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'''Norton Safe Web''' (NSW), is a service developed by [[Symantec Corporation]], designed to help users discern safe Web sites from unsafe ones. It relies on user reports and an automated [[web crawler]]. |
'''Norton Safe Web''' (NSW), is a service developed by [[Symantec Corporation]], designed to help users discern safe Web sites from unsafe ones. It relies on user reports and an automated [[web crawler]]. Norton Safe Web is intergrated into the latest update of [[Norton Internet Security]]. It requires [[Internet Explorer 6]]/[[Firefox 2]]. <ref>http://www.symantec.com/about/news/release/article.jsp?prid=20080812_01</ref> |
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==How it Works== |
==How it Works== |
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Norton Safe Web checks sites for [[malware]] and [[phishing]] fruad using an automated analysis and [[heuristic]] algorithms. It also accepts user reviews. Users are ranked by reputation. NSW looks at a site's history to determine how quickly it should be re-analyzed. Websites with a known reputation are not analyzed as frequently compared to websites that are frequently attacked. To ensure accuracy, the top 30,000 web sites are analyzed by human analysts. Symantec plans to offer a dispute resolution process for owners who believe their sites have been erroneously flagged. <ref>http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2326019,00.asp</ref> |
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==Incorporation== |
==Incorporation== |
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With the latest version of [[Norton Internet Security]], Norton Safe Web is intergraded with the software. It offers visual green, yellow, or red warnings in the browser. A pop-up summary will summarize the findings, and include a link to the full report. <ref>http://www.nortonlabs.com/inthelab/safeweb.php</ref>[[Norton 360|Norton 360 version 3.0 beta]] incorporates NSW natively. |
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As an online service, NSW has an indexed list of reports, each with screenshots, a report of findings, user reviews, and recently flagged sites. <ref>http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2008/07/symantec-debuts-norton-safe-web-public-beta-plug-in-for-nis.ars</ref><ref>http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Symantec-Unveils-Web-Search-Security-Tool/</ref> |
As an online service, NSW has an indexed list of reports, each with screenshots, a report of findings, user reviews, and recently flagged sites. <ref>http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2008/07/symantec-debuts-norton-safe-web-public-beta-plug-in-for-nis.ars</ref><ref>http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Symantec-Unveils-Web-Search-Security-Tool/</ref> |
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Revision as of 01:42, 18 March 2009
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| Developer(s) | Symantec Corporation |
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| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | Norton Safe Web Homepage |
Norton Safe Web (NSW), is a service developed by Symantec Corporation, designed to help users discern safe Web sites from unsafe ones. It relies on user reports and an automated web crawler. Norton Safe Web is intergrated into the latest update of Norton Internet Security. It requires Internet Explorer 6/Firefox 2. [1]
How it Works
Norton Safe Web checks sites for malware and phishing fruad using an automated analysis and heuristic algorithms. It also accepts user reviews. Users are ranked by reputation. NSW looks at a site's history to determine how quickly it should be re-analyzed. Websites with a known reputation are not analyzed as frequently compared to websites that are frequently attacked. To ensure accuracy, the top 30,000 web sites are analyzed by human analysts. Symantec plans to offer a dispute resolution process for owners who believe their sites have been erroneously flagged. [2]
Incorporation
With the latest version of Norton Internet Security, Norton Safe Web is intergraded with the software. It offers visual green, yellow, or red warnings in the browser. A pop-up summary will summarize the findings, and include a link to the full report. [3]Norton 360 version 3.0 beta incorporates NSW natively.
As an online service, NSW has an indexed list of reports, each with screenshots, a report of findings, user reviews, and recently flagged sites. [4][5]
References
- ^ http://www.symantec.com/about/news/release/article.jsp?prid=20080812_01
- ^ http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2326019,00.asp
- ^ http://www.nortonlabs.com/inthelab/safeweb.php
- ^ http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2008/07/symantec-debuts-norton-safe-web-public-beta-plug-in-for-nis.ars
- ^ http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Symantec-Unveils-Web-Search-Security-Tool/
