Hello!
I'm using NIS since I have been online, and yeah Norton simply just rocks. The best.. ever! But, I'm wondering about full support of Opera web browser, I mean (Norton Safe Web) of course! Could anyone admin give me a specific answer if Symantec will take care of Opera on the future?
Thanks a lot !
I dont know. It seems to me logical that Symantec would seek to be compatible with as many browsers as possible, but since nobody knows what the future will bring for Opera who can say with certainty if compatability will always be possible. When issues arise it seems Symantec responds.
As we know, at the moment there's no plan to Support other browser(s) with the Safe Web plugin. It can be a licencing problem between the companies, or simply that it is not used by so many users like Firefox and IE.
After using Opera I hope Symantec will look into it.I like Opera compared to FF and IE.
From what I heard Symantec does want to support Opera, Chrome etc...
But those browsers don't want that. So Symantec can't do anything about it
Thanks Stu did not know that.
Hello
re > NIS & Opera
Am I at risk by running Opera (non-supported browsers) or just inconvenienced.
Does the Community and / or Symnatec offer any comments for user running non-supported browser with NIS.
bjm_
sounds like a good question,,,,,,,,,,,,,
I would like to know that too,when you use ebay the Opera browser blocks the photo pop up's,you still see the photos but it blocks something? FF 3.6 does nothing.
bjm_ wrote:Am I at risk by running Opera (non-supported browsers) or just inconvenienced.
No, you are fully protected this way too. If you use unsupported browsers you will have every other protection layer (like SONAR, Auto-protect, firewall, etc.). The features missing from them are Download Insight, the Norton Toolbar (with this the passwords manager of Identity Safe), and Norton SafeWeb.
Good news PapauZ!
Love Opera still trying to understand some of it's features but other than that it is a nice browser.
PapauZ
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PapauZ wrote:
No, you are fully protected this way too. If you use unsupported browsers you will have every other protection layer (like SONAR, Auto-protect, firewall, etc.). The features missing from them are Download Insight, the Norton Toolbar (with this the passwords manager of Identity Safe), and Norton SafeWeb.
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I would also miss the IPS feature...correct?
bjm_
Hi bjm_,
While there is no browser plugin component of IPS for Opera, you still have the more general Norton IPS system at work. Opera vulnerabilities are included among the attack signatures used by IPS so Opera exploits will still be blocked. Opera, being a browser with a smallish market share, is not as much of a target for vulnerability exploits as are some of the more widely used browsers, so you are arguably somewhat safer from this sort of attack simply because you are using Opera in the first place.
Good day SendOfJive,
That pesky 
IPS browser plugin...the one that gets all the attention when it's temporary disabled by a FF update. The IPS browser plugin component vs. the more general Norton IPS system. Wish I had a deeper working understanding of how they differ. I suspect, I'm not alone as evident by the posts when the IPS browser plugin is disabled. I do follow your commentary re Opera as a smaller target. FF used to be a smaller target. Since, browser (Opera etc) vulnerabilities are included among the attack signatures used by IPS. Why does Norton use / need the IPS browser plugin then?
Cheers,
bjm_
bjm_ wrote:Good day SendOfJive,
That pesky
Yeah, the one some people complain about when it becomes disabled and other people complain about because they cannot disable it, That one. Norton is pretty tight-lipped about the specifics of the browser plugin, which is actually just a component of the broader Norton Intrusion Prevention System. Essentially, having a presence within the browser itself aids in stopping some of the sneakier types of exploits that try to avoid detection.
I know this thread is a bit old but users of Opera and NIS 2010 may still be looking for Norton Safe Web functionality in their Opera browser. You can use WOT (Web of Trust) for Opera user javascript. It appears that this provides similar functionality to Norton Safe Web. You can find the user javascript here: WOT,
Hi pasha
pasha wrote: It appears that WOT provides similar functionality to Norton Safe Web.
Well, not really.
WOT ratings are based solely on user feedback.
Safe Web ratings are based on Symantec analysis and the Norton Community. What is unique about Norton Safe Web is that in addition to actively crawling and analyzing million of Web pages each day, Norton Safe Web benefits from more than 25 million Norton clients within the Norton Community Watch network to servg as "eyes and ears" and automatically report suspicious URLs. If one of those clients experiences a drive-by download at a site, the suspicious URL is automatically reported. Upon receiving the submission for suspicious URLs, Norton Safe Web immediately sends its crawlers to analyze these suspicious URLs to confirm whether the site is indeed malicious or not. Only confirmed malicious sites are rated as unsafe. This approach has proven to be quite effective at helping Norton Safe Web quickly identifying newly infected sites. To ensure its site rating accurately reflects the current state of a site, Norton Safe Web performs frequent re-analysis of Web sites. Norton Safe Web employs an intelligent site rating aging algorithm which uses many factors to determine the "likelihood" of site rating change since last visit. Some of the factors used in this complex analysis include: 1) site's rating history (how many times has the site been rated red/yellow within a given period), 2) site's reputation and association, 3) number and types of threats detected, 4) number of submissions received from Norton clients, 5) site traffic, etc. In other words, unsafe sites that are more likely to have been cleaned up are re-analyzed sooner while those that might take longer to remove detected threats are re-analyzed less frequently. User reviews are also accepted, with contributors ranked by reputation.
It may appear to you that WOT provides similar functionality to Norton Safe Web.
In reality ~ Not really!
Welcome to the Community
bjm_
Thanks for the welcome and information. I am currently evaluating NIS and like what I have seen so far. The Norton Safe Web feature isn't make or break on whether I purchase NIS. I have no reason to doubt anything in your post and would prefer to try it out in Opera. Since no one can try it in Opera, I was just offering another suggestion for similar functionality. I will continue to use Opera and like to know how other users rate a site before deciding if I want to visit it. I have no illusion that WOT is infallible, it is a tool that I use to help me decide if I would like to risk going to a web site. If Norton Safe Web feature was available for Opera I would like to try it out. Thanks again.
Hi pasha
I may have presented a slightly skewed post to you...
I run WOT ...been running WOT longer than SafeWeb...WOT preceeds SafeWeb. Moses ran WOT.
gizmo's like WOT > http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/best-internet-safety-check.htm
(after Introduction see Discussion)
If I ran Opera I'd use WOT .... check with the Opera forums http://my.opera.com/community/forums/ for a compatible Site Advisor. The Opera forums are great.
Cheers
bjm_