Of the three super suites, only McAfee supports Firefox none support Opera. It could be said that Symantec realizes that Internet Explorer users need more protection, but it would be nice to use the antiphishing feature in Norton 360 on Firefox or Opera. We also found that Norton 360 is optimized for Internet Explorer only, and not Firefox and Opera browsers. Total Protection also provides a data file shredder, a must if you have personal files that you don't want hanging around your hard drive after the fact. Of the three super suites, only McAfee Total Protection provides an ID vault with the program itself. Of the three super suites, only McAfee Total Protection includes wireless security.įor Internet privacy, though Norton 360 will authenticate a site via Symantec's own servers, it won't store your passwords or credit cards in an encrypted vault unless you download the optional add-on pack. Aside from help setting up such networks, we'd also like to see tools that help encrypt the signals with WEP, WPA, or WPA2, or at least monitor whether someone uninvited joins your home wireless network. There are no tools specifically targeted for wireless home networks, a rapidly emerging area. What's missing within Norton 360 are a few surprises.
