I'm planning to upgrade NIS06 to NIS09 on my dad's PC, and have a few questions about Automatic Program Control.
Firstly, can I assume that NIS09 has no 'Learn Mode' which existed on NIS06 (which, if turned on, pretty much assumed anything accessing the Internet in the first 7 days was okay so long as not blacklisted). Although I think his PC is clean, I would want to disable any such feature as a matter of principle.
Secondly, the NIS09 default settings appear to be Automatic Program Control (APC) ON and Advanced Events Monitoring (AEM) OFF. The help page says:
#1 Automatic Program Control automatically configures Internet access settings for Web-enabled programs the first time that they run. When a program tries to access the Internet for the first time, Automatic Program Control creates rules for it.
#2 Automatic Program Control configures Internet access only for the versions of programs that Symantec recognizes as safe. An alert occurs when an infected program tries to access your computer.
#3 If you want to determine the Internet access settings for your programs, you can turn off Automatic Program Control. When a program tries to access the Internet for the first time, an alert prompts you to configure access settings.
(I've added the # numbers above, for reference).
However the above explanation does not say what NIS09 does for an unrecognised program. #2 talks about handling 'safe' programs (a whitelist) and blocking infected programs (a blacklist) but not what happens if an unrecognised program tries to access the Internet. Can I assume that NIS09 resorts to prompting the user? I know that my dad had a couple of odd (but legit) programs on his PC which NIS06 didn't recognise, and I want to confirm what NIS09 will do (if it still doesn't recognise them).
Thanks,
J.