives with the Norton Ultimate tool, check it out for yourself, turn on Smart Scan, and it will show you that supposedly your computer has such a mess and you need to buy Norton Ultimate. What is it called when someone tries to cheat their customers with false computer cleanliness results? I add photos, and you can scan Smart Scan yourself and ask someone specific to describe it here



This is a scam because my computer is clean. Check it yourself with Smart Scan; everyone who has Norton will see the same thing.

I never thought Norton would be so deceiving something needs to be done about it because people all over the world are being deceived
https://ibb.co/5km1wgs
Krusty help please

 

Introducing Norton Security v.24 for Mac! 05-Nov-2024

 

Norton relies on Avast scan engine
https://www.heise.de/en/news/Norton-relies-on-Avast-scan-engine-9866215.html
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Norton: 3rd Party Engine= Avast
https://www.av-comparatives.org/list-of-consumer-av-vendors-pc/

 

looks like we don't need to pay for Norton any longer then..

 

Norton has nowhere near as much user tracking built in compared to Avast. I've used Blackfog Privacy for many years now and last time I installed Avast it was constantly blocking profiling attempts. I do not have that issue with the latest Norton 24.x, or previous versions.

 

Probably, the difference is that you are paying for one and the other is free ?

But, still it kind of makes you wonder, if you need to pay for a AV which you can have for free.