Norton Internet Security 2008 测评（完整翻译）

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What's so good about NIS 2008? After I installed it, it seems so unobtrusive, am I really protected? How tough is it to fight against malwares? How to configure this product? Every time when I log in Kafan forum, there are tons of threads asking these kinds of questions? Well, the PC Magazine's review may have the answer.  Somebody translated this review some days ago, but it's incomplete, so now I give it a try. Hope the Chinese version doesn't baffle you. If you find any errors, just feel free to let me know and I'll amend it.
NIS 2008有什么好呢？安装后，它一直都是安安静静的，我真的有受到保护吗？在对付恶意软件方面，它有多强悍呢？怎么设置这个产品？每次来到卡饭，总能看到这样的提问帖子。《个人计算机杂志》的这篇测试也许能够回答这些问题。以前已经有人翻译过了，但还不完整，所以我就动手试试啦！希望中文版本不会让您读完一头雾水。如果发现翻译错误的话，只管告诉我好了，我会修正的。
Bottom Line 概要
Norton Internet Security 2008 remains our Editors' Choice for security suites. Its virus/spyware scan scored very well on tests, and it cleans up more thoroughly than most. The firewall is tough and includes intrusion protection. And the new Identity Safe does a great job of managing personal info and passwords. The antispam is a throwaway, as is parental control—luckily, many of us can do without those.
诺顿网络安全2008依然获得本年度安全套件类”编辑选择奖“。测试表明，它的病毒/间谍软件扫描得分极高，而且，在清除能力方面比其它大部分软件更为彻底。该套件防火墙强悍，还带有入侵防护。再者，新的“身份安全”在处理个人信息和密码上相当出众。至于反垃圾邮件嘛，不用也罢，父母控制亦然。——还好，我们很多人都不需要这些功能。
Pros 优点
Virus/spyware scans are accurate and thorough. Top-quality, nonintrusive firewall. New Identity Safe manages personal info and passwords. Built-in help system includes live chat.
病毒/间谍软件扫描准确而彻底。一流的防火墙提供滴水不漏的防护。新的“身份安全”帮您管理个人信息和密码。内置帮助包含即时聊天。
Cons 缺点
Spam filter marked too many valid messages as spam. Parental control is rudimentary.
邮件过滤将太多的有用信息误认为垃圾邮件。父母控制功能过于简单。

Symantec continues to polish and enhance its flagship Norton Internet Security suite. The 2008 edition adds full-scale password and identity management, and its new BrowserDefender technology offers even stronger defense against Web-based attacks. Borrowing a page from Norton 360's playbook, NIS 2008 now offers a built-in, multilayered help system. For the multicomputer home, it now includes a network map and optional remote monitoring of other NIS 2008 installations. Antispam and parental controls remain second-class citizens, present only if you install the optional Add-On Pack.
赛门铁克继续打磨和增强旗下的佼佼者——诺顿安全套件。2008版加入了全方位的密码和身份管理，而且，新的网页防护技术在对抗基于网页的攻击方面提供了更为强大的防护。借鉴了360的帮助页面，NIS2008现在提供了内置的，多层面的帮助系统。对于拥有多台计算机的家庭环境，它包含了一张网络地图和可选的远程监控安装组件。反垃圾邮件和父母控制则退居二线，只有当您选择安装附加组件的时候才会出现。
Organizationally, the main screen is little different from that of NIS 2007, though it has traded its cheerful blue background for a tougher-looking patterned black. You still get an overview of all the security modules and a great big icon that reflects overall status. If it's anything but the green check mark that means fully protected, just click Fix Now to set everything right.
软件界面有条不紊，主界面与NIS 2007稍有不同，原先欢快的蓝色背景给换成了黑色图案，看上去更显稳重厚实。然而，您还是能够能够从软件界面看到各个安全模块的概况，还有一个超大的图标展现整个软件的安全状态。如果该图标标上绿色勾号，则表明你已受保护，不然的话，就点击“现在修复”来修正一切吧。
Fabulous Firewall  防火墙：精妙绝伦
The suite's firewall puts all ports in stealth mode, making them invisible to hackers—that almost goes without saying with modern firewalls. The NIS 2008 firewall blocked all my Web-based tests; in several cases it reported a port-scan attack and blocked the "attacker" for half an hour. As in previous versions of NIS, the latest firewall is armor-plated against attack by malware. I couldn't find any way to disable it programmatically (and believe me, I tried). Panda's firewall was also pretty tough, but it gave way to my last-resort attack using fake mouse clicks—NIS resisted even that attack. And BitDefender Total Security 2008? Well, I showed that a malicious program could turn off that suite's protection by disabling essential services—it needs to get tough, like the other two!
该套件将所有端口设为隐藏模式，使黑客无法看到您的计算机（这对于当下的防火墙来说是几乎不言而明的）。NIS 2008防火墙阻挡了我所有基于网页攻击的测试；在几项测试中，它报告说有端口扫描攻击半将“攻击者”阻止半个小时。与前一版本的NIS相同，这个最新版本的防火墙对于恶意软件的防护可谓是铜墙铁壁。我找不到任何编程式的方法将它废掉（真的，我试过）。Panda（下称熊猫）的防火墙也相当强悍，但最后我使用独门暗器，用伪鼠标击键把它给干掉了。——对于这样的方法，诺顿却还能够生还。至于Bitdefender Total Security 2008? 哎，我的测试表明一个恶意程序通过废掉它的核心服务就能把它的保护给关了。（这丫还得再改得强悍些，像刚才那两套一样！）
Symantec was an early proponent of the rising trend to put responsibility for security decisions where it belongs—with the security software. Like Panda's firewall, NIS 2008's never asks you whether this or that program should be allowed access to the Internet. If the firewall recognizes known bad programs, it just removes or disables the threats; there's no question of allowing them Internet access. The firewall graciously allows known good programs to connect at will. Using its SONAR (Symantec Online Network for Advanced Response) technology, NIS 2008 watches unknown programs for signs of malicious behavior, and as long as they play nice it lets them access the Net.
安全软件应该能够自己对计算机进行安全设置，这是一个越来越火的趋势，赛门铁克是这种理念的早期拥护者。跟熊猫防火墙一样，NIS从来不会问你这个程序或是那个程序是否能够访问互联网。如果防火墙检测到恶意程序，它就会删除或是废止程序威胁；当然不会让这些程序访问互联网。对于已知的好的程序，防火墙会相当大方地放行，让其随心所欲连接。使用SONAR（赛门铁克在线网络高级响应）技术，NIS 2008监视未知程序是否有恶意行为的迹象，只要这些程序不做坏事，它就让它们访问网络。
I usually run a set of "leak test" utilities to check whether the firewall can handle malware that tries to evade normal program control. In the past, NIS hasn't detected these because they have no malicious payload—which is completely reasonable. This version, however, did block all but two of a dozen samples, identifying them with generic names such as "Trojan Horse," "Hack Tool," and "Downloader." This probably doesn't make users any more secure, but it gives us security testers a warm, fuzzy feeling.
我通常会运行一系列“漏泄测试”工具，来检查防火墙能带应对那些想逃过正常程序控制的恶意软件。过去，NIS没有检测出这些恶意软件，因为程序本身并没有恶意负载。——这是完全解释得通的。然而，在十二个样本测试中，这个版本除了两个样本以外，其它都被阻止了，软件把它们归入诸如“下载木马”“黑客工具”“下载者”之属。这项测试可能没能使用户更安全，我们这些测试安全软件的却感到暖洋洋的。
For this review I added a new tool to my testing arsenal: Core Impact. Among many other features, this penetration tool automatically generates exploits to probe a system's defenses. Working across the virtual network I unleashed over a dozen client-side exploits on the NIS-protected system. This type of exploit gets into your system when you click a link in an e-mail message or visit a hacked (or deliberately malicious) Web site. In addition to a number of Internet Explorer exploits, I managed to unleash one aimed at Firefox and some that go straight for Windows itself through various vulnerabilities. A few failed simply because the test system's browser and operating system were fully updated. NIS's Intrusion Prevention System recognized and blocked all but one of those that got past that initial hurdle. The one that wasn't recognized still couldn't actually do anything harmful because it was stopped by Norton's suite. Going forward, I'll be challenging other security suites and firewalls in the same way.
这次测评我在我的测试工具库中加入了一种新的工具：核心安全冲击（一种程序）。除了其它许多功能外，这个破主机工具会自动入侵主机，探测系统防护。通过虚拟网络，我给受NIS保护的系统发布了十几个客户端入侵。当你单击电子邮件的某条链接或者浏览一个黑客（或是原本恶意的）网站的时候，这种方式就能侵入你的系统。除去几个对IE浏览器的入侵外，我把目标对准火狐浏览器，实现了释放一个入侵的目的，还有一些通过各种各样的系统漏洞直接进入Windows。几项入侵没能如愿，因为浏览器和操作系统已经完全更新。NIS的入侵防护系统除了一个入侵之外，其它入侵均被识别并阻止。没有被识别出来的那个也没能构成实际伤害，因为诺顿的套件将其制止了。更进一步研究，我还会用同样的方式挑战其它套件和防火墙。
New Network Map 网络拓展图：焕然一新
A single NIS 2008 purchase includes three licenses for the modern multicomputer home. New in this version, the Network Map identifies all the computers and other devices that it can "see" in the network and flags those that have NIS 2008 installed. By going through a fairly elaborate "discovery" procedure, you can configure the suite to allow the NIS 2008 systems to remotely monitor each other. The only information you get is the main status icon, though. I wish it would offer a little more detail. Whether it's a big problem, such as no firewall active, or a small problem, like Windows Updates not set to automatic, all you see is a simple red X icon. In any case, there's no option to remotely fix the problem.
对于现今拥有多台电脑的家庭，购买一套NIS 2008 就包含了在三台电脑上使用的许可。这个版本的网络拓展图有一个新功能，能够识别出所有的电脑和其它设备，通过网络拓展图显示出来，并对安装有NIS 2008的电脑给予标记。通过相当详细的“发现”程序，您可以设置这个套件允许NIS 2008系统各自互相远程监视。但是，你只能看到主要状态图标的相关信息。我希望它能够提供详尽一点的信息。不管是大问题（比如没有活动防火墙），还是小问题（比如没有设置Windows Update 更新为自动），你所看到的都是一个简单的红叉。不管在什么情况下，都没有远程修复问题的选项。

The network map does have a few other tricks. By default, other computers on your local network are assigned the Default "trust level," which means file and printer sharing is allowed but other network traffic will be limited by the firewall. Change the trust level to Restricted and you block all access to your PC from the specified device. You can also choose Full Trust, which allows all network traffic except for known attacks and infections. However, Symantec advises against using this mode unless the default mode causes connection problems.
网络拓展图倒还真有些别的东东。默认设置下，当地网络的其它电脑都被指定为“信任级别”，这就意味着可以进行文件和打印共享但防火墙会限制其它网络通信。将信任级别改为受限，你就能阻止特定设备对你的PC的一切访问。你也能够选择“完全信任”，以允许除了已知攻击和感染以外的所有网络通信。然而，赛门铁克建议不要使用这种模式，除非默认模式导致了连接问题。
NIS 2008 can distinguish wired from wireless networking, and it can tell when your wireless network has encryption enabled. If you're so devil-may-care as to omit encryption, the suite warns you that your network isn't secure. It doesn't, however, report new computers on the network as possible intruders, as Panda Internet Security 2008 does. And on my wired/wireless office network it never did detect that my wireless notebook had joined the network. I do like the network map, but I think it has some growing to do.
NIS 2008 能够区分有线还是无线网络，而且，它还能告诉你无线网络是还启用加密。如果你是抱着加不加密，鬼才在意呢这样的想法而删除加密的话，套件就会警告你说你的网络不安全。然而，它却不把新进入网络的电脑报告为潜在入侵者，熊猫互联网安全 2008 却报告。还有，在我的有线/无线办公网络环境中，它从来不会检测出我的笔记本电脑已经加入网络。说真的，我很喜欢网络拓展图，但我想它还必须再加强。

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Thorough Malware Cleaning 清理恶意软件：一干二净
While the 2008 edition hasn't been through independent lab testing yet, Norton AntiVirus 2007 got top marks from all the labs. Both ICSA Labs and West Coast Labs certified it for virus detection and cleaning; West Coast Labs also gave it Checkmark certification for detecting spyware and Trojan horses. And you have to go back to 1999 to find any occasion when a Symantec product did not receive the VB100% award from Virus Bulletin. In addition, a very recent test by AV-Comparatives rated Symantec's technology Advanced+, the highest rating.
虽然2008版还没有经过独立实验室的测试，但反病毒2007在所有的实验室测试中都得到最高分。ICSI（国际电脑安全协会）实验室和西海岸实验室都对它的病毒检测和清除核证过。西海岸实验室还对它的检测间谍软件和木马能力进行认证。如果你非要找出赛门铁克产品什么时候没能通过VB100%测试，你就得回到1999年了。再者，最近的AV-Comparatives （杀软比较）测试将赛门铁克技术定为最高级别的A+。

The combined antivirus/antispyware scans files on access, on demand, and on schedule. You can set up a full or custom scan at daily, weekly, or monthly intervals, or configure scans to run at start-up, at log-on, or when the system is idle. The suite scans incoming and outgoing e-mail for malware and also watches outbound e-mail traffic for signs that a worm is sending e-mail using your computer. NIS 2008 scans files received through popular IM programs (Yahoo!, AOL, MSN, and Trillian) as well. It also finds known malicious programs by matching their signatures and catches unknown ones using its SONAR behavior-based tracking. In addition, the suite specifically looks for keylogger and rootkit activity.
病毒和反间谍合一的这个产品能够按文件执行，用户要求和预设计划对文件进行扫描。您可以按每天、每星期、每月的时间间隔设置全面或是自主的扫描，或者设定是在系统启动、用户登录还是系统空闲时进行扫描。该套件对寄入和寄出的电子邮件进行恶意软件扫描，并且还对监测出站电子邮件通信，看看有没有蠕虫使用您的电脑寄出电子邮件的迹象。NIS也对流行的即时通讯程序（Yahoo!, AOL, MSN, 和Trillian）进行扫描。它也通过特征码匹配的方式找出已知恶意程序，并通过基于行为SONAR（赛门铁克在线网络高级响应）跟踪揪出未知的恶意程序。
By default, NIS 2008 runs a preinstall scan during the installation process, and you'll definitely want to accept that default. When I installed it on my infested test systems, the pre-install scan detected and at least partially disabled almost three-quarters of the malware samples, including adware, spyware, Trojans, rootkits, and rogue antispyware programs. After a full scan almost every single one of the samples was gone—NIS 2008 scored 9.3 out of a possible 10 points. In the same test Spy Sweeper and Spyware Doctor scored 9.0 and 9.1, respectively; BitDefender rated 8.6 points
默认设置下，NIS 2008在安装过程中会进行安装前的扫描，您当然还是对此却之不恭为上策。当我在我的已经感染病毒的测试系统中安装时，安装前扫描检测出并至少废掉四分之三的恶意样本，包括广告软件，间谍软件，木马，rootkits和流氓间谍程序。完整扫描后几乎每一个样本都清理了——NIS在满分10分的情况下得了9.3分。相同的测试，间谍软件清理专家和间谍软医生分别得了9.0分和9.1分，成绩不错。Bitdenfender得了8.6分。
Panda Internet Security 2008 recently aced this test, scoring 10 out of 10, but there's an interesting distinction to be made. In most cases Panda wiped out only the essential executable files, leaving behind dozens of data files and Registry items. NIS, on the other hand, wiped out every single trace of about two-thirds of the samples and cleaned up the rest more thoroughly than most products. My Panda contact noted that without the malware executables, the other traces are harmless. That may be true, but surely it's better to avoid clogging the Registry and file system with useless junk. I did find, however, that a full scan on my standard clean test system took nearly an hour with NIS 2008, almost twice as long as that of NIS 2007. I guess that thorough cleaning takes a bit of extra time. It's worth the wait, in my opinion.
最近，熊猫网络安全在这项测试中拔得头筹，得了大满冠，但是，还是有一个有趣的差别需要指出：在大多数情况下，熊猫仅仅删除了最关键的可执行文件，留下了一大堆数据文件和注册表项。反观NIS的表现，它将三分之二的样本顺藤摸瓜斩草除根，对剩下的三分之一，相比其它产品也清理得更为彻底。我与熊猫取得联系，联系人说恶意软件离开了可执行文件，其它残留文件对系统无害。此话不假，但能够避免乱塞注册表项和留下垃圾文件，岂不更妙？ 不过，我确实发现了一个问题：在我的标准的干净的测试系统中，执行一次完整系统扫描需要将近一个小时，这差不多是NIS 2007的两倍。我想彻底清除要占用一部分额外时间的。在我看来，等待还是值了。
I always run a separate test using commercial keyloggers in place of malware. I don't give this test as much weight, since a typical commercial keylogger has to be installed by someone who has physical access to your computer. But NIS 2008 deserves credit for wiping out every single one of the samples in this test for a perfect 10 of 10. (Panda bombed with 2.1 points in this same test. BitDefender did better, scoring 7.1.)
我通常使用键盘记录代替恶意软件来进行一次单独的测试。我对这项测试看得并不是很重，因为典型的商业键盘记录必须由能够对你的电脑进行物理访问的人进行安装。但是NIS 2008在这项测试中将所有的样本都清理干净，得了完美的10分，还是值得称赞一番的。（相同测试，熊猫得了个骇人听闻的2.1分。Bitdefender做得好些，得了7.1分）
One of my test systems frequently goes into a blue-screen death spiral when security software does an incomplete cleanup job. NIS 2008 had no trouble with that one. I like the fact that Norton's new suite cleans up high-risk items the moment it finds them, rather than asking the user. It asks your permission only when the item is seriously low-risk. A malware sample on another system tries to protect itself from security software by interfering with the Windows Installer. NIS 2007 installed despite this chicanery, but NIS 2008 hit a wall, which was a bit disappointing. Still, on Symantec's advice I ran a Web-based scan and then booted into Safe Mode to delete the files identified by the scan. After that I was able to install the product and complete the cleanup process.
在我的一个测试系统里，当安全软件没有完全病毒时，系统总是频繁地出现蓝屏死机。NIS 2008却不会带来这样的麻烦。诺顿的这个新套件一发现高危项目马上就清理掉，没有过问用户，我喜欢。只有当项目风险非常低的时候它才会征求您的意见。在另一个系统里，有个恶意软件样本试图通过调用Windows Installer（视窗安装程序向导）来绕过安全软件进行自我保护。尽管存在这样的骗术，NIS 2007还是允许用户安装。但是， NIS 2008却让你吃了闭门羹了，这让人有点失望。不过，我听从赛门铁克的建议，运行了联网扫描，接着重启到安全模式下，删除扫描识别出来的文件。过后，我就能安装这个产品进行完成清理工作了。
As usual, I attempted to install all the same threats on a clean system protected by NIS 2008. The moment I opened the folders containing the samples, though, NIS started eliminating them. Within a minute or two it had wiped out all but a handful of the malware samples and all but one of the commercial keyloggers. I tried again using samples that I had modified myself. Even though I renamed them, tweaked some nonexecutable bytes, and changed their file size, it wiped them out just the same. Of the handful of remaining threats, most got caught early in the install process. Overall NIS 2008 scored 9 of 10 points against the malware samples and blocked every single commercial keylogger for another perfect 10. Spy Sweeper rated 8.1 at blocking malware installation, while Spyware Doctor racked up 9.8 points. Panda scored 10 against the malware samples, but was much less effective at blocking commercial keyloggers—scoring a mere 3.6. And BitDefender lags the pack slightly, with 8.8 points against malware and 4.3 against keyloggers.
老规矩，我试图在受NIS 2008保护的干净系统上安装相当的病毒。然而，我一打开包含有样本的文件夹，NIS就把文件给删了。一两分钟光景，除了一小撮恶意软件样本和一个商业键盘记录之后，其它都清理掉了。我用我自己修改的样本再试一次。不管是重命名、修改一些不可执行文件的字节、还是改变文件大小，它还是把它们都给清理掉了。至于遗留下来的那一小撮，很多都在早前的安装进程中给揪出来了。总体来看，NIS在对抗恶意软件样本上得9分，满分10分，因为阻止了所有商业键盘记录，故而又得了个完美的10分。间谍软件清理专家在阻止恶意软件安装上得了8.1分，而间谍软件医生以9.8分获胜。熊猫在对付恶意软件样本上得了10分，但在阻止商业键盘记录上效果不佳，只得了个3.6分。而Bitdefender稍微拖了点后腿，对付恶意软件8.8分，键盘记录4.3分。

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Keep Your Identity Safe 个人身份：固若金汤
This version introduces Identity Safe, which replaces and totally surpasses the old Privacy Control module. (Privacy Control is still present in the Add-On Pack, but it's obsolete). Identity Safe can store one or more password-protected "cards" containing personal data, contact information, and a default credit card. When you connect to a non-fraudulent Web site, you can fill in the appropriate form fields just by invoking the card. You can also use Identity Safe as password-protected storage for important private information that doesn't fit the identity-card model.
这个版本包括了个人身份安全，取代并完全超越了旧版本的隐私控制模块。（在附加模块中还能看到隐私控制的身影，但己经作古了。）个人身份安全能够一张或多张包含个人资料、联系信息和默认信用卡的受密码保护的“卡片”。当你连接上一个没有诈骗意图的网站时，您只需引用卡片填写就能合适的表格区域。重要隐私信息虽然并不适合身份证模块，但也可以使用个人身份安全，进行密码保护。
Identity Safe also manages username and password information for Web-site log-ins much the way Roboform (PC Magazine's favorite password manager) does. When you log in to a site for the first time, it offers to remember the credentials you used, with an option to never ask again for this particular site. If you choose this option, the next time you visit the same site, Identity Safe automatically fills in the username and password fields—all you need to do is click the button to submit your credentials.
个人身份安全也能像填表机器人（《个人电脑杂志》最爱欢迎密码管理工具）处理需要用户名和密码的网站登录。当您第一次登录一个网站时，它提议记住您的登录信息，还有一个每次登录这个特定网站都不再询问的选项。如果您选择这个选项，下次您再登录这个网站，个人身份安全就会自动填写用户名和密码的区域——您只需点击按钮提交个人信息就行了。
Of course, Identity Safe doesn't know who's sitting at the computer. It will supply those credentials just as nicely to your shopping-mad teenager. To plug that security hole, the log-in data is password protected. Identity Safe will always ask for the password the first time it takes action during a given browser session, and you can configure it to ask again if the PC has been inactive for 15, 30, or 45 minutes. For total security, set it to require the master password at every automatic log-in. Of course, you can manually log out if you step away from the computer, too.
当然啦，个人身份安全不会知道坐在电脑前的人是谁。它也会乖乖地为您的疯狂购物的孩子自动填写信息。为了填补这个安全漏洞，登录数据就必须密码保护了。个人身份安全在它第一次执行任务时总是要询问多长的浏览时间间隔之后再询问您键入密码，而您可以设置当电脑15、30、45分钟之后不活动再询问密码。如果要达到百分百安全，就把它设为每次自动登录时都要键入主人密码吧。当然，如果您离开您的电脑，您也可以手动退出登录。
If you change your password for a particular site (it's a good idea to change passwords once in a while), you can edit the log-in to reflect that change, or configure a specific log-in to always require the master password. And the Manage Log-Ins dialog rates your passwords as Strong, Medium, or Poor. RoboForm doesn't do that, but it does include an option to generate a strong password based on user-defined rules—I'd like to see a similar password generator in Identity Safe. Another feature not found in RoboForm is the use of site-specific icons known as favicons (the icons that appear next to the URL in your browser's Address Bar), when available. I did notice that if Identity Safe failed to pick up the icon on the first try (which it did, frequently) there's no way to make it try again.
如果您更改了在特定网站的密码（每隔一段时间更换密码是个好主意），您可以编辑登录信息来照应这种更改，或者把特定的登录设置为总是要求键入主人密码。管理分录信息对话框会评估您的密码是强，中，还是弱。填表机器人不会这样做，但它倒是包含了一个基于用户预定规则生成强密码的选项——要是个人身份安全也有这样的选项就好了。在填表机器人中还有一个功能欠缺：当添加到收藏夹按钮可用时，它不会使用特定网站的这个按钮（这个按钮出现在浏览器地址栏URL后面）。我倒是注意到如果个人身份安全没能在第一次使用时就将这个按钮的地址收藏起来的话（大多数情况下它都会），就没有办法让它再收藏了。
Like Roboform, Identity Safe lets you use your saved log-ins as "smart favorites." When you select one from the pull-down menu, it navigates to the specified site and logs in right away. I love that feature! Norton isn't quite as flexible as Roboform, though. You can't organize your log-ins into folders, and it won't handle some types of log-ins, such as those where the username and password are both displayed as dots. Still, NIS 2008 has a very effective password manager.
跟填表机器人一样，个人身份安全让您能够把已经保存的登录信息作为“智能登录到最爱网站”。当您从下拉菜单中选择一个时，它就导航到特定网站并立即自动登录。我爱这个功能！尽管诺顿的这个功能不如填表机器人来得有弹性。您没法将登录信息将文件夹分类，还有，对于一些登录信息，比如那些用户名和密码都用圆点显示的，它就没法处理。不过嘛，NIS 2008的密码管理还是很有效率的。
Symantec points out that using Identity Safe balks even hardware-based keyloggers—the keys you don't type can't be logged. And the product's built-in phishing protection ensures that you won't be giving that information to a fraudulent site. Since its introduction, NIS's phishing protection has been the one to beat. When I test other products, I compare their protection with what's offered by NIS, by Internet Explorer 7, and by Firefox 2. I use current phishing sites culled from real-world e-mail and from phish-tracking wWeb sites, discarding any that vanish before I can test using all the products and any that aren't flagged as fraudulent by any product. In my latest test NIS blocked 94 percent of the phishing sites, IE blocked 83 percent , and Firefox blocked 77 percent . Unlike many such products, NIS is actually better than the phishing filter built into the browsers. And NIS's antiphishing now integrates with Firefox as well as IE. BitDefender, by comparison, scored 40 percent ; Panda tanked at 0 percent.
赛门铁克指出：使用个人身份安全甚至还是击退基于硬件的键盘记录——您没有键入的那些键不能被记录。这个产品内置网页仿冒防护保证您的个人信息不会被诈骗网站所窃取。自从引进这项功能以来，NIS 的网页仿冒就一直是众矢之的。当我测试其它软件的时候，我把它们的这项保护与NIS、IE7各火狐2提供的保护进行对比。我从现实世界电邮和钓鱼跟踪网站中挑选出钓鱼网站，对于我还没用所有的产品进行测试就已经消失和没有被所有产品标记为诈骗网站的一概不用。我在最近的测试中，NIS阻止了94%的钓鱼网站，IE阻止了83%，火狐阻止了77%。跟许多这样的产品不同，NIS真的比浏览器内置的反钓鱼过滤强。而且NIS的把钓鱼现在能与IE和火狐整合。作为对比，Bitdenfender阻止了40%，而熊猫得了个零蛋。
The antiphishing toolbar used to be a bit overwhelming—a huge green or red bar across almost the whole width of the browser. In this version, Norton's antiphishing is just as effective but not nearly as large. It indicates whether the current site is a known phishing site, a suspected fraud, or a valid site. For a few hundred significant financial sites, Symantec goes a step further and displays a "Norton Authenticated" banner and logo. You can feel extra-confident auto-filling forms at a site that has this logo.
过去，反钓鱼工具栏给人的感觉总是太大了点——一个绿色或是红色的工具栏几乎横贯了整个浏览器的宽度。在这个版本里，诺顿的反钓鱼效率高，却不乎不能算大。它会指明当前网站是不是已知钓鱼网站，或者是疑似诈骗，或者是可以信任的网站。对于几百个有名的财经网站，赛门铁克还更进一步，显示出“诺顿认证”的横幅和图标来。浏览一个标有这样图标的网站时，你就可以百分之二百在放心填写表格了。
The Awful Add-Ons 附加组件：不敢恭维
While the suite as a whole has been streamlined and improved, the optional add-on pack seems to have been gathering dust on a shelf somewhere. I couldn't find any visible change in the antispam, parental control, and privacy control features since NIS 2007.
整个套件已经精简和改善，但可选的附加组件好像有点画蛇添足了。从NIS2007开始，我就没有看到反垃圾邮件、父母控制和隐私控制功能在外观的上改变。
As mentioned above, the new Identity Safe renders privacy control obsolete. Parental control is just category-based Web filtering, with an option to specify exceptions. BitDefender's parental-control system ties settings to Windows user accounts, and Panda's lets you define separate accounts, but Norton's filtering applies to all user accounts. There's no option to have it on for the kids but off for Mom and Dad. And there are no advanced features like time-scheduling (included in BitDefender's parental control), notification alerts, or remote management. Fortunately, not everyone needs parental control. If you do, get a real parental-control product such as Safe Eyes. I gave NIS 2008 four stars in the Privacy/Parental category—wholly based on the excellent Identity Safe, not on its parental control.
如前所述，新的个人身份安全让隐私控制作古了。父母控制只个一个基于目录的网页过滤，带有指定例外的选项。Bitdenfender 的父母控制将设置与视窗的用户帐户结合在一起，而熊猫能够让您对各个用户分别定义，但诺顿的过滤器却应用到每个用户上去了。找不到选项来设置对孩子开启过滤，而对爸爸妈妈关闭，也没有高级功能，比如计划任务（Bitdefender的父母控制就包含有这个）、通知警告或是远程管理。还好，并不是人人都需要父母控制。如果您确实需要的话，就找一个真正的父母控制产品，比如安全眼。我给NIS 2008的隐私/父母控制打四星——完全是看到个人身份安全的面上，而不是父母控制。
The antispam module integrates nicely with Outlook and Outlook Express. It's smart enough to import your address book into its whitelist, so messages from your existing correspondents will never be blocked. It can also automatically whitelist any address to which you send mail and whitelist the sender when you mark a message as not spam. And believe me, you'll need a fully populated whitelist to protect your valid mail from the spam filter's depredations. Panda erred in the opposite direction, blocking hardly any valid mail but letting more than half the undeniable spam into the Inbox. BitDefender hit the sweet spot—it blocked no valid mail from individuals, blocked almost new newsletters, and diverted 80 percent of the spam into its Spam folder.
反垃圾邮件模块与Outlook和Outlook Express整合得不错。它把你的通讯录导入到白名单里，这是一个明智之举，这样一来你现存的联系人就不会被阻挡了。它也会把你寄出的电邮地址加入白名单，同时，也把被你标记为非垃圾邮件的寄件人加入白名单。相信我，您必须将白名单填得满满的，才能免受垃圾邮件过滤器干掉之灾。熊猫却在相反方向在犯错，几乎没阻挡有用的邮件，但却让超出一半的明显的垃圾邮件进入收件箱。BitDefender还让人宽心——它对个人信件一律放行，阻止了将近过期的新闻简报，并把80%的垃圾邮件移进垃圾邮件文件夹。
When I tested NIS's spam filter with several thousand real-world messages, its performance was significantly worse than last year's. After it processed all the mail, I manually separated the Inbox messages into undeniable valid mail, undeniable spam, newsletters (valid but not personal), and "other." I keep the newsletters separate because some products (including this one) have trouble distinguishing them from spam. NIS 2008 marked over 40 percent of the valid messages as spam—that's terrible! Even if I omitted valid personal messages from organizations and counted only those from individuals, the suite still mismarked 25 percent. And newsletters? Over 80 percent of those were marked as spam! It did manage to filter out about 90 percent of the undeniable spam, but so what?—that just means you'll have a harder time finding the important messages it threw out.
当我用现实世界的邮件来测试NIS的垃圾邮件过滤时，它的表现明显比去年差。在它处理所有邮件后，我手动将收件箱里的明显的有用邮件，垃圾邮件，简报（有用但不是个人邮件）和“其它”分开来。我将简报分开来是因为一些产品（包括这个产品）把它们与垃圾邮件区分开来的时候会遇到麻烦。NIS 2008 将40%的有用邮件标记为垃圾邮件——这真是糟糕透了！即使是我把有用的组织信件删去，只留下个人信件，这个套件还是标记出25%的有用信件。新闻简报呢？超过80%被标记为垃圾邮件。对于明显的垃圾邮件，它倒是能够过滤掉90%。那又怎么样呢？——这就意味着你得花更多时间找出被它过滤掉的有用信件，有你受的了。
HELP! 帮助系统
In the past, Symantec has gotten a lot of grief about its tech support. PC Magazine readers frequently write me with gripes about waiting for hours, getting bad advice, or giving up on technicians due to language problems. NIS 2008's One-Click Support (originally introduced with Norton 360) aims to turn this perception around.
过去，人们对赛门铁克的技术支持总是怨声载道。《个人电脑杂志》的读者向我发牢骚，说等待时间过长啦，建议不好啦，因为语言问题放弃技术人员啦。NIS 2008 的“一键支持”（原先是360的）就是为了屏除这种偏见的。
To start a support session, you invoke the built-in AutoFix feature. In some cases AutoFix will identify a problem and either fix it or direct you to the appropriate instructions. But if it doesn't you can get help via e-mail, telephone, or live chat. A handy screen shows the expected wait for each type of help. The live chat feature includes an option to let the Symantec analyst take charge and remote-control your computer to identify and fix the problem. And all of this happens within the NIS 2008 user interface. I put the system to the test and it worked fine. Of course, if you can't get on the Internet or your system is locked in a reboot death spiral, you'll still have to use direct phone support. Whether there's been any improvement in phone support remains to be seen. When I checked during testing, Symantec was estimating 12 minutes hold time for phone support, versus 2 minutes for live chat.
要开启支持，您必须调用自动修复功能。某些情况下，自动修复会识别出问题，然后要么修复它，要么直接带您找到合适的操作指南。但要是它解决不了，您可以通过电邮，电话或是即时聊天来获得帮助。有一个便捷的屏幕告诉您获得每项帮助还要等待多长时间。即时聊天功能包括一个选项，可以让赛门铁克分析人员掌管并远程控制您的电脑，以找出并修复问题。这所有的一切都在NIS的用户界面完成。我将系统拿来测试，结果还行。当然，如果您上不了网，或是您的系统掉进了重启便死机的循环，您还可以直接接受电话支持。电话服务有没有改善，还有待观望。当我测试检查时，赛门铁克的电话支持等待时间为12分钟，而即时聊天为2分钟。
Norton Internet Security 2008 remains PC Magazine's Editors' Choice security suite. The unobtrusive firewall is tough as nails, and it actively identifies and blocks exploits and other intrusions. NIS 2008 did a super job of cleaning up malware in testing, and its cleanup is significantly more thorough than most. The new Identity Safe manages your passwords and personal information effectively. And if you have a problem, help is built right in. Now if Symantec would do something about the embarrassingly antiquated spam-filtering and parental-control modules…
诺顿互联网安全2008依然获得本年度安全套件类“《个人电脑杂志》编辑选择奖”。安安静静的防火墙坚不可摧，而且它还主动地识别并阻止主机攻击和其它入侵行为。在测试过程中，NIS 2008在清理恶意软件上能力超强，而且它的清理明显比其它软件彻底。新的个人身份安全有效地管理您的密码和个人信息。再者，如果您遇到问题，帮助系统触手可及。不知道赛门铁克会不会对老古董的垃圾邮件过滤和父母控制模块改造一番……
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hum

Every time when I log in Kafan forum

卡饭外星人也知道呀

legendcome

原帖由 hum 于 2008-8-15 18:36 发表

卡饭外星人也知道呀

我也想问。

主动防御

晕，老外也知道卡饭啊，呵呵

星夜孤独

应该是LZ自己+上去的..

zwl2828

老外也知道卡饭

yym1988520

认真的看了一下子，个人认为对NIS 和熊猫安全卫士的 评比是很客观 公正的

JorNaDa

学习是一种收获，交流是一种享受，分享是一种美德: )