topic Re: Suspicious Web Sites should have the Full-Screen Block in Product Suggestions

Suspicious Web Sites should have the Full-Screen Block

Floating_Red — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:09:42 GMT

- All Un-Safe, Caution and Suspicious Web Sites should have the Full-Screen Block because if you allow any one of these Web Pages to load fully, malicious software could get on to your computer that would not have got on had Norton displayed the Full-Screen Block.

[edit: ideas have been separated to ensure each are tracked individually. Please post only ONE Idea in each post.]

Status changed to: Implemented

dnadir — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 01:15:07 GMT

Thanks for this idea. We agree. For 2011, we will block unsafe sites.

Re: Suspicious Web Sites should have the Full-Screen Block

Floating_Red — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 15:59:22 GMT

Excellent! Look forward to it. Although, will this just be Un-Safe Web Sites, or all the Sites I mentioned above? Thanks.

Re: Suspicious Web Sites should have the Full-Screen Block

dnadir — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:08:36 GMT

Right now, it will just be unsafe sites. We want to approach this carefully. We will re-evaluate after beta.

Dan

Re: Suspicious Web Sites should have the Full-Screen Block

Floating_Red — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:53:28 GMT

You'd still be putting users at risk by allowing Caution and Suspicious ones to fully load. Some things should just be put in because this is a security issue here.

Anyway, great to see it's being put in; first step towards greater protection.

Re: Suspicious Web Sites should have the Full-Screen Block

ALiasEX — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 13:56:30 GMT

You should consider blocking Caution and Suspicious websites with the option of "Ignore warning: Go to website anyway" or "I understand the security risk: Go to website anyway" or similar. This could be added as an option off by default.

Status changed to: Already Exists in Product

dnadir — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 21:15:11 GMT

Re: Suspicious Web Sites should have the Full-Screen Block

Floating_Red — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 22:18:06 GMT

What product is this "Already" in?

Re: Suspicious Web Sites should have the Full-Screen Block

Floating_Red — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 21:41:51 GMT

Can confirm that this is currently not in any Released Norton Products.

Re: Suspicious Web Sites should have the Full-Screen Block

ALiasEX — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 11:02:27 GMT

Floating_Red, how does Norton know that a website is "Un-Safe, Caution and Suspicious"? Are you talking about Norton Safe Web?

Re: Suspicious Web Sites should have the Full-Screen Block

Floating_Red — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 18:45:06 GMT

Hi, ALiasEX,

Thanks for your Comment.

In case you are un-aware, symantec groups Web Sites in to Safe, Caution, Un-Safe, Suspicious, and Un-Tested. Generally, "Safe" Web SItes are fine to visit, but just remember that even Safe Web Sites get compromised; Caution generally means there are Threats on the Site, but are only limited to parts of the Web Site; Suspicious generally means that the Site may not be Safe; Un-Tested means that symantec haven't tested the Web Site for Threats yet. Hope this answers your question; if not, please do let me know.