Security and antivirus giant Symantec Corporation makers of Norton security software have good news to us. Symantec has added a new kind of security model for the lists of its security technologies. The said security model will help PC users drive away of those viruses and malwares that continue to create havoc to consumer PCs. Symantec has already announced that their newly launched products –Norton Internet Security 2010 and Norton Antivirus 2010 are scheduled to be released in October. The new Security products from Symantec got a very nice feature something new in the market a first of its kind. Symantec’s new products will feature a reputation based security technologies to counter threat posed by malwares and viruses that usually prey on consumer PCs. If this works it could revolutionize and maybe change how we conduct and implement security business. The most striking thing here is it could change the rule of the game when it comes to security matters, Symantec will definitely rule the security game. The Symantec reputation based security model works simply by just gathering reputation of a particular URL, file attachments and even patches anything that usually enter the user’s PC delivered via the web. What we got here is a very cool and awesome technology, a truly disruptive technology. I wondered if Microsoft knows this. I’ll speculate and waiting for the Redmond’s beast next move, Microsoft and Symantec got fierce rivalry. The Symantec’s new products got a very nice name, codenamed “Quorum” it will definitely create a strong mainstream buzz in the market. If this technology goes through and succeed it will mark a significant shift in the field of security software. Well I strongly believed that the security software will work. Symantec has a very good reputation in security market, a truly global leader. Well the products would put Symantec one step ahead of the competition. According to Symantec traditional based solutions such as signature approach cannot keep pace with the growing numbers of threats, many IT pundits considered this type of approach obsolete or just incapable of protecting PCs. What the market need is a new type of security tools. Today’s viruses and malwares are getting much more sophisticated, smart and extremely powerful, some of these threats are never seen before and delivered via the web. This poised a major threat to the consumer PCs. The current PC security situation are getting tougher for us, the reality is the threat is there! We need tools. Anecdotal evidences suggested that we are in desperate needs of a much more powerful and smart stuff something that could cope with those security threats. Symantec got the answer to those issues, it will lead the pack. The Company has just proved itself as a leader in security software.

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