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Symantec Unveils Norton Confidentiality for Secure Transaction

Symantec has announced Norton Confidential, an online transaction security scheduled to release for Windows and the Mac OS X operating system this fall.

Norton Confidential will include anti-phishing blacklists and heuristic-based detectors; what Symantec calls "crimeware protection, essentially keylogger and screen-grabbing Trojan horse sniffers; additional site authentication cues; and password encryption.

"Today's increasingly sophisticated Internet threats target passwords, account numbers and other confidential information," said Jonathan Singer, analyst, Yankee Group. "Consumers are looking for protection from identity theft and fraud so they can transact safely online."

Symantec said Norton Confidential addresses security concerns by focusing its innovative technologies on the moment that consumers are most vulnerable -- while they are banking or shopping online or on any site where they submit passwords, account numbers or other personal information. When a consumer is communicating or transacting with a Web site, Norton Confidential transparently scans both the PC and the current Web page for known or suspected fraudulent activity, providing immediate feedback so the consumer knows whether or not it is safe to proceed.


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