GLOBAL security provider Symantec Corporation has officially released the latest versions of its famous security product Norton.

Norton Internet Security 2010 and Norton Antivirus 2010 feature a new approach in countering Internet threats through the use of Norton’s 35-million strong global community watch group, which provide feedback or reputation for files or apps running on their PCS that were downloaded from the Internet.

Codenamed Quorum, this unique reputation-based security gathers information, such as the characteristics of particular file running on their PCs. The information provided by the millions of Norton users are sent to Symantec’s “reputation calculator,” which statistically infer whether the file or application is good or bad.

Symantec consumer product marketing manager David Hall said Quorum protects consumer PCs from bad files or apps delivered through the Web by providing download insights, such as recommendations of whether the particular file has very few users, unproven, and not yet recommended to be downloaded.

Hall said Quorum won’t replace Norton’s other forms of security such as heuristics, reputation, and signature approaches.

“The last couple of years, the bad guys have been successful in the war between the good guys and the bad guys. The bad guys are creating malwares every day,” said Hall about the current threat landscape.

Symantec security researchers monitor 200 plus million attacks on average every month, the majority of which are never-seen before threats delivered via the Web.

The new Norton security products, which use less system resources, also feature faster scans. It also offers the Norton Safe Web, which forms part of the browser toolbar that automatically tells the user if the URL has a good reputation and safe to browse.

Suggested retail price for the Norton Internet Security is P2,270 for a three PC license and P1,360 for a single PC license. The Norton Antivirus is priced at P1,960 for a three PC license and P1,125 for a single PC license.