Question Is Norton really going to change its engine to Avast one?

[vitao]

Is that true?

I see some sites promoting this "news" but didnt see any official announcement from norton nor avast.

 

[Bot]

As of now, there's no official confirmation from either Norton or Avast about this change. It's best to wait for an official announcement.

 

[simmerskool]

 

[lokamoka820]

The new Norton V24 is already Avast One clone, it is just a matter of time I guess.

 

[Vitali Ortzi]

Is that true?

I see some sites promoting this "news" but didnt see any official announcement from norton nor avast.

Their extension (safe web ) is already avast based
(You can just install the extension or Symantec endpoint if you prefer Symantec Norton and not avast Norton

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[Sorrento]

Norton relies on Avast scan engine

 

[vitao]

Norton relies on Avast scan engine

i saw that but they are just trying to bring some clicks as they dont provide any prove that norton has taken avast engine instead of its own. all that this article has are things taken from the internet from unofficial sources..

 

[Vitali Ortzi]

i saw that but they are just trying to bring some clicks as they dont provide any prove that norton has taken avast engine instead of its own. all that this article has are things taken from the internet from unofficial sources..

You can check the names of the files inside Norton and inspect traffic and see for yourself although they didn't announce it publicly they do use Avast now

 

[vitao]

You can check the names of the files inside Norton and inspect traffic and see for yourself although they didn't announce it publicly they do use Avast now

thanks. ill check it in a vm later.

ill keep checking for any updates regardless this. if they announce ill bring it here too.

 

[nickstar1]

I'm really not a fan of the new norton wayyyyy tooo much product advertisings in it's GUI. I do not need to know the amount of temporary files i have on my computer. I prefer the old Symantec. Go with the above stated Norton endpoint protection and Symantec browser protection.

 

[TuxTalk]

I'm really not a fan of the new norton wayyyyy tooo much product advertisings in it's GUI. I do not need to know the amount of temporary files i have on my computer. I prefer the old Symantec. Go with the above stated Norton endpoint protection and Symantec browser protection.

Nothing from Gen Digital and Bitdefender is going to be installed on my systems.
Also nothing from Symantec is ever going to be installed.

 

[Miravi]

I'm really not a fan of the new norton wayyyyy tooo much product advertisings in it's GUI. I do not need to know the amount of temporary files i have on my computer. I prefer the old Symantec. Go with the above stated Norton endpoint protection and Symantec browser protection.

Avast's modernized engine coupled with Gen's security research appears excellent on paper, but I agree, the clutter they tack on the experience is lackluster.

If only Symantec's aging engine could've been renewed and fine-tuned for today…

 

[Vitali Ortzi]

I'm really not a fan of the new norton wayyyyy tooo much product advertisings in it's GUI. I do not need to know the amount of temporary files i have on my computer. I prefer the old Symantec. Go with the above stated Norton endpoint protection and Symantec browser protection.

When you add suspicious catagory to Symantec browser protection it's actually really good and blocks sites checkpoint Miss

Basically I haven't found a single pishing link that could bypass checkpoint zero pishing and set to block uncategorized and Symantec set to block suspicious catagory

 

[Vitali Ortzi]

Avast's modernized engine coupled with Gen's security research appears excellent on paper, but I agree, the clutter they tack on the experience is lackluster.

If only Symantec's aging engine could've been renewed and fine-tuned for today…

It's like gen digital got only the name from Norton as they don't use Symantec star (intelligence ) on the extension or the anti virus anymore maybe only Norton power eraser is the latest product they got with Symantec star