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The title says "Attack from inside India". But the quote only seems to say "Since the target is Pakistan, the attacker can only be India". That doesn't sound like very solid evidence...

Of course, I haven't read the article (yet?), but the summary doesn't really suggest I would learn anything more.

If you really care about the topic, you should read this.

I went to the AV-Test Web site at http://www.av-test.org/en/home/. First of all, there is indeed a Norman Security Suite at http://safeground.norman.com/us/home_and_small_office. AV-Test listed Norton under Symantec. Yes, AV-Test evaluated both Norton and Norman.

For home users of Windows XP, Microsoft's Security Essentials has a AV-Test certified seal with a test date in August 2012. For corporate users of Windows XP, Microsoft's Forefront Endpoint Protection has a AV-Test certified seal with a test date also in August 2012. Neither product has the certified seal for Windows 8. But then how many corporate users have actually adopted Windows 8?

Besides AV-Test, there is also ICSA Labs at https://www.icsalabs.com/. ICSA Labs also reports on Norman.

ICSA Labs certifies Microsoft Security Essentials for home users of Windows XP and Microsoft Forefront Endpoint Protection for Windows 7 without any dates indicated. Apparently, ICSA has not certified any anti-virus applications for Windows 8.

I use AVG 2013 Free, which is certified by AV-Test but has not been evaluated by ICSA Labs since 2005 (many versions ago). I also prefer to go to the original sources of information on software -- AV-Test and ICSA Labs in this case -- not to news reports often written by reporters who might not understand the subject.

Norman

because all antivirus software is made by people who are governed by the laws of the united states...

I used Norman firewall and Norman Antivirus about 4 years ago, when I still had one Windows PC machine connected to the net. It was a decent enough anti-virus and firewall setup, although it did not support stealth mode for ports at that time. Apparently this was fixed in a later version. Thanks to a fubar by my ISP, I got a perpetual license for it, with version updates and no expiry date (net security was part of the ISP's service deal, included in the monthly bill). All of our PCs are now on linux, so we don't use Norman any more.
http://www.norman.com/

From microsofts own webiste.
List of know applications that service pack 2 broke
Untest updates are always bad for business.

OL Toolbar 1.13.2 AOL 32-bit and 64-bit (NX) http://www.aol.com/ The Information Bar blocks access to the tool's edit boxes.
PhotoShop CS 8.0 Adobe 64-bit (NX) http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop/main.html Program installs, but will not start.
BlackICE 3.6 crj Internet Security Systems 64-bit (NX) http://www.iss.net/ When you use this program, you may receive a Stop error that causes the program to quit.
BootSkin All Stardock 32-bit and 64-bit (NX) http://www.stardock.com/ When you restart your computer during the Windows XP SP2 Setup program, a Stop error occurs. For more information, see the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;%5Bln%5D;873159.
Command Antivirus 4.9 Authentium 32-bit and 64-bit (NX) http://www.authentium.com/ This program does not start.
Encyclopedia Britannica 2000 Deluxe 1 Encyclopedia Britannica 32-bit and 64-bit (NX) http://www.britannica.com/ Java rendering does not function after you install this program.
eTrust EZ Armor 1 Computer Associates 64-bit (NX) http://www.ca.com/ The EZ Firewall part of this program generates a Stop error during installation.
Freedom Force 1 Electronic Arts 32-bit and 64-bit (NX) http://www.ea.com/ When you start the program, a message appears that points you to the following EA Web site: http://techsupport.ea.com./
Kaspersky Anti-Virus (German) 4.5 and 5.0 Kaspersky Labs 64-bit (NX) http://www.kaspersky.com/ Real-Time scanning does not work in version 4.5 or 5.0. The vendor's Web site has available product updates that are designed to address this issue.
Live Motion 1 Adobe 32-bit and 64-bit (NX) http://www.adobe.com/ This program displays various errors that prevent typical operation.
MapSend DirectRoute 1.0 Magellan 32-bit and 64-bit (NX) http://www.magellangps.com/ When you start the program, a message appears that points you to the following Web site: http://www.magellangps.com/en/support.
MPEGcraft DVD All Canopus 32-bit and 64-bit (NX) When you try to save an MPEG file, you receive a "Failed to Edit" error, and the file cannot be saved.
NBA LIVE 2000 1 Electronic Arts 32-bit and 64-bit (NX) http://www.ea.com/ This program does not start in certain systems.
NOD32 for Microsoft Windows 2.000.11 Eset 64-bit (NX) http://www.eset.com/ When this program is started on an AMD64-based computer, all network connectivity is lost. To resolve this issue, upgrade to NOD32 version 2.12.2 or higher.
Norman Personal Firewall 1.4 Norman 32-bit and 64-bit (NX) http://www.norman.com/ Norman Personal Firewall Assistant will not start.
Norman Personal Firewall 1.4 Norman 64-bit (NX) After this program installs and restarts, the desktop does not load correctly
Norton AntiVirus 2003 Symantec 32-bit and 64-bit (NX) http://www.symantec.com/ At system startup, Scheduled Tasks in Norton AntiVir

Believe it or not, there is a product named Norman Viruscontrol which from a cursory review of their website doesn't appear to be associated with Symantec.

I work for a charity and we use http://www.norman.com/.

We have about a dozen offices around the UK and this does everything we need. It is running on Win98, Win2k and WinXP and on our servers which run SUSE.

It has proven itself time and again and it's ridiculously cheap for a three year licence.

There is no centralised console - but why do you need one when it does everything you need automatically ?

First off: relatively trivial actually means 95% of VXers fail to make the cut. That's good security.

Second: The first attempts were easily thwarted because they attempted to emulate the hardware, rather than the operating system environment itself.

However, they resulted in the creation of , and spearheaded further development.

Third: The halting problem does not apply.

Fourth: Don't diss it just because you don't use it.

And yes, so do I.

Its real. http://www.norman.com/

NORMAN make antivirus software for Linux.

...you get Anthrax? (or maybe the less dangerous VBS/Anthrax?)

MS SQL Server

Outlook

Internet Information Server (IIS)

Internet Explorer

Word / Office

All versions of Windows running almost any email client

And if that's not enough, there are many more examples.

#1) How is this really news?

Did anyone actually believe that Norton or McAffee (however you spell that name) would actually detect Magic Lantern?
In addition, is anyone here really concerned about the FBI hacking into your computer?

The only thing I would be concerned about would be someone mis-using the Magic Lantern program itself...

#2) A heuristic anti-virus program that is combined with an auto-checksummer, like what Thunderbyte Anti-Virus (TBAV) was (now Norman Virus Control) would probably still be able to detect Magic Lantern. Programs like these combine a general-purpose virus pattern scanner with an enormous set of checksum files. IIRC, TBAV actually had a checksum file for every single directory it scanned, which was conforting.

-D

This is silly ....

I did a quick survey on the "Norman virus scanner, it knows about 18.284 viruses, that is more than 25% of all programs written according to the "Cato Institute". That simply has to be wrong, their estimate of 70.000 programs is way to low.