“Consumers today expect to be able to access and share their files, photos and music anytime, from any device, and our mobile applications make that possible,” said Rowan Trollope, senior vice president, Consumer Products and Marketing, Symantec, in the press release. “They’re also interacting more on social networks, which have become a top target for cybercriminals. Norton 360’s reputation-based technology leverages the strength of millions of our community members and is proven effective in fighting the Web-based threats that attack social networks.”
Norton 360 now includes the reputation-based technology launched in September 2009 with Norton Internet Security and Norton AntiVirus 2010. The technology tackles undiscovered malware and today’s toughest threats head-on. Using reputation, Norton 360 has achieved the top score in third-party testing conducted by UK-based Dennis Labs, which were designed to replicate real-world, Web-based attacks such as those that target social networking sites. Of the 10 products tested, Norton was the only one to protect against all of the threats, achieving a 100 percent overall protection score.
Norton 360 version 4.0 is now available for purchase in the U.S. through retailers and the Symantec online store. The beta mobile applications for the iPad and iPhone are planned to be available free of charge on the Apple’s App Store in the next few weeks. The latest version of Norton 360 supports Microsoft XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. The suggested retail price is US$79.99 for the standard edition including 2GB of online storage space and US$99.99 for the premium edition including 25GB of online storage space. The price for both standard and premium editions includes a three PC license and a one-year service subscription to use the product and receive Symantec’s protection updates. All Norton 360 users with a valid product subscription are eligible to receive the latest product updates via the subscription service model.
Source: Symantec Corporation
MacDailyNews Take: How to ruin a perfectly good iPhone, iPad, or iPod: Plug it into a Windows PC. Get a Mac, sign up for MobileMe and be happy!
No Thanks, I’ll Pass…
wow, norton is out of the security FUD business
To do what? More harm than good?
No thanks. #1 marketing tool. Let then fear something can happen to then without you.
I couldn’t think of anything I would want LESS on my iPhone (OK maybe Flash)
In the last month I have had to format and reload over a dozen widows PC that were INFECTED with MALWARE and HAD NORTON 360 on them.
No Thanks..
And just how is this better than MobileMe?
Not for me thanks
Hum! Searching for an horror trip?!
What is “Reputation based Technology”?
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA. Bwahh hahahahhahahaha!
MDN word: expected (as in just what I would have… from these hacks)
Bringing PC insecurity to the Mac. It’s the Symantec way!
I can just imagine more crash and lag using this thing. What’s next their gonna make an anti-virus for iPad and iPhone?lol perhaps they should focus more on WinMo 7.
That is just disgusting. Sad thing about it is that all the Windows using drones will download and use in droves.
“Sad thing about it is that all the Windows using drones will download and use in droves.”
And then they will say “wow, this is cool” Bet your Apple can’t do this fanboyz!”
“MobileMe? That’s a stupid name, bet it doesn’t do anything because the name is stupid!”
what a freaking joke
Norton: why don’t you try making some sh*t that actually works and protects on Windows first (and does not crush the system resources)
Sorry, but I think Norton and McAfee suck big time. When I have to de-infect Windows PCs, guess what antivirus they are already running?
Norton IS a virus!
Dear me, they want you to put a BETA on your iPhone?
The only Mac users who buy Norton Anti-Virus are recent switchers. Once they upgrade to the next major OS release they never seem to reinstall it.
Anti-virus software-free here since 2003 (and Mac user since 2000 – I was NEVER a Winblows user so I’m not a true switcher; I just never owed a computer before my Cube).
LOL…what a joke. It must be. Running symantec rubbish on a mac is almost, almost, as stupid as uninstalling os x on a mbp and installing vista instead. Sematically speaking: It’s all just degrees of profound idiocy.
This is how corporate IT will fuckup your iPad and iPhone going forward.
How else do they stay employed?
Beware! Norton offers no human support whatsoever, even if installation of their product destroys your device.
Geez what a bunch of arrogant pricks.
I’ve been using a Mac since January 1984. I’m not a Windows apologist. But if you fanboy wankers would leave your moms’ basements long enough to look around, you’d notice that most people (employed people that is, so it’s understandable that you won’t know until your moms kick you out of the house) still use Windows at work. And on their corporate networks they have things like Norton. Even Lotus Notes. All kinds of crap. That doesn’t make these people losers. That just makes them people, losers. And if those people who have to use Windows and Microsoft crap at work want to be able to use an iPhone and a Mac when they’re not in the office, the last thing they need is a bunch of whiney fanboys pissing on them for having a life.
Flame on, biyotches.
Who still uses Symantec crapware?!
Oh, Windows users.
“That doesn’t make these people losers.”
Or necessarily LUSERS for that matter. But it does make them unwitting suckers of Symantec.
I still find it bizarre that people get degrees and certification to perpetrate crapware in the biznizz world.
The more people that use antivirus on a mac, the less secure future OSX versions will become. It’s a cultural thing – users set expectations.
What ever happened to calling somebody a straight up bitch instead of some stupid, mealy mouthed variation thereof? Ah, the Great Pussification of Us claims another scalp…