| Norton | Lavasoft Ad-Aware |
Company Profile:
Founded in 1982 in Sunnyvale California.
Headquarters is at Mountain View, California.
Revenue of $3,600,000,000+
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Company Profile:
Headquarters are in Montreal, Canada.
450,000,000+ downloads and counting.
Lavasoft was founded in Germany in 1999.
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Versions:
Norton Security Standard - Save up to 43%
Norton Security Premium - Save up to 45%
Norton Antivirus Basic - Save up to 60%
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Versions:
Ad-Aware Pro - Save up to 33%
Ad-Aware Personal - Save up to 33%
Ad-Aware Total Security - Save up to 33%
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Cool Features:
Norton Antivirus is perhaps the most well known antivirus on the market. Here are some of the features. The Proactive Exploit Protection feature actively prevents exploit techniques such as heap spray and ROP (Return Oriented Programming). The Threat Emulation feature analyzes malware that has been encrypted, packed, or obfuscated by running it in a controlled environment and evaluating it after it self-decrypts. This is a rare feature that not many other antiviruses have. Norton has a unique guarantee to its customers. If you purchase any Norton Antivirus above the basic package there is a unique guarantee. If Symantec tech support agents cannot rid your system of pesky malware, the company will refund your money.
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Cool Features:
Ad-Aware's malware sandbox emulator intelligently analyzes possible threats by monitoring a potential threat in a virtual environment before it ends up on your computer. This prevents malware from ever actually doing damage on your computer. This process is done in the background. It does not require any user intervention. The Safe Browsing engine persistently checks newly browsed websites against a freshly updated list of known virus infected sites. The official Ad-Aware malware list is updated every 5-20 minutes. Ad-Aware Safe Browsing keeps you safe while you browse the web. Every new URL you visit is checked against a known blacklist of malicious sites. If you click on a dangerous link on accident then Ad-Aware Safe Browsing will immediately warn you. |
Business / Endpoint Info:
Norton comes in two flavors for business protection. There is the Small Business option is for less than 20 devices. More than 20+ computers requires the Symantec Endpoint Protection Cloud option. The Small Business solution is very flexible. It will protect laptops, tablets and even smartphones. Norton is smart enough to detect the device. It knows the security features different devices need. It is important to note this is a cloud based solution. There is no server or hardware to install. To add a device to the Small Business network a special email is sent to an employee's device. Instructions are included in the email to add the new device to the network. |
Business / Endpoint Info:
Feel free to use Ad-Aware in your small business but there is no dedicated business / endpoint product line from Lavasoft. |
Detection:
Norton can identify Trojan.FakeAV, JS.Bondat, Trojan.Shylock, Trojan.Pandex, Trojan.Zbot, and Packed.Generic.460 to name a few. |
Detection:
Lavasoft Ad-Aware can detect Trovi, Astromenda, Shopper Pro, MalwareBot, BoanCop, and Search Protect to name a few. |
Customer Support:
Technical support is provided by Norton via email, chat or phone. |
Customer Support:
Lavasoft includes support in the form of forums, phone and online ticket. |
Business / Endpoint Info:
Norton comes in two flavors for business protection. There is the Small Business option is for less than 20 devices. More than 20+ computers requires the Symantec Endpoint Protection Cloud option. The Small Business solution is very flexible. It will protect laptops, tablets and even smartphones. Norton is smart enough to detect the device. It knows the security features different devices need. It is important to note this is a cloud based solution. There is no server or hardware to install. To add a device to the Small Business network a special email is sent to an employee's device. Instructions are included in the email to add the new device to the network. |
Business / Endpoint Info:
Feel free to use Ad-Aware in your small business but there is no dedicated business / endpoint product line from Lavasoft. |
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