The Symantec/Norton Thread.

I used the Xfinity version of Norton for quite some time in the past and never had any issues. Eventually I purchased a new machine which came with a year of premium anti virus so I switched to it. At first I was exited to switch over to the more hyped and glamorous anti-virus program and was certain I'd be better protected than i was with Xfin Norton. Webroot and Kaspersky are the programs I have used since switching (not together) and according to the reviews I've read I should have been much more pleased with them than I was with Norton, except I wasn't! I'm thinking about switching back but before I do wanted to run it past wilders because I was a novice user back then and probably didn't even know how to spot good or bad antivirus software. Should I stick with Kaspersky or go back to Norton?

Thanks

 

Read my posts since 2012 on Symantec and Norton, you will get enough hints on what they did to get where they are now.

They have a good product now, but that doesn't mean it's backed up by good intelligence.

 

Norton 22.6 Product Update available now

 

Norton Security 22.6.0.142

Changelog:

• Renamed "Norton File Insight" to “File Insight” in the context menu
• Added a new toggle for PEP [Pro-Active Exploit Prevention] under Firewall settings
• Added Norton Safe Search Popup for Comcast Norton Security Suite Layouts which Enables customer to set Norton as Default Search provider.
• Added an option to remove Norton if set as default home page and default search provider

Download:
https://ru.norton.com/norton-security-antivirus
https://community.norton.com/en/blo...ments/norton-226-product-update-available-now

 

Received Norton Security update v22.6.0.142. No problems so far.

 

Same here. When I saw this a couple of days ago I switched back to it. Liking it so far. It is a very stable product. I still feel it slows browser launches quite a bit. I'm trying to decide if I want to reinstall MBAM with it or if it is good without. Does anyone else feel it is needed?

 

More behavior based Proactive Exploit Protection sounds good to me just as long it does not include lots of false positives. Would like to see it in action.

 

Norton has greatly reduced their false positives over the last couple of years. My complaint is that when there is one it deletes the file without any ability to recover it.

 

That has always been my complaint with Norton as well.

I am just coming back to Norton after being away from it for awhile. Are the default settings good enough to be protected or should things be raised up a bit? Thanks.

 

You should check the settings and modify as example Boot-Time Protection to aggressive, maybe bump up SONAR.

Look through the settings and change them suiting your needs

 

Thanks man I have an old PC, so I have to take it easy on bumping thing up to much. Cheers!

 

I would set the boot time protection to "Normal", but I would absolutely turn it on.

 

Will do and thanks.

 

Once again I do not seem to be able to login to my account on the Norton forums... Does anyone here know what I lose by disabling all Norton related browser extensions? My only real complaint with the product is the slow browsing and that clears up entirely if I disable the browser extensions.

 

Are you using the same login details for your Norton account?

https://community.norton.com/en/forums/forum-login-linked-norton-account-login

Phishing protection and the SafeWeb annotations in search results.

 

Thanks for the reply.
I am using the same credentials which is why it irritates me. I straightened this out with Tony Weiss not too long ago and now i can't log in again.

I don't think I'll miss the SafeWeb stuff. I can throw MBAM back on if need be. It's not as heavy as Norton's browser extensions. After disabling them and the Anti Spam (which doesn't work for IMAP accounts anyway) I am pretty happy with the speed. I just don't want to leave a gaping hole that another product might cover.

 

If you open Norton and click on the big Security tab > Advanced, you should still see Browser Protection is enabled after you disable the Norton extensions... I think.

You would also lose the ID Safe in case you use it, but I figured you would know that.

 

Correct, Browser Protection is enabled.

Yep, I know about ID Safe, but I use LastPass so I won't miss that either.

Hopefully I am good with this setup this way. I'll probably try it with MBAM tomorrow just to see how it runs. I don't think Sandboxie is compatible with Norton anymore, so I guess that stays off. Thanks again.

 

You're always welcome.

 

@xxJackxx ,

Curious are you logging into Norton Forums with Firefox? If so, do you use NoScript?

 

Looks interesting. Have they implemented this technology into their business AV line, the Symantec Endpoint Protection client?

 

I'm not certain, but I image so.

 

You are correct. I'll have to try another browser later.

Edit---
You got it. I can log in with IE just fine.

 

I was of the understanding that it appeared there first, but don't have time to look it up at the moment.

 

If you're using NoScript you need to allow nortoncdn.com.