Other Norton Products

[mikeromo]

hey there--

Just wanted to let you know that the Mac team will be participating in this forum as well. Given that this forum is in Beta, the forum team needed to start small, so that's why we are in the "Other Products" section.  I'm obviously pushing for a Mac section as we continue this.

Thanks, looking foward to talking with you.

-mike romo

[Stu]

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mikeromo wrote:

hey there--

Just wanted to let you know that the Mac team will be participating in this forum as well. Given that this forum is in Beta, the forum team needed to start small, so that's why we are in the "Other Products" section.  I'm obviously pushing for a Mac section as we continue this.

Thanks, looking foward to talking with you.

-mike romo

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Great idea.

What Mac products does Symantec have at the moment?

Will there be security for the iPhone?

[mikeromo · Accepted solution]

Hi Stu!

Thanks for the message. Dude! 95 posts already? Right on!

So, here's what I got for ya. The actual store page is here, but cheggit:

1 - Norton AntiVirus 11 for Mac - 10.4.10/10.5.x, Full Universal, we've got a new UI, we've had several reporters complain that we are scanning too quickly and we have vulnerability protection. I did a little post here and you can see an article about vulnerabilities from CNET here. This is the best version of Norton AntiVirus we've ever made--really. I couldn't be more proud of it.

2 - Norton Confidential for Mac - 10.4/10.5, etc, etc. This is our first foray into going beyond the client machine and really working to protect people from identity theft. We've got several features (a file "lockdown" tool that protects files from being moved, opened or deleted without an admin password, confidential data protection, vulnerability protection (as above), but I think the most obvious feature is phishing protection for both Safari and Firefox. It's dope, I gotta say. While we have a toolbar (super subtle) it can be run without it, so you can get the full Safari experience--with phishing protection that's updated every two hours and whenever you restart, log in, or restart.

3 - Norton AntiVirus 11 for Mac - Dual Protection - With so many folks running Windows on their Intel Macs, we figured it would be a good idea to make it as simple as possible to get the best protection on the market, regardless of environment. This is basically Norton AntiVirus 11 and Norton AntiVirus 2008 in a box. Elegant, no?

4 - We still have Norton internet Security 3 for Mac, but it's really designed for older machines. I keep wanting to take it down, but people still buy it...and since they are not returning it, I guess lots of people are still using older Macs!

We've got some enterprise products as well (fully managed AV and admin console) with a few cool things coming your way this year. Suffice to say, with Apple's success in the market, we are busier than ever.

As for iPhone, we have the SDK and are looking at relevant solutions for it. I am not interested in filling iPhones up with Virus definitions files they don't need, you know? But we are looking at it and I gotta say...well, I can't say, but stay tuned. Basically, we're gonna be living at WWDC this June.

Hope this helps! thanks for the reply!

-mike

Message Edited by mikeromo on 04-09-2008 02:43 PM

[Stu]

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mikeromo wrote:

Hi Stu!

Thanks for the message. Dude! 95 posts already? Right on!

So, here's what I got for ya. The actual store page is here, but cheggit:

1 - Norton AntiVirus 11 for Mac - 10.4.10/10.5.x, Full Universal, we've got a new UI, we've had several reporters complain that we are scanning too quickly and we have vulnerability protection. I did a little post here and you can see an article about vulnerabilities from CNET here. This is the best version of Norton AntiVirus we've ever made--really. I couldn't be more proud of it.

2 - Norton Confidential for Mac - 10.4/10.5, etc, etc. This is our first foray into going beyond the client machine and really working to protect people from identity theft. We've got several features (a file "lockdown" tool that protects files from being moved, opened or deleted without an admin password, confidential data protection, vulnerability protection (as above), but I think the most obvious feature is phishing protection for both Safari and Firefox. It's dope, I gotta say. While we have a toolbar (super subtle) it can be run without it, so you can get the full Safari experience--with phishing protection that's updated every two hours and whenever you restart, log in, or restart.

3 - Norton AntiVirus 11 for Mac - Dual Protection - With so many folks running Windows on their Intel Macs, we figured it would be a good idea to make it as simple as possible to get the best protection on the market, regardless of environment. This is basically Norton AntiVirus 11 and Norton AntiVirus 2008 in a box. Elegant, no?

4 - We still have Norton internet Security 3 for Mac, but it's really designed for older machines. I keep wanting to take it down, but people still buy it...and since they are not returning it, I guess lots of people are still using older Macs!

We've got some enterprise products as well (fully managed AV and admin console) with a few cool things coming your way this year. Suffice to say, with Apple's success in the market, we are busier than ever.

As for iPhone, we have the SDK and are looking at relevant solutions for it. I am not interested in filling iPhones up with Virus definitions files they don't need, you know? But we are looking at it and I gotta say...well, I can't say, but stay tuned. Basically, we're gonna be living at WWDC this June.

Hope this helps! thanks for the reply!

-mike

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Hi Mike

Thanx for the update.

Looks great. There are not that much vendors who are that good in MAC world

[HorstL]

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mikeromo wrote:

Hi Stu!

3 - Norton AntiVirus 11 for Mac - Dual Protection - With so many folks running Windows on their Intel Macs, we figured it would be a good idea to make it as simple as possible to get the best protection on the market, regardless of environment. This is basically Norton AntiVirus 11 and Norton AntiVirus 2008 in a box. Elegant, no?

Message Edited by mikeromo on 04-09-2008 02:43 PM

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Nice to "meet" you, that was really a good idea to put AV 11 and AV 2008 in a box. I know many Mac user, who have installed bootcamp to enjoy Mac and Windows on one PC. But I read your blog and must say "I agree" . Each time when we talking about Mac and Windows the Mac user say: "There are no viruses for mac". But Apple sold computers last year more than ever. More and more people want to buy the "sexy machines"... And we know..a well-known system will more and more a hackers goal.

 

Cheerio

Lars 

[Vejdin]

Mike Romo talks about MAC viruses

Great video Mike! I like it, although I'm not a MAC user

http://nortontoday.symantec.com/media/live_wire.php for more videos.

[HorstL]

.....looks like a real mac user.....and sounds like a mac user........WHO IS IT?

Mike! Mike! Mike! Mike! *lol 

[mikeromo]

You guys are cracking me up!  Glad you like the video--you'll see more. That one was kind of fun to do because I could just "rant" a bit, but we'll get into some more technical stuff soon.  Do you all have any topics you want us to talk about?

Thanks for the encouragement, guys, and for contributing to the forums. We've been wanting to get a forum for awhile, and this is a great start.

Okay--off to a meeting!

-mike 

[Stu]

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mikeromo wrote:

You guys are cracking me up!  Glad you like the video--you'll see more. That one was kind of fun to do because I could just "rant" a bit, but we'll get into some more technical stuff soon.  Do you all have any topics you want us to talk about?

Thanks for the encouragement, guys, and for contributing to the forums. We've been wanting to get a forum for awhile, and this is a great start.

Okay--off to a meeting!

-mike 

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Good luck and go MAC them ;)

[HorstL]

Mike,

how many viruses are known for Mac? Are there any rootkits?

Cheerio

Lars 

Message Edited by HorstL on 04-10-2008 08:11 PM