Hi folks,
My Norton Internet Security subscription will end quite soon and I would appreciate any help with a couple of questions:
1- Is it true that if I do not renew on time that NIS 2012 will stop working altogether ?
2- I read a review report comparing anti-virus software by www.av-comparatives.org, and NIS 2012 was not amongst their top rated. I was specifically concerned about what they had to say about its firewall. I quote:
"Inbound Firewall Settings:
After installing Norton Internet Security 2012, we were still able to ping the PC and access its file share from another computer on the LAN.
Outbound Firewall/Application Control:
Our firewall tester was able to download its test file without hindrance or query. Symantec have informed that the firewall can be made to query outgoing programs, by turning off "Automatic Program Control" and enabling "Advanced Events Monitoring" in the firewall settings. We must admit that we failed to find these settings ourselves when we looked". End quote.
This sounds like a pretty serious flaw in the firewall, effectively rendering it useless, or am I misreading this ?.
The report is available at: http://www.av-comparatives.org/images/docs/avc_sum_201112_en.pdf
3- If I purchase NIS 2012 would I be able to upgrade to 2013 when it is released FOC ?
Thank you in advance