It's at this point we need to mention that we alerted NortonLifeLock to the issue, and Norton 360 can now detect this malware. IDGĪfter we notified NortonLifeLock, Norton 360 Deluxe now detects the problematic malware we found.
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A full scan didn't reveal that we'd installed malware, and the security history showed that Norton 360 didn't take any action. The supposed Adobe Flash player installed without a peep from Norton, and it installed a rogue version of the Opera browser to boot. Of course macOS was screaming at us the entire time that we definitely shouldn't be installing this, but we wanted to see how Norton would handle it. So we did what any curious tech site would do and went through the installation process. That, right there, is a massive flag since rogue Adobe downloaders are a common tool for malware delivery.
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As soon as we landed on the site it offered to install Adobe Flash Player. We visited a torrent site that often has rogue adware just to see what would happen. Most people wouldn't take it this far, but it's still important your antivirus acts as a backstop for edge cases like this.Īfter the Objective See test we did something unusual since testing was so sparse. We haven't seen that with other antivirus products. We did allow notifications immediately, but for some reason it took a few days for Norton 360 to catch up.
A few days later, however, Norton started notifying us of issues. We had to open the security history log just to see what Norton did. Instead, it just deleted or quarantined the suspicious file. The only complaint we had was that Norton wasn't notifying us when it detected malware. In our spot tests with the Objective See malware repository Norton had no trouble dealing with the malware we found there. That's the score you want, but it is against a small sample size.ĪV-Comparatives' most recent Mac security test from June 2019 didn't cover Norton, which is too bad since its test includes Windows malware detection. Taking a look at AV-Test's March 2020 Mac malware tests, Norton Security scored 100 percent against 58 samples in the widespread and prevalent malware test. Device Security is the main application, which houses all the virus protection. There are also links to Parental Controls and dark web monitoring on the Norton website.
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It starts with the My Norton application, which is just a launcher for the important stuff including Device Security, the VPN, Password Manager, and Cloud Backup. Norton 360 includes multiple applications.
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