Norton Personal Firewall
Mac OS X | |
| Type | Personal firewall |
|---|---|
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | www |
Norton Personal Firewall, developed by
Symantec, is a discontinued personal firewall with ad blocking
, program control and privacy protection capabilities.
Norton Personal Firewall program control module is able to allow or deny individual applications access to the Internet. Programs are automatically allowed or denied Internet access by Norton Personal Firewall. It uses a
The advertisement-blocking feature of this software rewrites the HTML that one's browser uses to display Web pages. It searches for code related to advertisements against a blacklist and prevents the web page from being displayed.
The Privacy Control component blocks
AOL Instant Messenger without the user's consent.[2]
See also
- Internet Security
- Comparison of antivirus software
- Comparison of firewalls
References
- ^ "Symantec's New Norton Personal Firewall 2003 Provides Unparalleled Defense Against Hackers and Privacy Threats". Symantec Press Center. 16 September 2002. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
- ^ Bigelow, Stephen (22 October 2004). "Norton Personal Firewall 2005 Software reviews - CNET Reviews". CNET Reviews. Retrieved 8 November 2009.