How does Behavior Shield differ from Norton's "Sonar"?

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Just wondering how Behavior Shield differs from Norton’s “Sonar”?

Thanks

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well one that ive noticed that differs is the avast behavior shield seems to be almost useless lol, in theory i dont know, but in practice that is the difference

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avast!

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Thanks but that didn’t address any differences between the two. Maybe I missed something.

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No, theres no difference - The Avast! Behavior Shield is new, while Norton Sonar is very old(of course it gets updated) but Avast’s Behavior Shield will improve in further versions.

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OK, thanks for the clarification.

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SONAR (Symantec)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SONAR_(Symantec)

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False, avast! BS is focus in applications “Exploits” for now. Remember that avast! BS is new and need time to extend & improve it’s protection to other areas.

Ondrej Vlcek: The Behavior Shield that we shipped in version 5.0 is a new component that is going to be further developed moving forward. For example, in version 5.1, we will be adding more sensors that will allow for even finer-grain filtering.

For now, the Behavior Shield is focused on exploits coming via typical mechanisms (browser, PDF reader, and flash vulnerabilities, for example). It also closely monitors all kernel-mode code (drivers) loaded into the operating system, and is able to detect zero-day rootkits.

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what do u mean “false”? ye i realize it hasnt be around long or developed much yet but my statement holds true, at the moment, its almost useless

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You see BS useless because is not for “general” proactive protection for now (only for exloits prevention), but install avast! in already infected computer. With rootkits and infected drivers.

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i prefer to use an AV with a clean system and keep it clean personally…

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Behavior shield is working quite well for those with 32 bit, us 64’s will only have to wait for the 5.1 release which shouldn’t be to far away hopefully :slight_smile:

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The behavior shield is the same in purpose in comparison to Norton SONAR.

At this point in time, the behavior shield is not exactly the strongest feature of avast.

However, I quite frankly think that behavior shields are all in developing stages.

Cheers

The Dude 321

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That’s kind of what I was thinking and wondering. It seems such behavior shields will be the main component of AVs in the future because new threats appear so often.

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As The Dude 321 writed, yes they are in developing stages - Meaning, Avast’s Behavior Shield will have more sensors in the future - Nough’ said.