Norton has been quietly calling dibs on Windows 10 support
Almost a month ago, a blog post from
Norton’s Community website revealed the antivirus software company’s planned support of Windows 10... except that nobody expected Norton to issue the update well before Windows 10 would be even commercially available.
It’s unclear whether the update was designed to support any specific one of the most recent Windows 10 Preview builds. Yesterday, as soon as we completed installation of build 10162, we tried, almost by accident, to install Norton Internet Security. Up until a few weeks ago, our attempts have been greeted by failure, by the same token, considering the advanced stage of build 10162, we figured it would be a good time for another try.
A quick look at the same post, reveals it had been edited on June 25th, with promise of Windows 10 support within weeks. Ultimately, Norton seems to have recently pushed a new update to its computer security software, designed to integrate within Windows 10, and take over watch duties from windows Defender.
The installation completed without problems, and integration of Norton appears to be fully functioning system wide and stable, including additional features such as Facebook integration, which scans a Facebook feed for malicious links.
This is great news for users of Norton security software who may be wondering when they will be able to take advantage of their Norton subscriptions on Windows 10. At the same time, this is also great news for windows Insiders. With third party antivirus software companies now beginning to release fully-functioning suites for Windows 10, Insiders can be more confident that Windows 10 is ready for prime time.
What about Windows Defender?
Already in the early testing phases of Windows 10 Technical Preview, Windows Defender has had the opportunity to show some remarkable strengths in the way of viral detection and protection, even being a free product bundled with the operating system.
While Defender may not be as strong as some of the commercial brands, whose resources are fully dedicated to computer security, users with more conservative web surfing habits on their PCs will find Windows Defender to be a useful asset in keeping their systems safe, especially in newer PCs, such as most upcoming Windows 10 laptops, with built-in hardware-based security.