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mikeromo wrote:hey there--
Just wanted to let you know that the Mac team will be participating in this forum as well. Given that this forum is in Beta, the forum team needed to start small, so that's why we are in the "Other Products" section. I'm obviously pushing for a Mac section as we continue this.
Thanks, looking foward to talking with you.
-mike romo
Hi Stu!
Thanks for the message. Dude! 95 posts already? Right on!
So, here's what I got for ya. The actual store page is here, but cheggit:
1 - Norton AntiVirus 11 for Mac - 10.4.10/10.5.x, Full Universal, we've got a new UI, we've had several reporters complain that we are scanning too quickly and we have vulnerability protection. I did a little post here and you can see an article about vulnerabilities from CNET here. This is the best version of Norton AntiVirus we've ever made--really. I couldn't be more proud of it.
2 - Norton Confidential for Mac - 10.4/10.5, etc, etc. This is our first foray into going beyond the client machine and really working to protect people from identity theft. We've got several features (a file "lockdown" tool that protects files from being moved, opened or deleted without an admin password, confidential data protection, vulnerability protection (as above), but I think the most obvious feature is phishing protection for both Safari and Firefox. It's dope, I gotta say. While we have a toolbar (super subtle) it can be run without it, so you can get the full Safari experience--with phishing protection that's updated every two hours and whenever you restart, log in, or restart.
3 - Norton AntiVirus 11 for Mac - Dual Protection - With so many folks running Windows on their Intel Macs, we figured it would be a good idea to make it as simple as possible to get the best protection on the market, regardless of environment. This is basically Norton AntiVirus 11 and Norton AntiVirus 2008 in a box. Elegant, no?
4 - We still have Norton internet Security 3 for Mac, but it's really designed for older machines. I keep wanting to take it down, but people still buy it...and since they are not returning it, I guess lots of people are still using older Macs!
We've got some enterprise products as well (fully managed AV and admin console) with a few cool things coming your way this year. Suffice to say, with Apple's success in the market, we are busier than ever.
As for iPhone, we have the SDK and are looking at relevant solutions for it. I am not interested in filling iPhones up with Virus definitions files they don't need, you know? But we are looking at it and I gotta say...well, I can't say, but stay tuned. Basically, we're gonna be living at WWDC this June.
Hope this helps! thanks for the reply!
-mike
mikeromo wrote:Hi Stu!
Thanks for the message. Dude! 95 posts already? Right on!
So, here's what I got for ya. The actual store page is here, but cheggit:
1 - Norton AntiVirus 11 for Mac - 10.4.10/10.5.x, Full Universal, we've got a new UI, we've had several reporters complain that we are scanning too quickly and we have vulnerability protection. I did a little post here and you can see an article about vulnerabilities from CNET here. This is the best version of Norton AntiVirus we've ever made--really. I couldn't be more proud of it.
2 - Norton Confidential for Mac - 10.4/10.5, etc, etc. This is our first foray into going beyond the client machine and really working to protect people from identity theft. We've got several features (a file "lockdown" tool that protects files from being moved, opened or deleted without an admin password, confidential data protection, vulnerability protection (as above), but I think the most obvious feature is phishing protection for both Safari and Firefox. It's dope, I gotta say. While we have a toolbar (super subtle) it can be run without it, so you can get the full Safari experience--with phishing protection that's updated every two hours and whenever you restart, log in, or restart.
3 - Norton AntiVirus 11 for Mac - Dual Protection - With so many folks running Windows on their Intel Macs, we figured it would be a good idea to make it as simple as possible to get the best protection on the market, regardless of environment. This is basically Norton AntiVirus 11 and Norton AntiVirus 2008 in a box. Elegant, no?
4 - We still have Norton internet Security 3 for Mac, but it's really designed for older machines. I keep wanting to take it down, but people still buy it...and since they are not returning it, I guess lots of people are still using older Macs!
We've got some enterprise products as well (fully managed AV and admin console) with a few cool things coming your way this year. Suffice to say, with Apple's success in the market, we are busier than ever.
As for iPhone, we have the SDK and are looking at relevant solutions for it. I am not interested in filling iPhones up with Virus definitions files they don't need, you know? But we are looking at it and I gotta say...well, I can't say, but stay tuned. Basically, we're gonna be living at WWDC this June.
Hope this helps! thanks for the reply!
-mike
mikeromo wrote:Hi Stu!
3 - Norton AntiVirus 11 for Mac - Dual Protection - With so many folks running Windows on their Intel Macs, we figured it would be a good idea to make it as simple as possible to get the best protection on the market, regardless of environment. This is basically Norton AntiVirus 11 and Norton AntiVirus 2008 in a box. Elegant, no?
Message Edited by mikeromo on 04-09-2008 02:43 PM
Nice to "meet" you, that was really a good idea to put AV 11 and AV 2008 in a box. I know many Mac user, who have installed bootcamp to enjoy Mac and Windows on one PC. But I read your blog and must say "I agree" . Each time when we talking about Mac and Windows the Mac user say: "There are no viruses for mac". But Apple sold computers last year more than ever. More and more people want to buy the "sexy machines"... And we know..a well-known system will more and more a hackers goal.
Cheerio
Lars
Mike Romo talks about MAC viruses
Great video Mike! I like it, although I'm not a MAC user 
http://nortontoday.symantec.com/media/live_wire.php for more videos.
.....looks like a real mac user.....and sounds like a mac user........WHO IS IT?
Mike! Mike! Mike! Mike! *lol
You guys are cracking me up! Glad you like the video--you'll see more. That one was kind of fun to do because I could just "rant" a bit, but we'll get into some more technical stuff soon. Do you all have any topics you want us to talk about?
Thanks for the encouragement, guys, and for contributing to the forums. We've been wanting to get a forum for awhile, and this is a great start.
Okay--off to a meeting!
-mike
mikeromo wrote:You guys are cracking me up! Glad you like the video--you'll see more. That one was kind of fun to do because I could just "rant" a bit, but we'll get into some more technical stuff soon. Do you all have any topics you want us to talk about?
Thanks for the encouragement, guys, and for contributing to the forums. We've been wanting to get a forum for awhile, and this is a great start.
Okay--off to a meeting!
-mike
Mike,
how many viruses are known for Mac? Are there any rootkits?
Cheerio
Lars
Great question, HorstL!
I talk about this a little bit here and here, but here’s the list form:
1. There were some (lame) “proof of concept” “viruses” on the Mac last year (meaning that some bored dudes tried some stuff and it worked and they wrote about it and some other people got all excited about it and released press releases and it made front page of CNN.com and everyone was all, “the sky is falling! viruses on the Macs”–all we did was release a virus def for it and got back to work) but they never made it to the rest of the world
2. there was this cross platform trojan horse that happened last year
3. there WERE viruses for the classic Mac OS, including the “Hong Kong” virus which made my life very difficult when I was an IT guy back in the day, but nothing, really, for Mac OS X so far
4. Macs still have to deal with MS Office Macro viruses aplenty (as I wrote in another article, my friend had 333 infections on his machine! He couldn’t send any Word documents to other people because his attachments kept getting bounced from the other email servers)
5. No rootkits at this time - but we would get on it if it were a problem
6. no spyware at this time - ditto
But as I talk about in that CNET article, I kinda think viruses are passé, to be honest. For me, its all about protecting people from malicious websites, vulnerability protection and keeping their identity safe. Check out the article, it’s a pretty good overview of where we think the real action is.
hope this helps,
mike
Thanks for your reply,
what do you think, Mike. Will Apple be a hackers goal in future or don't you think so?!? What's about vulnerabilities ? There are comments that they are more often in the last time - or is this an appearance due higher sales? Hearing about problems with Quicktime, Safari and so on? Will we see a second Windows someday? ( Comparing with Windows (TM) )
Cheerio
Lars
I’m curious about that as well. MAC is getting more and more popular these days
hey guys--
Sorry to be so late with this reply.
As far as hackers, I mean, well, we have to basically operate like the platform could get hacked at any moment--that's just how we have to think. I think as we all move online, the OS is getting to be less and less relevant and it becomes more of "what are you more comfortable with" and "how technical are you". I think the Mac is easier for some tasks than Windows, but I know that gamers are much happier to live on Windows, but no matter what platform you are using, you are going to spending time online, using a browser, shopping, sending mail, sharing files, etc, etc--and we have to make sure that those kinds of interactions are safe. That's why we made Norton Confidential and added Vulnerability Protection to our newer products.
I actually don't necessarily see a correlation between more and more Mac users to more and more Mac attacks. It's like, with Windows, it's still cheaper to get a machine and there are still way more Windows machines throughout the WORLD, so it would take a huge increase in Mac sales worldwide to really change the minds of hackers and those kinds of folks, but regardless, we are seeing attacks focused less on attacks on OS and machines and more towards getting information from people, which, again, is platform agnostic. As the years pass, I really think the OS will be less relevant, because we will be accessing and sharing data across phones, game consoles, computers, and all kinds of devices so it makes more sense for us to think in terms of protecting data primarily-- managing access, locking it down, etc, etc -- as well as where the data lives.
thanks again for the post--talk to you soon!!
mike
mikeromo wrote:hey guys--
Sorry to be so late with this reply.
As far as hackers, I mean, well, we have to basically operate like the platform could get hacked at any moment--that's just how we have to think. I think as we all move online, the OS is getting to be less and less relevant and it becomes more of "what are you more comfortable with" and "how technical are you". I think the Mac is easier for some tasks than Windows, but I know that gamers are much happier to live on Windows, but no matter what platform you are using, you are going to spending time online, using a browser, shopping, sending mail, sharing files, etc, etc--and we have to make sure that those kinds of interactions are safe. That's why we made Norton Confidential and added Vulnerability Protection to our newer products.
I actually don't necessarily see a correlation between more and more Mac users to more and more Mac attacks. It's like, with Windows, it's still cheaper to get a machine and there are still way more Windows machines throughout the WORLD, so it would take a huge increase in Mac sales worldwide to really change the minds of hackers and those kinds of folks, but regardless, we are seeing attacks focused less on attacks on OS and machines and more towards getting information from people, which, again, is platform agnostic. As the years pass, I really think the OS will be less relevant, because we will be accessing and sharing data across phones, game consoles, computers, and all kinds of devices so it makes more sense for us to think in terms of protecting data primarily-- managing access, locking it down, etc, etc -- as well as where the data lives.
thanks again for the post--talk to you soon!!
mike
Hello,
I have a question about Macs and being able to monitor the A/V updates and push with a remote console. I see that Norton 10 claimed to have this ability but I've never seen it put into use. Does Norton 11 have this feature? Is the remote console for managing only available for PC or is there a version for Mac admins? Also one last question, which version would you recommend for Leopard users? I tried to get 11 from our Symantec rep but he said 10.1.1 was the newest.
hi stunned!
thanks for your message.
So, we actually have two lines of Mac products. The consumer versions, which you get from the Norton online store at your local retailer, are “Norton” products (Norton AntiVirus, Norton Confidential, etc). For customers with lots of Macs, we have our “Enterprise” line, which are labelled “Symantec”, so we have Symantec AntiVirus for Mac. That product is the managed product.
The latest version of Symantec AntiVirus is actually 10.2 – it was released awhile ago for Mac OS X 10.5 Client/Server support. You may want to ask your rep about it (it’s on FileConnect) or you can email me directly (mike_romo@symantec.com) and we’ll figure it out. Symantec AntiVirus for Mac has two, well, three components:
1 - Symantec AntiVirus for Mac client application - used to scan the drive, run LiveUpdate, etc
2 - Symantec Administration Console for Mac - this is the administration tool that sends commands out to the client machines. It runs on Mac OS X server and is basically a web page that administrators can access from any web browser. It runs on Apache and uses a MySQL database. It only manages Mac clients.
3 - Console code - a piece of code that is responsible for receiving commands from the console and basically telling the Symantec AntiVirus application to do its thing.
For Leopard users:
1 - regular customers (ie, me at home) should use Norton AntiVirus 11 for Mac
2 - enterprise customers (ie, me at work) should use Symantec AntiVirus 10.2 for Mac
Hope this helps!
mike
Hi All
Using N.A ver. 11 on an Intel Mac running Leopard X, all up to date. how to get the antivirus to exclude a network drive that mounts after login?
I have tried a couple of different settings on the program... but every time the drive mounts NA keeps scanning it.
TIA
Oscar A.
hi Oscar--
Have you tried configuring the "Auto Disk Auto Protect preference? You may want to select just the "Data Disks" and "iPods" in the "Scan These Kinds of Disks" option. Also, please run LiveUpdate to get these week's defs, we updated them to play better with Time Capsule.
Turning off Mount Scan is an option too, since anything you bring to your local drive will be scanned with Auto-Protect.
if this doesn't help, let me know. how is the network disk being shared?
thanks,
mike
Hi Mike,
I really think Symantec would serve the Mac users much better in a dedicated forum that would make it much easier to navigate and find things here. That being said, it is an nice opportunity to interact with a leading vendor.
My question: I wonder about this update you mention in April to improve interaction with TimeMachine: How did you test it?
When making my initial backup to TM/TimeCapsule harddisk the speed was so slow and after one day I had to remove Norton (ver 11) to get speed around 2-6 MB sec. and get things moving. As this was in the beginning of May 2008 I guess that update must have been included into the Norton application on my computer with the automatic update function?