Norton Internet Security / Norton AntiVirus

[Thibor]

I am switching from F-Secure to Norton Antivirus 2012.  F-Secure had a built in firewall with application blocking.  Does Norton Antivirus have any sort of Firewall or Apllication blocking and if so, were is it ???  I need to block a program from accessing the web.

Thank you

John

[DavidThomas88 Regular Contributor]

hi

NIS dos have a firewall yes NAV  dos not

[DavidThomas88 Regular Contributor]

hi Thibor

wish norton 2012 did you get NIS or NAV

if you got in NIS  then yes the smart two way firewall  comes with it

if you got in NAV  then no  firewall dos not come with it and all so why you may be haveing a hard time finding it

[Thibor]

Wow that really is to bad.  It was not made very clear to me when I purchased this.  If I would have known I would have stuck woth F-Secure :O(    Now I guess Ill have to find some free firewall.

Thanks Norton ... great job

[DavidThomas88 Regular Contributor]

hi

Thibor am not  sure if am being marh help here  but here is  support chat  you can chat with them and tell them you made a miss tak on oder NAV  may be they can give you a refunde of NAV so you can get NIS that has  the two way smart firewall

https://www-secure.symantec.com/norton/support/contact/chat/ivr_chat.jsp?chatexp=ivr_ts

sorry about my poor spelling

[Bombastus]

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Thibor wrote:

Wow that really is to bad.  It was not made very clear to me when I purchased this.  If I would have known I would have stuck woth F-Secure :O(    Now I guess Ill have to find some free firewall.

Thanks Norton ... great job

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If you are using Vista or Windows 7 the Windows firewall is excellent.

[huwyngr Norton Fighter]

Thibor,

Two things --

 1 -- When you installed your Norton AntiVIrus how did you remove F-Secure? When changing from one "brand" of security program to another it is usually not enough to just use WIndows Uninstall Programs since that can leave behind bits and pieces that can affect the replacement.

Here's a link to a listing for many products. I'm not allowed to post a link there to an exe file since it could be malware so go to the website  and scroll down until you find F-Secure ....... Tool which is a link to download their tool. The Infor just says to use uninstall but it will be best to use a tool when they offer one.

 2 -- Do get in touch with the very helpful Norton OnLine Support via the CHAT link which everyone finds is quick and effective. Norton has a 60 day warranty of satisfaction so you could ask for your money back and then, we hope, buy Norton Internet Security but the Support team may have a way of short-cutting that ..... if you don't ask you won't know! <g>

Please let us know how you get on and if you have any other questions.

[subha]

I have a huge doubt that Norton Antivirus 2012 does not have the built- in firewall. I think the era of firewall, the symantec co. stops since Norton Antivirus 2009 production. But, I have seen a thing. When I turn on Windows Firewall, the instrusion attack notification stops at once, otherwise it continuously shows the messages. Can anybody help me by explaining this? Thank you.

[SendOfJive Norton Fighter]

Versions of Norton Antivirus prior to 2009 contained a feature called "Internet Worm Protection" which essentially acted like a firewall. 

[Bombastus]

NAV does contain the Intrusion Prevention part. It lacks the other parts of the firewall, like the filtering and the program control, though.