Norton 2010 Beta

[dschrader]

Unlike the previous thread on this, this time the Norton 2010 beta really has been posted. Find it here:

http://www.symantec.com/norton/beta/download.jsp?pvid=nis2010

This is, of course, beta software, so expect the unexpected and don't run it on your production machine.

Full disclosure, I'm from Symantec. But this year's model is worth looking at. We focused on

1. Performance
We are determined never to take our eye off that particular ball again. The goal is to put out the fastest scanner that uses the least memory and that does the least to impact your computing experience. We will be testing the performance many different ways - but we want to hear from you on this year’s model.

2. Quorum
Which is an internal name for a dynamic reputation system that informs many of our components. Last year we introduced Norton Insight - which used reputation to separate what files are safe from those that are not.

This year we extended that to give you insight into what is impacting the performance of the system. We also are using Quorum to better make firewall decisions (this, IMHO, is what Microsoft should have done in W7’s UAC), to throttle our new heuristic engine, do to better spam and phishing filtering. Take a look at it, it improves security, speeds the scanner and gives you a very interesting view of your system.

Quorum is white listing done right - comments are appreciated.

3. SONAR 2 - our new heuristic engine. It looks for new/unknown malware both in static files and in real time and rates every file and every process. The security rating feeds Quorum - and you get to see the security rating of everything running on your system. We expect big improvements on pro-active malware tests.

4. Feeding your inner geek. More information for the user. Including more info on:
- What happened when a system got infected
- Information on the safety and performance rating of new software before you install it
- And pretty pictures of system performance - and system changes. The idea is to make it easy to how new software impacted your system's performance.

5. Brightmail
Yes, we finally put the Brightmail spam engine into NIS

6. Onlinefamily - a new approach to parental controls - give you a little insight into what your pre-teen is doing online . . .

Yes, it supports W7.

[Ceyfer √]

The Symantec guy...

Thanks for the infos

[jocker]

Thanks for the update.

Just one question: will the serials from Norton 2009 work on this 2010 upcoming version?

[utkarsh30june]

Welcome Dan Schrader from Symantec to this Forum. Nice to see a Symantec employee in this Forum.

I hope Norton 2010 performs well this time. There are a lot of areas where Symantec can still improve, like compatibility with low/mainstream PCs, Software Price and False Positives.

[my_immortalize]

Just 14 day...

Screenshots:

[Ceyfer √]

Sneak Peak for NAV2010 beta ( *bugs )

Smooth installation
New GUI theme
* After several Live update attempts though it was successful the screen still show that it was not updated ( 3days ago)
*minor GUI bug
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Flip Screen from main page to Performance Screen
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*Autoprotection /Sonar shutdown
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Drive by download
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Conficker

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This NAV beta is quite faster than the previous version NAV 2009 it means better performance optimization,installation was smooth and fast, Autoprotect was able to blocked and quarantined threats able to do its job,faster scanning speed and new gui theme + improvement in navigation tab flip screen .But the I encounterd several problems like minor gui bugs, Sonar Protection shut downs,live update notification,anyway these problems are acceptable since this is still in beta.

More room for improvement. Lets wait for the final stable version.

[rnbv424140]

good one ceyfer. hope they really improve it this time

[computerwis]

The link is restricted for some reason. The link is http://www.symantec.com/norton/beta/download.jsp?pvid=nis2010

The GUI is a little to blackish, they should change the GUI a little bit.

[dschrader]

I doubt that the 2009 activation codes would work with the 2010 product - but . . .

This is a subscription product - if you have an active subscription you are eligible for a free upgrade to the 2010 product - no matter what version you have.

ceyfer, thanx for all the screen shots - I'm impressed you got the flip screen in mid animation. If you want to submit feedback on the beta to Symantec you can use the in product link or you can go to http://community.norton.com/norton/board?board.id=nis2010_pb

computerwis - I agree, the GUI is dark. You can change the skin - but the options aren't great. For Norton black is the new black.

[LCaveman]

I doubt that the 2009 activation codes would work with the 2010 product - but . . .

This is a subscription product - if you have an active subscription you are eligible for a free upgrade to the 2010 product - no matter what version you have.

Why complicate things that way?.I can't use my 2009 key on 2010,but, i can upgrade to 2010.