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Rootkit Eradicator
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Suspicious Web Sites should have the Full-Screen Block

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- 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.

 

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dnadir
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Status changed to: Implemented

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

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

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

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

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

 

Dan

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

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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.

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

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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.

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dnadir
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Status changed to: Already Exists in Product

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

What product is this "Already" in?

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

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

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

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