Symantec Norton Security

Norton Security is antivirus software created by Symantec company for replacement of nine products with one solution in two editions.

2019: Removal of updates of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 during their installation

On August 15, 2019 it became known that the Microsoft company blocked installation of SHA-2 of updates signed with certificates for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 on computers with solutions of security of Symantec (including Norton). Blocking is connected with the fact that antiviruses delete updates during their installation because of what Windows ceases to be started. Read more here.

2014: Start of sales in Russia

On September 30, 2014 in Russia sales of the updated line of antivirus software of Norton of Symantec company began. If the program will not cope with threats, Symantec made a promise - to return money to subscribers.

Oleg Nikitsky, the head of department of Norton, noted: "Nine products covered different customer needs in protection — basic, expanded, with a backup, with utilities and so forth. And to people, especially that who not strongly understands computers it was rather difficult to understand that it is really necessary for them what protection to select".

The new product is universal: the user according to one license can protect several devices: PC and Mac, smartphones and tablets on Android and iOS. The solution well in a box, nevertheless, it can be received as service — the subscription is paid for a year.

The product is available to acquisition in from the Russian website of the company, in two versions. System cost for protection up to 5 devices a year - 1799 rub. Protection of 10 devices with file backup to the 25-gigabyte cloud storage - 2599 rub.

The cost of the box version will become known at the beginning of November, 2014.

Andrey Vyshlov, the chief representative of Symantec in Russia and the CIS, emphasized: "In the near future Norton Security will begin to be on sale on the Internet at partners of the company and at service providers. The possibility of preset is planned for products of partners of Symantec company. The main advantage of all our solutions is existence by the largest in the world of analytical base of various threats".

Declaring a new brand for the market, Symantec applied a marketing mix - a promise to return to the client money if Norton Security does not save its device from penetration of the harmful code, and the support service will not manage to fix a problem. This form of service will be available to the users who agreed to prolongation of a subscription to a product with annual automatic write-off of money from the bank card.