Symantec unveils 2011 betas of Norton security softwares

[DKT27]

Though we're only a few months into 2010, Symantec is already offering a preview of its 2011 security lineup.

The company launched on Monday beta releases of its 2011 Norton Internet Security suite and Norton AntiVirus, along with new, free security tools. They are all available for download.

Norton Internet Security 2011 is the company's full suite, offering antivirus, antispyware, firewall, and antispam tools. In past years, Norton's security software has been dinged by some for being slow and chewing up too much memory. But Symantec said it is sought to improve its 2011 versions to coax them to install and scan faster and use up less memory.

The company added that it's moving beyond security by offering a new feature called System Insight 2.0, which can alert users when other applications are grabbing too much memory and system resources. Also new to the 2011 Internet Security and AntiVirus products is Download Insight 2.0, which will scan downloads delivered through your browser, e-mail, or instant messaging program.

Features revamped for 2011 include Norton Identity Safe, which is designed to help create and manage all of your passwords, and Norton Safe Web, which analyzes and rates search results from Google, Yahoo, and Bing to make sure sites are free of malware.

Symantec is also debuting a few free security tools. Norton Safe Web Lite is a free version of the aforementioned tool designed to alert people to unsafe Web sites among search results. Norton Safe Web for Facebook is geared toward combating Koobface and other malware specifically targeted toward social-networking sites.

The free Norton Rescue Tools provides two individual utilities designed to clean up malware, according to Symantec. Cybercriminals are increasingly employing one popular scam: sending people phony messages telling them they've caught a virus and then offering to install antivirus software. Of course, the "antivirus software" is actually malware that itself infects PCs.

The Norton Power Eraser attempts to remove malware that conventional security software may not be able to eliminate. And the Norton Bootable Recovery Tool helps you create a rescue disc that you can use in the event your system is so badly compromised that it's unusable.

Norton Internet Security 2011 (download beta), Norton AntiVirus 2011 (download beta), and Norton Safe Web Lite can be downloaded from the company's beta site.

Norton Internet Security 2011 Beta

Source:

CNET

[chlorophyll]

yeah KIS 2011 BETA also getting ready for release. :lol:

[BBs]

Im going to test it, i hope it doesn't f**k my machine :D

[CODYQX4]

I expect a fall release from Symantec for final, as usual.

[donizme]

I saw box reading this article as the stats showed at the bottom. That can only mean one thing... :sneaky:

[dzjeppster]

Does this require that you manually install any new builds? (As in uninstall older build and install a new one)

I would only try it if it automatically updated to the latest build, I don't want to manually do it

[DKT27]

I would like to see if someone can post a personal user review on it. :)

[0veR]

GUI looks like sh!t :lol:

[DKT27]

Screenshots:

A line from CNET:

These free testers are partially-baked previews of the consumer products Symantec will release later this year.

[CODYQX4]

Good to see you can look at the old UI, the other thing looks stupid.

[DKT27]

@CODYQX4: I removed the last pic as I wasn't able to confirm that it's of v2011.

[donizme]

I thought the new UI looked a bit too plain at first. But after you look more closely, you can see that the 2011 UI is more smoother and clean. They've removed the CPU and memory meter from it which might be because they think it confuses the casual user or it takes too much resources, or that people just use the task manager. The only negative I can see about the new UI is that the 'On' buttons for each feature is in orange, which is stupid, it should be green. This has already lead to many complaints from beta users on Norton forums.

I'll try it in a couple of months when it's much more stable. But for now 2010 does a fantastic job. ^_^

[RPell]

will keep an eye out for a final release

[niyhit]

I have always been eager to try the latest NIS since i joined this forum.

btw i have a question is how long i can use the NIS 2011 Beta before the trial gets over? coz i just dont want to mess with my existing NIS 2010( still running smoothly) just in case.

Cheers to the success of Nsane team and especially to Our Great Rocker :dance2: <<<BOX>>> :dance2:

[avmad]

Sounds like it might be near the final version. I like the look of it, haven't tried it. How is it? Just a question, I used the 2010 360 for a while but it kept deleting my keygens etc. But I hear that IS has more control than the 360, so does it automatically delete our useful files?

I really liked it apart from the auto delete thing (maybe I set it incorrectly) I wondered if the Internet Security version did the same. If not I'll try it out.

Hope that made sense, thanks.

[Ferocity]

NIS does the same as the other products, it removes threats automatically. I don't like that either, hope they atleast put a option so that you can decide how the program would handle threats.

Btw...the best skin in my opinion was the v2009 one.

[Andyxl.Yu]

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