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<blockquote data-quote="Trident" data-source="post: 1087126" data-attributes="member: 99014">Well they didn’t sprinkle over 8 billion USD just to get access to Avast TuneUP and Private Browser. It was obvious that Avast’s capable engines will sooner or later make their way into the Norton products. I have the following concerns though:-Avast IDP is a lot heavier than SONAR, produces much more CPU activity.-Not sure how Avast Web Shield will integrate with IPS.-Not sure if IPS will even remain in Norton products if there is engine switchover. Avast does not have a full substitute but Web Shield can prevent threats that IPS can’t, such as DGA.-It is possible that engines may not be fully integrated but the Norton Cloud may perform a quick check in Avast’s cloud as well (which is officially branded as Gen Threat Intelligence). This would be the smartest thing to do. -The Symantec by Broadcom and Norton STAR team is quite large, not sure what will happen to all these people if Norton pulls out.I am not very confident that in the near future there will be a full engine changeover, migrating millions of users to Avast’s architecture would require substantial investment and improvements of Avast’s data centres first, or Norton data centres will have to be reworked to host the Avast cloud.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Trident, post: 1087126, member: 99014"] Well they didn’t sprinkle over 8 billion USD just to get access to Avast TuneUP and Private Browser. It was obvious that Avast’s capable engines will sooner or later make their way into the Norton products. I have the following concerns though: -Avast IDP is a lot heavier than SONAR, produces much more CPU activity. -Not sure how Avast Web Shield will integrate with IPS. -Not sure if IPS will even remain in Norton products if there is engine switchover. Avast does not have a full substitute but Web Shield can prevent threats that IPS can’t, such as DGA. -It is possible that engines may not be fully integrated but the Norton Cloud may perform a quick check in Avast’s cloud as well (which is officially branded as Gen Threat Intelligence). This would be the smartest thing to do. -The Symantec by Broadcom and Norton STAR team is quite large, not sure what will happen to all these people if Norton pulls out. I am not very confident that in the near future there will be a full engine changeover, migrating millions of users to Avast’s architecture would require substantial investment and improvements of Avast’s data centres first, or Norton data centres will have to be reworked to host the Avast cloud. [/QUOTE]

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