Why does Norton have changed their product to AVAST Antivir Engine?

Norton 360 for Windows
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I’ve been reading an article in a recommended german computer magazine (called “C’t”), that the Antivir Engine of the newest version of Norton 360 has changed to AVAST - note, that both companies have been merged. Maybe some troubles (CPU hogs, false scans without planning and so on) depend on the new engine and interaction with norton app …

It would be nice if an employee of norton could give a feedback. It feels like we are part of beta testing in real world now …

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fwiw ~
https://us.norton.com/new-norton-app

https://malwaretips.com/threads/anyone-tried-norton-v24.131066/

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Okay - but NO statement of Norton or did I miss something? A lot of Bug reports … Puuh!
My user experience isn’t that great …

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Just an example: My PC is part of a Windows Domain and Norton declared the domain network to a “public” network and no traffic was possible. For me as an experienced user it is no problem, but for others … The former version didn’t have any problems with a domain network (Windows declares it the Control Panel …

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Sure, lets wait for Norton official comment/statement.
I’ll follow along from the cheap seats.

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There is a new AVAST Beta comming that solves the Firewall problem.

https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=328527.0

There are AVAST user with the high CPU problem:
https://forum.avast.com/index.php?topic=328736.0

By the way, “chip.de” hat zu diesem Thema ein (KI generiertes) Video veröffentlicht:
https://www.chip.de/video/Virenscanner-Diese-grossen-Anbieter-sind-miteinander-verschmolzen-Video_185470501.html

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