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Symantec Hopes To Deliver Anti-Virus Online

Posted by Zonk on from the no-more-delivery-media dept.

daria42 writes "Symantec today said it will slowly move towards supplying its consumer applications online as services." From the article: "Sykes also said there was the possibility that tiny pieces of an application or a single virus scan could be resold by organisations such as online banks, which may choose to ensure their customers are not infected with a virus or spyware before they log on to their account ... This could be paid for by the customer using their credit card or by adding it to their mobile phone bill by sending a text message, said Sykes, who warned that banks could decide not to provide access to anyone with an infected computer."

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  1. Right, they can't even do it off-line.... by MeBadMagic · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Why would you even try to force a user to use and infected IE to fix itself. Sounds like a loosing battle to me.....

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  2. This is about their security by Inaffect · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    I'm willing to bet that this is an issue of software piracy prevention, and really has very little to do with better anti-virus protection. Symantec has been releasing the same product over and over for years with miniscule changes... Now if they move their subscription-based services strictly to online use, maybe they can get some of the people that are using the software illegally out of the picture.

    Most people on a tight budget who are wising up are probably going towards AVG, Avast, and other free virus protection software for Windows anyway - is Norton Antivirus even useful anymore? (psst.. the answer is no)