davidh
September 8th, 2009, 04:00 PM
Symantec adds Quorum antimalware analysis to consumer security software
Quorum analysis capability added to 2010 editions of Norton AntiVirus and Internet Security
By Ellen Messmer , Network World , 09/08/2009
Symantec this week is taking the wraps off the 2010 editions of its flagship antimalware consumer software, Norton AntiVirus and Norton Internet Security, adding a new type of malware detection and analysis it calls Quorum.
Quorum is the underlying technology used for reputation analysis to determine if a file a user encounters on the Web is harmful or harmless, according to Dan Nadir, director of Symantec's product management group, consumer division.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/090809-symantec-quorum-antimalware.html
"reputation analysis" apparently is sort of like a combination of whitelisting , blacklisting, and "grey listing", if you will.
Other types of analysis include:
behavioral analysis
cloud-based analysis
monitoring network traffic using intrusion-prevention systems
and URL reputations for untrustworthy sites
Norton AntiVirus 2010 is the more basic antimalware package for the desktop. Norton Internet Security adds capabilities that include firewall and antiphishing defense, plus Identity Safe for protection and management of personal profile information and passwords. Both packages include some new tools, such as System Insight, which can inform users about CPU and memory utilization over time.
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available Sept. 9.
Quorum analysis capability added to 2010 editions of Norton AntiVirus and Internet Security
By Ellen Messmer , Network World , 09/08/2009
Symantec this week is taking the wraps off the 2010 editions of its flagship antimalware consumer software, Norton AntiVirus and Norton Internet Security, adding a new type of malware detection and analysis it calls Quorum.
Quorum is the underlying technology used for reputation analysis to determine if a file a user encounters on the Web is harmful or harmless, according to Dan Nadir, director of Symantec's product management group, consumer division.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/090809-symantec-quorum-antimalware.html
"reputation analysis" apparently is sort of like a combination of whitelisting , blacklisting, and "grey listing", if you will.
Other types of analysis include:
behavioral analysis
cloud-based analysis
monitoring network traffic using intrusion-prevention systems
and URL reputations for untrustworthy sites
Norton AntiVirus 2010 is the more basic antimalware package for the desktop. Norton Internet Security adds capabilities that include firewall and antiphishing defense, plus Identity Safe for protection and management of personal profile information and passwords. Both packages include some new tools, such as System Insight, which can inform users about CPU and memory utilization over time.
...
available Sept. 9.