Symantec Releases Norton 2010 Products, Unveiling New Detection Technologies in the Fight Against Cyber Crime

Symantec announced the release of Norton Internet Security 2010 and Norton AntiVirus 2010.

Norton Internet Security 2010 and Norton AntiVirus 2010 use a new model of security, codenamed Quorum, to attain detection of new malware and advance far beyond traditional signature and behavior-based detection, the company said.

Quorum, the company noted, focuses on the uniqueness of a file and its attributes. More than three years in the making, Quorum tracks files and applications and dozens of their attributes such as their age, download source, digital signature and prevalence, according to a release.

"One in five people will become a victim of cyber crime," said Rowan Trollope, senior vice president, Consumer Products and Marketing, Symantec. "We know that hackers don't destroy computers, they destroy lives. The powerful new reputation-based security in Norton 2010 gives people the power to deny digital dangers wherever they are found online."

AV-Test.org, the company said, rated the Norton 2010 "an excellent result"(3) in their recent testing of traditional detection methods such as heuristics and signatures.

"The expanding number and sophistication of security threats can no longer be contained through signature files and behavioral heuristics alone," said Jon Oltsik, senior analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group. "Symantec's reputation-based security technology for 2010 represents a new and important safeguard in a multi-layer antivirus defense. I believe it's likely that the internet security industry will be building on technologies like Quorum for the next ten years."

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