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It seems this youtuber took the malware files from the Malware Vault... Was he authorised?
Norton Internet Security 22.8 , Malware Test, 25 Jan 2017
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It is advised to take all reviews with a grain of salt. In extreme cases some reviews use dramatization for entertainment purposes.
It seems this youtuber took the malware files from the Malware Vault... Was he authorised?
Norton Internet Security is an old version. Nowadays its call Norton Security Deluxe. Not sure whether if it is the old NIS that performs poorly.
- Jan 4, 2016
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That one seems the last version. I think they switched back the name
- Apr 19, 2015
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Norton is good, Norton pricing on the other hand is not.
- Jul 28, 2016
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They lure customers with low prices online , for instance Norton security standard : first Year you'll pay 30 euro's. What you pay for the consecutive years via auto renewal is a different story all together : 60 euro's per Year! Insane is what it is. But Thanks for sharing this test though! 
You can opt out auto renewal when you first sign up, no?They lure customers with low prices online , for instance Norton security standard : first Year you'll pay 30 euro's. What you pay for the consecutive years via auto renewal is a different story all together : 60 euro's per Year! Insane is what it is. But Thanks for sharing this test though!
He doesn't have to be authorized, no one on this forum "owns" the samples. The samples are owned by the malware authors, they own the rights to the sample and they freely shared them online to infect people, so anyone who obtains them can use them.
If he got the samples from this forum himself then he must be a member with 100+ posts as that's the requirement, or maybe he got them off someone else. But regardless, he didn't do anything illegal and there's absolutely nothing anyone can do about it because: we don't know how he got the samples, we do not "own" the samples.
Just because someone found them, put them into an archive and uploaded them after scanning them at malware analysis services and AV engine scanner services doesn't give us "rights" to the sample/s. Doesn't work that way
- Sep 22, 2016
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As I know, Internet Security version the update for the people who still have a IS license, so, I suppose, it has the lastest engines, modules...etc
- Jan 4, 2016
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No problems, I asked this because last year a member was taking all the samples and posting them on his own forum. This fact wasn't liked and we took countermeasures
Don't worry I know what you mean, of course I don't agree with people stealing samples. But at the end of the day you can take countermeasures, but none of us actually "own" them. But that doesn't mean I agree with sample theft!!
- Jan 4, 2016
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I believe now members with less than 100 post can't see the download link. That's why this option was put
That's right
I had to wait until I was at 100 posts but I don't really go onto the hub anyway, rarely... When I get a new system then I will probably be more active there (and also in MA area) since then I'll be able to work quicker etcAnd I like the 100 limit as it stops people from signing up to take the samples and provide nothing to help us back
- Sep 26, 2014
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The tester is a member here in MT for some years so he can take/use malware samples
I recognize the avatar from his YouTube profile, do you remember his username here? I believe they have matching avatar anyway
- Sep 26, 2014
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You ask a staff member to help you about his username.
I don't want to tell you if he isn't ok with that
I don't want to tell you if he isn't ok with that
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- Jul 22, 2014
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Considering samples were submitted to Symantec by Hub tester, it is disappointing to see how many old samples were still missed by Norton...
- Jan 6, 2017
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I have to agree with @Solarquest. They have to improve more their signatures
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