Most firewall products bombard the user with questions about what programs should be allowed to run or to access the internet. Norton 360 have application intelligence baked in, allowing it to make security decisions so that you don’t have to. The Firewall in Norton 360 intelligently makes security decisions for you—allowing you to use your computer without you needing to be a security expert. With Automatic Program Control, every program requesting network access is scanned via all available scanning technology carried by the Norton product (e.g. Behavioral Heuristic Scan, AntiVirus scan, etc.) before granting network access. A rule will be created if it passed all scan filters and Smart Firewall uses this rule as reference for granting permission for the program to access the Internet. So, there is no need for you to check each time whenever any program requires the Internet access when using the Norton 360.
The Norton 360's intelligent intrusion prevention technology adds an extra layer of security by looking inside the data coming into your PC and blocking suspicious traffic. Intrusion prevention technology examines the content of Internet traffic and detects online security breaches, which can hide in approved Internet connections. When an intrusion is detected, Norton program automatically triggers the appropriate action (block all Internet access, for example), depending on the threat.
Conclusion: Better to use the Firewall from Norton 360
Running LiveUpdate won't update your current Norton 360 3.5 version to Norton 360 4 Beta. You have to uninstall the current version, and then download/install Norton 360 V4 beta. The 73 days of subscription won't be added to the Beta product. The Beta program will be having separate subscription. I would suggest you to wait for the final release of Norton 360 Version 4, then install it.
Yogesh
Message Edited by yogesh_mohan on 12-06-2009 05:09 PM
