Norton Internet Security / Norton AntiVirus

[opstx]

When running Firefox 3 and NIS 8, the Norton Phishing toolbar is not present and I can't find a way to enable it. Also I can't find any reference to the Phishing Protection in any of the Norton Internet Security 8 menus or setup screens. How can I tell if Phishing Protection is running? If it is NOT running, how can I enable it? Thanks!

[donahu1]

You are correct. The phishing toolbar is not present. However if you look under options for Firefox 3, security options, you'll see that you will be warned if the site you are visiting is a suspected attack site. You will also be told if the site you are visiting is a suspected forgery.

I would think that until NIS comes out with an update, you should remain feeling somewhat safe.

[Stu]

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opstx wrote:
When running Firefox 3 and NIS 8, the Norton Phishing toolbar is not present and I can't find a way to enable it. Also I can't find any reference to the Phishing Protection in any of the Norton Internet Security 8 menus or setup screens. How can I tell if Phishing Protection is running? If it is NOT running, how can I enable it? Thanks!

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FF 3 is still in beta phase. It will probably be solved when itis officially released. It is useless to provide it when you know things in the beta stage can be changed

[donahu1]

Using Firefox 3 RC1. They removed the word BETA. Pretty stable browser. A little quicker than 2.o. Available in 45 languages....

[Stu]

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donahu1 wrote:
Using Firefox 3 RC1. They removed the word BETA. Pretty stable browser. A little quicker than 2.o. Available in 45 languages....

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Correct but it is still not officially released

[Morac]

Firefox 3.0 get's it's phishing/malware data from Google and is updated every 30 minutes (assuming there are updates) so it's actually more up to date than NIS's phishing protection (which updates every hour).

Personally I think both IE7 and Firefox 2.0 and 3.0 do as good a job or better than NIS's built in phishing protection because they either check in real time or update more often. Actually the toolbar nearly doubles the amount of memory used by Firefox when it first loads and lengthens the start up time.  This and the fact that I use Roboform and don't need the password manager,  is why I completely disabled NIS toolbar in Firefox, which wasn't as easy to do as it should have been.

[Tony_Weiss Administrator]

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Stu wrote:

Correct but it is still not officially released

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This is correct. Once Firefox 3 is officially released, our team will be working toward updating products that support Firefox. Thanks!

[opstx]

It would be unreasonable to expect Symantec to run around following unrealeased browser developments, so Stu's answer makes sense.

Also the discussion of Firefox phishing protection vs Norton is interesting...

Thanks.

[BillR]

Thank you for your questions about Firefox 3 compatibility. We update our solutions after the final version of a new browser is released since there are typically several changes between the beta version and the final one. In the case of Firefox 3 we expect the shipping version to be out by the end of June. An update to Norton Internet Security 2008 will occur shortly thereafter.

If you are using NIS 2008 on a supported browser (Firefox 2, IE6 or IE7), you can enable phishing protection by open the main NIS UI, selecting the Norton Internet Security Tab, Settings, and phishing protection. It will indicate whether it is on or off and allow you to change its status.

Thanks,

Bill Rosenkrantz

Product Management

Symantec Corporation

Message Edited by Tony_Weiss on 06-06-2008 08:14 AM

[michaelg04]

well, it works with beta1 of IE 8, and thats not as far along or nearly as stable as firefox 3