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Norton LiveUpdate is a utility developed by Symantec Corporation that downloads and installs security updates (such as spyware, firewall, or antivirus signature files) and software patches. [1] LiveUpdate can only apply updates for a particular version of Norton; it cannot however upgrade a version of Norton to a later version (for example ...
Norton Utilities is a utility software suite designed to help analyze, configure, optimize and maintain a computer. The latest version of the original series of Norton Utilities is Norton Utilities 16 for Windows XP/Vista/7/8 was released 26 October 2012. Peter Norton published the first version for DOS, The Norton Utilities, Release 1, in 1982.
Norton AntiVirus is an anti-virus or anti- malware software product founded by Peter Norton, developed and distributed by Symantec (now Gen Digital) since 1990 [1] as part of its Norton family of computer security products. It uses signatures and heuristics to identify viruses. Other features included in it are e-mail spam filtering and ...
Norton Internet Security, developed by Symantec Corporation, is a discontinued computer program that provides malware protection and removal during a subscription period. It uses signatures and heuristics to identify viruses. Other features include a personal firewall, email spam filtering, and phishing protection.
Symantec Endpoint Protection is a security software suite that includes intrusion prevention, firewall, and anti-malware features. [11] According to SC Magazine, Endpoint Protection also has some features typical of data loss prevention software. [12] It is typically installed on a server running Windows, Linux, or macOS. [13]
GHOST (an acronym for general hardware-oriented system transfer [4] ), now Symantec ™ GHOST Solution Suite ( GSS) [5] for enterprise, is a disk cloning and backup tool originally developed by Murray Haszard in 1995 for Binary Research. The technology was acquired in 1998 by Symantec . The backup and recovery functionality was replaced by ...
SONAR (Symantec) SONAR is the abbreviation for S ymantec O nline N etwork for A dvanced R esponse. Unlike virus signatures, SONAR examines the behavior of applications to decide whether they are malicious. SONAR is built upon technology Symantec acquired in its late 2005 purchase of WholeSecurity, [1] a developer of behavioral anti-malware and ...
Proprietary EULA. Q&A was a database and word processing software program for IBM PC –compatible computers published by Symantec and partners from 1985 to 1998. It was written by a team headed by Symantec founder Dr. Gary Hendrix, [1] [2] Denis Coleman, and Gordon Eubanks . Released by Symantec in 1985 for MS-DOS computers, Q&A's flat-file ...