Editing Norton Internet Security (section)

====2010 (17.x)====
Version 2010 was released officially on September 8, 2009. This version featured Project Quorum, which introduced reputation-based threat detection to keep up with the 200 million attacks each month, many of which Symantec claimed evade [[signature based detection]]. The new approach relied on Norton Community Watch, in which participants supply information about the applications running on their computers. Safe applications exhibit common attributes, such as being of a known origin with known publishers. Conversely, malware may have an unknown publisher, among other attributes. Using the data a "reputation score" was used to infer the likelihood of an unknown application being safe, or malicious.<ref>{{cite web|title=Symantec Unveils New Model of Consumer Protection Codenamed "Quorum" |url=http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/industries/technology/symantec-unveils-new-model-consumer-protection-codenamed-quorum/ |date=July 6, 2009 |publisher=[[Fox Business]] |access-date=30 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090916190106/http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/industries/technology/symantec-unveils-new-model-consumer-protection-codenamed-quorum/ |archive-date=September 16, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Preston Gralla|title=Symantec Releases Norton 2010 Betas|url=http://www.networkworld.com/reviews/2009/070709-norton-internet-security-2010-beta.html?hpg1=bn|date=July 7, 2009|publisher=Network World|access-date=30 July 2009}}</ref>

Other facets of Quorum were parental controls and spam filtering. Norton Internet Security 2010 bundled a free subscription of [[OnlineFamily.Norton]], which ''PC Magazine'' found to be an improvement over the parental controls bundled with prior releases. Spam filtering used technologies Symantec acquired from [[Brightmail]]. Two filters were used to find spam: a locally installed one and a check against Symantec's servers to see if the message was known spam. In ''[[PC Magazine]]'' testing, no valid e-mail were marked as spam. However, 11 percent of spam still reached the inbox. This was a significant improvement over prior releases. The improved [[SONAR 2]] heuristic leveraged reputation data to judge if a program was malicious. Norton Insight was expanded, showing users the number of Norton Community participants who have a certain program installed, its impact on system resources, and how long it had been released. Information about the program's origin and a graph of its resource usage was provided. Autospy helped users understand what Norton did when malware was found. The malware's actions and Norton's resolution were presented to the user. Previous releases removed threats on sight and quietly warned users, potentially confusing when users were deceived in downloading [[rogue security software]].<ref>{{Cite news|author= Preston Gralla |title=Norton Internet Security 2010 beta: Different approach, new features, some glitches |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idgSmallBusiness/idUS372477872520090707 |date=July 7, 2009 |publisher=[[Thomson Reuters]] |access-date=8 July 2009}}</ref>

With a compatible graphics card Flip Screen allowed the main display to "flip over" to show the opposite side of the main interface, consisting of a chart of CPU or memory usage and a timeline of security events. Otherwise the Flip Screen link was replaced by a Back link, which opened the back of the windows in a separate window.<ref name="PC Mag 10" >{{Cite news|author=Neil J. Rubenking|title=Norton Internet Security 2010 (beta)|url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2349865,00.asp|date=July 8, 2009 |publisher=PC Magazine|pages=1–5 |access-date=31 July 2009}}</ref>

Safe Search allowed the user to filter out unsafe sites, get insight on them, and keep track of [[HTTP cookies]]. Malware removal and blocking performed well, setting or meeting records in ''PC Magazine'' testing. It achieved a detection rate of 98% (highest of 12 antivirus products).<ref>{{cite news | url=http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/2009/12/av-testorg_releases_real-world.php | work=PC Magazine | first=Neil J. | last=Rubenking | title=AV-Test.Org Releases Real-World Malware Protection Report | access-date=2010-09-24 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101212231833/http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/2009/12/av-testorg_releases_real-world.php | archive-date=2010-12-12 | url-status=dead }}</ref> The exception was blocking commercial keyloggers, where Norton made an above average score. File operations took 2 percent longer, and the file compression and extraction test took 4 percent longer. The only area where Norton introduced a significant delay was when the system was booting: the beta version added 31 percent to the boot time, significantly longer than prior versions.<ref name="PC Mag 10" /> According to the Norton performance comparison website, Norton Internet Security scanned 31 percent faster, was 70 percent lighter, and installed 76 percent faster than the leading anti-virus product.<ref name="Performance test">{{cite web|title=Performance Challenge |url=http://nortontoday.symantec.com/performance/ |publisher=Symantec |access-date=8 February 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131170641/http://nortontoday.symantec.com/performance/ |archive-date=January 31, 2010 }}</ref> AV-comparatives awarded Norton Internet Security "Best Product of 2009",<ref>av-comparatives.org (24 December 2009), [http://www.av-comparatives.org/images/stories/test/summary/summary2009.pdf Antivirus Comparative Report 2009], retrieved 4 October 2012</ref> Bronze award for 98.6% detection rate in 2010<ref>{{cite web|title=Summary Report 2010|url=http://www.av-comparatives.org/images/stories/test/summary/summary2010.pdf|publisher=av-comparatives.org}}</ref> and Norton Internet Security 2010 blocked 99/100 internet threats.<ref>av-comparatives.org (16 December 2009), [http://www.av-comparatives.org/images/stories/test/dyn/dynamic2009.pdf Whole Product Dynamic Test], retrieved 4 October 2012</ref>