Thursday, February 18, 2010

Symantec launches new version of Norton 360

MUMBAI, INDIA: Symantec, the global security, storage and system management solutions provider, today announced the launch of Norton 360 version 4.0 in India, as part of the global launch of the latest version.

The Norton 360 version 4.0 offers latest security technology with remote access to secure data backup and delivers high security against web-based attacks such as social networking threats. Also it introduced median beta application for the Android phones and plans to come out with the beta application for the iPod and iPhone in the coming weeks.

With the free downloadable application from the iPhone App Store or the Android Market, users who have stored data online with Norton 360 or Norton On-line Backup can access and share documents, music, photos or videos directly from their devices, Symantec told media here today.

According to the company, over 11 million users have benefited from this feature.

“Consumers today expect to be able to access and share their files, photos and music any time from any device and our mobile applications make that possible,” said Rowan Trollope, Symantec's senior vice president Consumer Products and Marketing.

“They are also interacting more on social networks, which have become a top target for cyber criminals. Norton 360's reputation-based technology leverages the strength of millions of our community members and is confirmed effective in fighting the web-based threats that attack social networks,” he added.

According to David Hall, Symantec's regional product manager, Asia Pacific Consumer Products and Solutions, the Norton 360 version 4.0 is built on Reputation-based security technology, which blocks previously hidden threat from one of every two users.

“With the 'Smart Startup Manager', the security suite helps decrease the PC boot up time and offers fast concert along with backup space of 2GB online storage. Overall it protects, offers high performance and online sharing from anywhere at any time via multiple devices,” said David Hall.

The Reputation-based technology tackles undiscovered malware and threats head-on. According to UK-based Dennis Technology Labs, Norton 360 topped in third-party testing, which were designed to replicate real-world, web-based attacks such as those targets social networking sites. Among 10 products tested, Norton was the only one to protect against all of the threats, achieving a 100 per cent overall protection score, claimed Symantec.

The Norton 360 has two editions. The standard edition with 2GB of online storage space is available at a suggested retail price of Rs.3200 for 3-PC users license and Rs.1795 for single PC user. While, the premium edition with 25 GB of online storage space with 3-PC users license is available at a suggested retail price of Rs.4025.

The price for both standard and premium editions includes a one year service subscription to use the product and receive Symantec's protection updates.

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