Hi! 

I'm Mike Romo and I am the product manager for Norton AntiVirus 12 for Mac and Norton Internet Security 5 for Mac. I am really excited to get this opportunity to welcome you to our beta program and want to be the first to thank you for your interest in our latest products.

One of the great new features we’re adding to the Norton 2012 product line is the ability to manage your installed Norton products from one central website.  Have you ever received a call from your remote family member that their Norton product is out of date or their Norton subscription needs a renewal?  Before the management feature, you’d have to physically be present to address these issues.  Now, once you have installed Norton Management on a device, you can handle these things (and more) from the Management website!

We at Norton are very excited to share the Beta release for Norton Internet Security and Norton Antivirus 2012 products with you. Below are descriptions of the new features and great enhancements provided with this release.

New web filtering functionality means that we have extended Norton DNS protection beyond malicious and phishing sites to provide content filtering capability for over 55 million sites, in more than 23 different languages. Read on for a quick step by step guide to getting the protection of Norton DNS.

Today we’re sharing the exciting update that we’re taking Norton DNS for PC users out of beta. As you may recall, Norton DNS was launched in May as part of our Norton Everywhere announcement, which aims to take our consumer business beyond the PC. Since that launch, Norton DNS has gained more than 250,000 beta users from 112 different countries.

Symantec Maximum Repair (SMR) is a brand new security engine that drives our new Norton Power Eraser recovery tool. It combines aggressive heuristics and advanced removal capabilities to combat the newest and toughest threats. I thought I would share with you some of the background on why we developed this new engine.

Consider how much time you spend surfing the web each day. I bet it’s a lot more that it was five years ago. As more and more of our activities migrate into cyberspace, we find ourselves increasingly relying on a web browser to surf sites, to shop, to pay our bills and to interact socially. This has unfortunately created a new opportunity for cybercriminals.

We are very excited to release Norton Internet Security and Norton AntiVirus 2011. After undergoing months of Beta testing, getting feedback from our enthusiastic Norton community and incorporating much of that feedback, we are finally releasing what we think are our best products to date. Here's an overview of the key features and tools in the product which has just become publicly available today.

Many consumers still do not use antivirus software, or they use software that is not updated or effective. As a result, their systems can become infected with malware that is extremely difficult to remove. Worse, malware authors routinely attempt to evade or disable security programs. Many will prevent these programs from even installing. For all these reasons, users who end up with an infected computer often need more aggressive techniques to handle detection and remediation. Enter the all new, free and available-to-anyone Norton Power Eraser...

Today we’re sharing an exciting update to the recently introduced, free Norton DNS (BETA) for PC and Mac users. A new, easy-to-use wizard takes the guess work out of DNS set-up.