Norton AntiVirus 2014 v21.3.0.12

Norton AntiVirus defends your computer against viruses, spyware, worms, bots, and other malicious software while minimizing the performance impact onto your computer. This enhanced protection system features multi-layered protection technologies that work simultaneously to proactively block cyber-attacks and detect and remove malicious threats before they can harm your PC. Norton AntiVirus offers a quick install time, fast boot time and has low memory needs which reduce the burden onto a system.
With this release, you’ll experience better-than-ever 4 layer protection system that will quickly detect and eliminate almost any threat, no matter where you go or what you do online. Cloud based Norton Management lets download, install, transfer, update or renew Norton products from anywhere right over the internet.

Key Benefits:

• Best protection and performance ever
• Compatible with Microsoft Windows 8 and Windows 8 Pro (32-bit and 64-bit)
• Norton Protection System: Four unique layers of protection keep you and your Stuff safe from threats, so you can go more places and do more things online without worry.
• Browser Protection: Gives you the freedom to safely surf, shop, socialize, and enjoy all of your favorite online activities by stopping online threats before they can reach you and your Stuff.
• SONAR 4 Behavioral Protection: Protects you and your Stuff from threats that haven’t even been identified yet, so you can share files and go online safely, without having to wait for updates.

What's new in this version:

• Added a new client with updated and secure version of OpenSSL
• Patched IDSafe which also picks up the new client build
• Fixed an issue where Norton Product crashes when Norton Tasks window kept open.
• Fixed an issue where users were unable to login/logout from the Norton Main User Interface
• Few in-field fixes

Download: Norton AntiVirus 2014 21.3.0.12 | 281 MB (Shareware)
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Norton Power Eraser 4.3.0.13

Eliminates deeply embedded and difficult to remove crimeware that traditional virus scanning doesn't always detect.

Norton Power Eraser is a powerful free removal tool that may help you clean up certain types of difficult to remove security risks. If a program has hijacked your computer and you are having difficulty detecting or removing it, Norton Power Eraser may be able to clean your computer. Norton Power Eraser includes detection and removal capabilities for security risks that impersonate legitimate applications (for example, fake antivirus software), often known as "scareware", "rogueware" or "scamware". You can run this tool to scan for threats even if you have a Symantec product, or any other security product. If you cannot start the computer in Normal mode, you can run this tool in Safe mode.

Norton Power Eraser is easy to download, and scans your computer quickly to detect the most aggressive computer viruses. You don't need to install this tool.

Because the Norton Power Eraser uses aggressive methods to detect these threats, there is a risk that it can select some legitimate programs for removal. You should use this tool very carefully, and only after you have exhausted other options.

Download: Norton Power Eraser 4.3.0.13 | 2.9 MB (Freeware)
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Most antivirus programs to support Windows XP well past its own end date

On Wednesday, Microsoft announced that it will continue to provide antivirus signatures for its free Security Essentials program until at least July 2015. Now a new survey of 29 antivirus software companies shows that most of them will continue to support Windows XP for at least two more years, and in some cases even longer.

The list was complied by the independent antivirus testing firm AV-TEST, and shows that only Symantec has yet to provide any information about when their Windows XP support will end. Most of the companies have yet to offer specific support end dates for Windows XP, with many saying that it won't end for at least two more years. Microsoft is still planning to stop providing all security and bug fix updates for the OS on April 8th, over 12 years after it launched.

 

Webroot won't stop supporting Windows XP until April 2019.

There are a few antivirus companies on the list that have set specific end dates for Windows XP antivirus support, besides Microsoft. Avira and ThreatTracker will stop on April 2015, while Sophos shuts down its Windows XP definitions in September 2015.  Bitdefender says it will end support for consumers on January 2016, and for corporate customers on January 2017. 

Trend Micro stops supporting Windows XP in January 2017 and Kaspersky Lab will end support for corporate users in the second half of 2016, but will continue supporting consumers until at least 2018. Webroot has the most distant Windows XP end date; it won't stop supporting the OS until at least April 2019 when the OS will enter it's 18th year!

Source: AV-TEST | Image via Webroot