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<blockquote data-quote="Trident" data-source="post: 1092873" data-attributes="member: 99014">The New Norton experience is rolled out slowly whilst the old one is still being updated actively.The new experience combines certain Norton features like SafeCam, Script Control, Backup, Password Manager and others but gets rid of the entire STAR (Security Technologies and Research) platform. All that, is getting replaced with Avast’s technology.When Gen Digital got sued over the emulator patents[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/nortonlifelock-told-to-pay-columbia-185m-for-patent-theft-a-19009[/URL]They said clearly they intend to stop using this technology (they’ve infringed patents on baiting malware during dynamic analysis in virtual environment, tricking malware to reveal its real behaviour). So probably from 2022, Gen has been planning to migrate to the Avast engines. They later on commissioned anti-phishing test on AVC, which was another clear evidence that they are “choosing” the right technology.Yes, this is how Avast works. But the Avast behavioural blocking, unless optimised by Gen, is a lot less optimised than SONAR and almost constantly draws some CPU time (3-4% when not doing much and as high as 10% when there is heavy usage). Again, Gen may optimise that, if they haven’t already.Sandbox is local, it also powers Avast DeepScreen.Not sure if CyberCapture will be included in Norton products.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Trident, post: 1092873, member: 99014"] The New Norton experience is rolled out slowly whilst the old one is still being updated actively. The new experience combines certain Norton features like SafeCam, Script Control, Backup, Password Manager and others but gets rid of the entire STAR (Security Technologies and Research) platform. All that, is getting replaced with Avast’s technology. When Gen Digital got sued over the emulator patents [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/nortonlifelock-told-to-pay-columbia-185m-for-patent-theft-a-19009[/URL] They said clearly they intend to stop using this technology (they’ve infringed patents on baiting malware during dynamic analysis in virtual environment, tricking malware to reveal its real behaviour). So probably from 2022, Gen has been planning to migrate to the Avast engines. They later on commissioned anti-phishing test on AVC, which was another clear evidence that they are “choosing” the right technology. Yes, this is how Avast works. But the Avast behavioural blocking, unless optimised by Gen, is a lot less optimised than SONAR and almost constantly draws some CPU time (3-4% when not doing much and as high as 10% when there is heavy usage). Again, Gen may optimise that, if they haven’t already. Sandbox is local, it also powers Avast DeepScreen. Not sure if CyberCapture will be included in Norton products. [/QUOTE]

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