Symantec unveils Norton 2008 software
Today Symantec released new and improved versions of its popular Norton Internet Security and Norton AntiVirus products. Of special interest is the addition of Norton Identity Safe to the Norton Internet Security suite. Norton Identity Safe implements concepts introduced in the Symantec Identity Initiative to protect users against identity theft and loss of personal information. The new products have been redesigned for better performance and now include One-Click Support, introduced with Norton 360. One-Click Support starts with built-in troubleshooting routines that can automatically fix problems and escalates as needed to phone support, e-mail, or free live chat support, all within the product’s user interface.
Even more than the 2007 version, this version makes its own security decisions rather than interrupting the user to ask questions they’re not qualified to answer. LiveUpdate will also work in the background, without bothering the user unless it specifically runs into a problem. In addition to One-Click Support, both products include the new BrowserDefender technology, which protects the browser against exploits found on malicious or hacked Web sites. According to Symantec, BrowserDefender can block attacks that target the browser using ActiveX controls, JavaScript, or VBScript, even when the attacking code is obfuscated. Both products also rely on Symantec’s SONAR behavioral detection technology to identify and neutralize malicious code even before Symantec’s research group has devised a malware signature. Expect these new releases very soon. 
First to say Norton sux at antivrus these days
Ill add to the first comment saying that Norton always sucked.
I have to agree with you guyz!
Kaspersky or Nod32 are the best solutions…
ummm to best solution is migrating to linux
Most exploits are written in and for Unix based operating systems…
open source thingies are more vulnerable for hackers/ virus-programmers.
who still use this crap
Personally I would rather have a virus (or several… hundred) than a Norton product, virii are easier to remove.
Kaspersky for me ever time!
or get a apple, OS X rules too
OS X is not only apple compatible
OS X is compatible with umm.. what?
1 in 10 games. LoL
Nort0n sucks ass and should be a Apple product.
That is all.
NOD32 for me.., still the best
“this version makes its own security decisions rather than interrupting the user to ask questions they’re not qualified to answer”
the Terminator’s prophecy is coming true! we’re doomed!
NOD32 is good, but improvments are still needed there
nod32 with zonealarm pro is very nice
Symantec’s Norton utilities was once a great, and potent stuff… approx 10-15 years ago.
Now, I am very happy with my Kaspersky 7.0
But I use Spywareterminator and Ad-aware too, and this triumvirate offers really good virus, spyware, adware protection.
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Haha this turned into a Anti-Virus/OS war.
+1 Nod32
Agnitum outpost firewall pro and Kaspersky and Doctor Spyware is the shit!
*sigh*
“this version makes its own security decisions rather than interrupting the user to ask questions they’re not qualified to answer”
This is the true M$ way. So now, if you install Vista, then add Norton to it, you will no longer be in control of your machine. The damn thing will do everything for you (actually, instead and against you), in a way that you don’t want things to be done. Welcome to the age of AS! (artificial stupidity)
I know it’s just news, but why in the world would you want to announce a new Symantec product, Martin?
I use Debian with SELinux and encryption for both / and swap (never forget to encrypt swap, it’s an easy exploit)
(and also OpenBSD, secure by default)
Norton is indeed very bad.
Does their actually exist a virus that slows down your system as much as a default Norton setup.
no matter how many times you tell people that norton IS worse than any virus, they will never believe it until they discover for themselves that the ONLY way to remove norton from your system is a complete reinstall of windoz
kaspersky all the way for me
even more crappy bloatware
lol, Vista, Norton and throw in a TPM chip and you are no longer in control on your computer; better off not having one in that case.
Yes, Norton was useful back in the day. By today’s standard, the Norton line is a dinosaur, an ineffective curmudgeon that keeps putting on a new suit to cover up the fact that he hasn’t showered in ages.
I assume Symantec can stay in business selling this invasive bloatware by getting people who already have it installed to purchase cheap upgrades, selling bulk corporate licenses to companies and institutions that don’t know better and your general computer illiterate AOL luser-types, which still number in the millions.
This has already been released on the net.. lol, how fast.
Am I the only who uses AVG Pro Suite ?
pffffffff (and zone alarm pro v3.0 :P)
Usually first-time users and parents at bestbuy buy this crap ..
NORTON DOESN’T DESERVE AN ARTICLE!!
uninstalling norton is damn easy; format c and reinstall windows ;p
loler I completely agree.
The article should have read:
Today Symantec released new and improved versions of its popular Norton Internet Security and Norton AntiVirus products that will further compromise your system behaviour meanwhile providing you with that authentic false sense of security since 1990. Of special interest is the addition of Norton Identity Safe to the Norton Internet Security suite which will ensure that your confidential information will be spread securely around the internet and especially to Microsoft so they can rip you off without you knowing it.
Oh yeah, dont forget the special interest new feature: anti anti-installation function which will prohibit you from uninstalling the application and is low-level format safe. It will even install itself automagically on that new PC you bought in order to get rid of the program on your old pc. Norton will never leave your home without your pc.
Specially designed with the Vista user in mind, “this version makes its own security decisions rather than interrupting the user to ask questions they’re not qualified to answer.”
This is an exceptionally useful feature as upon installation and activation it will automatically detect itself as malware and initiate a partition format, cleansing the system of both Vista and itself, allowing the user to learn from his previous mistakes.
And you all thought the product had no useful features…
I love norton best anti-virus I ever used: When I had norton 2005, I installed it then had to uninstall it then I had to reformat cause it erased my system files.. it was so great cause it was like protecting me :).
Norton is a big useless bloatware and it needs to die.
It sucks more ressources than a NYC whore on the job.
Death To Norton !!!!!
NOD32 FTW !!!!!!!
NOD32 kills my computer, Kaspersky all the way!
norton is the best u can get!!! what is kaspersky?
Norton. Can you say “Holy Bloatware Batman”? I do alot of ‘cleaning up & speeding up’ services for people’s PCs. Norton is one of the first things to go. Always.
yea just got kaspersky seems alright at this point
but yea i got rid of norton for the most part without formatting my c drive i mean if it is any of it left it is to the point where i could care less about it
I thought that there would be a new version of Norton360 but NO……..WHY????????????????????
nod32 all the way
Norton sucks fish smelling man balls….
Only tards who don’t know nowt bout security or computers use Norton… Kaspersky ftw tbh
the new norton version are allready out get it in this site:
adigitalbox.blogspot.com
Well if you need a AV in the first place you must be a muppet every virus that comes out has new properties and new ways of infecting your system which no av can fix straight away that why they are called new virus’s now if you think that one is better than another that is your opion but they all have week point when it comes to a new virus none can do anything about it simple as.
Stop acting like kids saying mine is better than yours and mine is bigger than yours when really its up to a user half of you lot probably work for nod32 and kaspersky or just want to!
If you cannot fix your own infections then you shouldn’t have a pc at all.
Kaspersky is ok but i have heard some rumors that the programmers behind it are communists and i do not trust commies !!!!!!!
One day they may include a backdoor in their software so that a reformed Soviet Union or Red China could hack each and every one of us.Don’t trust the wolf in sheep clothings.Stay firm and alert.
Long live USA !!!!
I used norton before they started adding that activate norton thing which was intially cracked but after that it was just pain to try to patch the software everyday …. but then I looked at Symantec Corporate ….. and it is working great … i just have that and it has caught every virus for me …
lol at norton is a spawn of satan, and I use symantec norton corporate edition and have no problems with it at all.
What do the communists have to do with Kaspersky or anything like that ? Ok, it’s a russian software. SO WHAT ? How stupid and ignorant people can be ? ..
Just to stay in topic, Norton sux all the way.
Long live Kaspersky!!!!
i’ve got my norton and i’m happy with it so far, though i won’t prolly get the 2008 release
holly crap dudes! are you all freaking 10 years old kids? For arguing like that? pathetic!
and it still sucks..
To Stupidity :
Read this : :
“Speaking to Computing at the anti-virus lab’s headquarters, located in
a totalitarian-looking ex-communist party building on the outskirts of
Moscow, Kaspersky scrolls through a list of hundreds of new viruses
that have been caught using virus-detecting ‘honey-pot’ computers over
the past five days.”
See ?? SEE ??!?
They say ex-communist party building but this is a ruse and a front by the KGB !!!.Kaspersky will be the driving force behind the reformation of the Soviet Union and the new cold war that is coming.
Just like the Chinese used spies to infiltrate the USA , the new Soviet Union will do the same by using Kaspersky !!!!
If you jackasses actually read the above comments you will realise that no one is arguing…we are all united in our loathing of Norton.
LONG LIVE THE USSR!!
Love the Rodina!!
and this is not off topic?
half of these comments are useles..
To Norton is the spawn of Satan:
Somewhere I read that USA has the biggest percentage of illiteracy in the world. Since you believe everything you read I may believe the same. For that reason you must be REALLY stupid. So I don’t believe in what you are writting. But this make a circle. in conclusion the same opinion repeats itself. You have better start reading this message from the beginning until you understand it.
PS. Do you use the windows calculator to pass the “Spam protection”????
Of course not
I have a calculated IQ of 142 , i am an Hardvard graduate and was always first of class.I studied politics and the cold war and i know what Russia and Kaspersky are up to !!!!!
Wake up before it’s too late
Booya!
http://www.marxists.org/history/ussr/sounds/mp3/soviet-anthem1944.mp3
This bring tears to my eyes. Such a wonderful song that represent the glory of Mother Russia
May the might of the Soviet Union rise up once again !
VOTE KASPERSKY FOR PRESIDENT. Don’t let Symantec’s propaganda persuade you. LOL!!!
Let’s get serious. It is just a software company.
lol @ ludwigvb 57
The United Nations, which defines illiteracy as the inability to read and write a simple message in any language, has conducted a number of surveys on world illiteracy. In the first survey (1950, pub. 1957) at least 44% of the world’s population were found to be illiterate. A 1978 study showed the rate to have dropped to 32.5%, by 1990 illiteracy worldwide had dropped to about 27%, and by 1998 to 16%. However, a study by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) published in 1998 predicted that the world illiteracy rate would increase in the 21st cent. because only a quarter of the world’s children were in school by the end of the 20th cent. The highest illiteracy rates were found in the less developed nations of Africa, Asia, and South America; the lowest in Australia, Japan, North Korea, and the more technologically advanced nations of Europe and North America. Using the UN definition of illiteracy, the United States and Canada have an overall illiteracy rate of about 1%. In certain disadvantaged areas, however, such as the rural South in the United States, the illiteracy rate is much higher.
http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0858751.html
Such Idiotcy should be punishable by death especially after just reading it “somewhere” in the back of your head.
Do any of you pay for these AV and firewall apps?
If you use cracked security software you’re an idiot. You’re using software that has been tampered with. How is that a good idea?
Zone Alarm Free and AVG Free and PeeGuardian2 with 12 lists from http://www.bluetack.co.uk NO problems at all.
Enjoy you’re cracked security software.:lol:
Running F-Secure for the moment i tested Norton 360 and i liked it really much.
f*** nod32, f*** norton and f*** kaspersky they all lame as hell. nod dont keep up with updates, kaspersky has security holes, and norton is just plain ass. get Avira AntiVir, its better then any, “http://www.avira.com/en/pages/index.php”.
QUOTE “Symantec” - “Even more than the 2007 version, this version makes its own security decisions rather than interrupting the user to ask questions” OH GOD, so not norton is gonna become evey worse by just deteling randon s*** on your computer, wow, get Avira AntiVir
and if u dont believe me here are some stats for yall, http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2135092,00.asp
mr.cool: still smoking rock huh i see u havent changed one bit
AVG > Norton
Virus > Norton
In Mother Russia we don’t smoke rocks
We eat them !
norton fails it. aVast FTW
fuck russia fuck usa fuck norton
I loved Norton 2005. I hated 2006. I have Norton Internet Security 2007 and in my opinion it works great. Norton 360 is alright, but it doesn’t let you do right click and scan one item.
no way norton is better then Kaspersky.. i use nod32 btw..
ok so wheres the crack or keygen? =)
Kaspersky is good, NOD is BETTER!!!
What the hell’s this crap doing on Releaselog?
I think Symantec Corporate works great. Plus you dont have to worry about funcky cracking, just install and your protected forever. Hasnt let me down yet.
silly comments,from a bunch of kids,do you guys realise these companys create viruses,to sell their products,and Norton is the biggest virus creator of them all,i know because my friend worked for them,fact,dangerous trogans,similar viruses damage your computer,theses companys know their own creative viruses,thus getting you to buy their product,in any country,norton is rubbish,stay away from these products,by purchasing them you give them the money to create new viruses,stop and think,new update products come with new viruses,only way to sell their products,stay safe on the net,stay away from them.
Symantec has been known to backdoor its software, a simple google search will tell you this, switch to ubuntu http://www.ubuntu.com and check out my site http://ubuntu-unleashed.blogspot.com and you wont ever need an antivirus again!
As many said Norton is really lowsy. I would class it as a Virus. Takes control over your PC and slows everything. Isnt that a virus then i dont know what is.
Get nod32! It is small and easy. A little special UI but nothing to worry about as it never bother you and works excellent without any problem
really happy i found this nice AV.
pft, most of you dont know what your talking about and just buy into the hype of a few.. Norton works fine. Learn to form your own opinions
I use Symantec Corporate client 10.2.x.. nothing compares..
Nod32 and Krap are just that .. crap!
SAV evens kills spyware… numero uno!
Just installed - or tried to - Norton AV 2008. What a disaster! Even after removing ZoneAlarm the program refused to run on my well-maintained XP system. Ended up with a blue screen of death and no internet connectivity at all!
Still digging out…..
I need the crack or keygen !!!!!!!!!1
it sounds like no one likes your product, i’m hoping that i can figure out how to install it still, my old norton runs out in a few days, & I’m hoping that my new one will kick in automatically, because i ordered this, didn’t get a disc, & i have no idea how to download this product that i’ve ordered for 69.98 wow what a price to pay for something i can’t figure out how to put on my computer
Can you please help me? Sylvia Knecht
Kaspersky and Nod32 have awesome detection rates, and not just for in the wild malware.
Symantec takes advantage of people who have bought PCs from tacky shops (pcworld etc). REAL ‘home’ users. They buy dual core pcs and every symantec product on it and it runs like a spectrum, and people have no idea what it is supposed to run like. SAD
People have always had this ‘MY AV is better than yours’ argument, its funny how brand loyalty has swung so far away from symantec, bring back the old norton utils
Does anyone know where I can get a cracked copy of Norton 360 V2.0?