Symantec Searches for Bugs

New SONAR security technology targets fresh software vulnerabilities as well as known flaws.

Starting in February, users of Symantec's Norton products will have a new tool to help them avoid unpatched software flaws.

Called the Symantec Online Network for Advanced Response (SONAR), the new security software will look at the behavior of programs running on the computer in order to decide whether they are malicious. This is a departure from Symantec's traditional signature-based antivirus protection techniques, which compare the program's code to a database of known malware.

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