The all-in-one Norton 360 combines Symantec’s full range of security technologies – including anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, intrusion detection, anti-phishing, back-up and tune-up – into a single online product aimed at consumers and small businesses users.
Announced in the US yesterday, Norton 360 will be available to Australian users in mid-March for $129 for a one-year subscription and software licences for up to three computers.
The company says the breadth of Norton 360 coverage meant users could source all their security needs in a single product. The product is geared to both protect the computers and the information stored on them from internet risks, as well as from data loss.
Norton 360 also diagnoses and fixes common problems and automatically optimises PC speed and performance.
Symantec’s consumer business unit chief Enrique Salem said Norton 360 aimed to give one-stop protection to people using their computers for more than just work and storing documents, but for those that also use their PC for online banking, shopping, keeping in contact with friends and managing their music – among other daily activities.
“(Norton 360) not only protects against traditional online threats, but also helps secure users’ identity when transacting online and safeguards valuable files like music and photos,” Mr Salem said.
Yankee Group senior analyst Andrew Jacquith said that with Norton 360 Symantec was rejuvenating its consumer product line.
Included in Norton 360 is the Symantec Online Network for Advanced Response (SONAR), which provides behaviour-based malware detection to identify new threats in real-time based on application behaviour.
It also includes new local and online backup and restore capabilities. The online backup is secured through the users’ Norton Accounts, as well as through encryption both during file transfer and on the storage server.
The product includes 2GB of online storage, while users can purchase up to 25 GB of additional storage where needed.
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