According to a Norton Protection Blog post in the Norton Community, titled "What's new in Norton Internet Security 2012": SONAR 4 was introduced with the 2012 BETA versions. With this feature in place, we will continue to block and remove many new variants of malware that leave their network footprint unchanged." According to Symantec it is now monitoring about 400 aspects of each application to determine whether it is safe or harmful. They advise: "In SONAR 3 we have further enhanced our integration with the network component in order to classify, convict, and remediate malware on the basis of its malicious network activity. According to the company, SONAR 3 is fine-tuned to better detect fake antivirus software and is better integrated with the network component. It is available for Norton 2010 customers with legitimate subscriptions through updates, Norton 2011 customers, and Norton 360 v.5 public beta users. SONAR 3 came with the Norton 2011 public beta. Therefore, SONAR 2 is able to more accurately detect security risks than it was before. According to the company, this version leverages data from more sources, including reputation data about a program. SONAR 2 is part of Norton 2010 and Norton 360 v.4 antivirus software. SONAR was first offered as an add-on for Norton AntiVirus 2007 and Norton Internet Security 2007 subsequent annual editions of the Norton line have had SONAR, as well. SONAR was introduced to serve the consumer antivirus market. Symantec already had a behavior analysis security tool for enterprises, known as Critical System Protection. Įd Kim, director of product management at Symantec, expressed confidence in SONAR, "We've done extensive testing on emerging threats, and it catches early threats and variants of existing threats." History Symantec claims SONAR can also prevent attackers from leveraging unpatched software vulnerabilities. The main use of SONAR is to enhance detection of zero day threats. Both of those factors would indicate the program is not malware. Various factors are considered before determining that a program is malicious, such as if the program adds a shortcut on the desktop or creates a Windows Add/Remove programs entry. Other names may be trademarks of their respective owners.An algorithm is used to evaluate hundreds of attributes relating to software running on a computer. The Android robot is reproduced or modified from work created and shared by Google and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License. Microsoft and the Window logo are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. Alexa and all related logos are trademarks of, Inc. App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc. Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple and the Apple logo are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. Android, Google Chrome, Google Play and the Google Play logo are trademarks of Google, LLC. Firefox is a trademark of Mozilla Foundation. or its affiliates in the United States and other countries. NortonLifeLock, the NortonLifeLock Logo, the Checkmark Logo, Norton, LifeLock, and the LockMan Logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of NortonLifeLock Inc. LifeLock identity theft protection is not available in all countries.Ĭopyright © 2022 NortonLifeLock Inc. The Norton and LifeLock Brands are part of NortonLifeLock Inc.
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