Norton: What's Next
Jun 21, 2012 9:15 AM EST
By Neil J. Rubenking
Every year Symantec holds a press event to show off their coming new technologies and products. This year's Next@Norton event, held in San Francisco, drew tech journalists from seventeen countries. Past events have featured some amazing demonstrations including building a Trojanized Android app onstage and using Stuxnet to blow up... a balloon. This year the ambitious demos hit a few glitches, but attendees received an impressive dose of brand-new information. During the full, presentation-packed day, Symantec representatives revealed quite a few initiatives that had never before been made public.
Social Networking Protection
Gerry Egan, a Norton senior director for product management, reported on the state of social media security. He started with a review of common social media attacks ranging from simple scams to elaborate click-jacking and like-jacking schemes. Norton Safe Web, installed with Norton security products, protects against this sort of attack. Those relying on a different company for security can still install the free Norton Safe Web Lite.
The Next Generation
Starting this fall, Norton products will no longer include a version or year in the product name, said Collin Davis, senior director of engineering. New features will be added as they become available, in automatic updates. Davis likened this mode to the way websites get updated. To make this new system work, updates will no longer require a reboot. Windows 8 is still a moving target, but the next generation of Norton tools will definitely support it.
Naturally the products will work both on the classic desktop and under Metro. In addition to the next release of Norton Antivirus, Norton Internet Security, and Norton 360, the development team has several other projects in the works. To start, Norton Studio will offer functionality similar to the current online Norton Management system, letting you check the status of all your Norton installations, fix problems, manage licenses, and so on.
An antivirus tool tentatively called Cloud Scanner will scan your "stuff" that lives in the cloud, for example, your Facebook profile. In addition you can have it scan local folders. Interestingly, the window title in the demo was iAntivirus, the same as Symantec's MacOS product.
The native Metro browser won't support plug-ins, so there will be no way to use such things as Norton Safe Web with it. To get around that problem the team is building a Norton Private Browser with all necessary security features built in.
A Lot Going On
Once all of these projects are finished, there'll be a lot more Norton products out there. The MobileSecurity.com website already offers safety information about Android apps, and Norton App Advisor will help you weed out dangerous Facebook apps. Norton Hotspot Privacy will secure your iOS/Mac device's Internet connection, and Norton Mobile Utilities 2.0 will help extend its battery life.
Whatever final name it receives, "Project Apollo" will move as much security as possible into the home gateway, thereby protecting all connected devices. Norton Studio, Cloud Scanner, and Norton Private Browser will enhance the Windows 8 security experience. I can't guarantee that all of these products will live up to their glowing descriptions, but the enthusiasm of the Symantec team is definitely contagious.
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发表于 2012-9-8 22:29:31
