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Symantec Endpoint Protection is a security software suite that includes intrusion prevention, firewall, and anti-malware features. [11] According to SC Magazine, Endpoint Protection also has some features typical of data loss prevention software. [12]
Symantec may refer to: Gen Digital, an American consumer software company formerly known as Symantec; Symantec Security, a brand of enterprise security software ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 January 2025. Anti-virus software Norton AntiVirus Developer(s) Gen Digital Initial release December 1990 ; 34 years ago (1990-12) Stable release Windows: 22.21.10.40 (November 1, 2021 ; 3 years ago (2021-11-01)) [±] Operating system Microsoft Windows (Windows 95 and later), macOS, Linux Platform x86 ...
Symantec claims SONAR can also prevent attackers from leveraging unpatched software vulnerabilities. [ 3 ] Ed Kim, director of product management at Symantec, expressed confidence in SONAR, "We've done extensive testing on emerging threats, and it catches early threats and variants of existing threats."
GHOST (an acronym for general hardware-oriented system transfer [4]), now called Symantec™ GHOST Solution Suite (GSS) [5] for enterprise, is a disk cloning and backup tool originally developed by Murray Haszard in 1995 for Binary Research.
Generic detection refers to the detection and removal of multiple threats using a single virus definition. [102] For example, the Vundo trojan has several family members, depending on the antivirus vendor's classification. Symantec classifies members of the Vundo family into two distinct categories, Trojan.Vundo and Trojan.Vundo.B. [103] [104]
Norton 360 is an "all-in-one" security suite developed by Gen Digital, formerly Symantec and later NortonLifeLock. The current suite was released in 2019 as a replacement for Norton Security , [ 1 ] which had itself replaced the earlier eponymous suite Norton 360 (2006–2014) .
Blue Coat Systems, Inc., was a company that provided hardware, software, and services designed for cybersecurity and network management. In 2016 it was acquired by and folded into Symantec and in 2019 as part of Symantec’s Enterprise Security business it was sold to Broadcom.