Kudos0

Suspicious Web Sites should have the Full-Screen Block

Posted: 23-Mar-2010 | 3:59PM · 10 Replies ·

- 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.

[edit: ideas have been separated to ensure each are tracked individually. Please post only ONE Idea in each post.]

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Kudos0

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

Posted: 23-Mar-2010 | 5:24PM · Permalink

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

Kudos0

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

Posted: 24-Mar-2010 | 8:59AM · Permalink

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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Kudos0

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

Posted: 24-Mar-2010 | 9:08AM · Permalink

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

Dan

Kudos0

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

Posted: 24-Mar-2010 | 2:52PM · Permalink

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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Kudos0

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

Posted: 31-Mar-2010 | 6:54AM · Permalink

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.

Kudos0

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

Posted: 02-Apr-2010 | 2:15PM · Permalink

Kudos0

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

Posted: 02-Apr-2010 | 3:18PM · Permalink

What product is this "Already" in?

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Kudos0

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

Posted: 06-Apr-2010 | 2:41PM · Permalink

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

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Kudos0

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

Posted: 07-Apr-2010 | 4:02AM · Permalink

Floating_Red, how does Norton know that a website is "Un-Safe, Caution and Suspicious"? Are you talking about Norton Safe Web?
Kudos0

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

Posted: 07-Apr-2010 | 11:45AM · Permalink

Hi, ALiasEX,

Thanks for your Comment.

In case you are un-aware, symantec groups Web Sites in to Safe, Caution, Un-Safe, Suspicious, and Un-Tested.  Generally, "Safe" Web SItes are fine to visit, but just remember that even Safe Web Sites get compromised; Caution generally means there are Threats on the Site, but are only limited to parts of the Web Site; Suspicious generally means that the Site may not be Safe; Un-Tested means that symantec haven't tested the Web Site for Threats yet.  Hope this answers your question; if not, please do let me know.

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