Norton and Facebook Partner to Make the Web Safer

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Norton and Facebook Partner to Make the Web Safer
Partnership brings Norton protection to Facebook
members
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 25,
2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Norton by Symantec
(Nasdaq SYMC) and Facebook announced a
partnership to help protect Facebook users and
make the web a safer place to connect with
friends and family.  As a member of the Facebook
AV Marketplace, Norton will provide Facebook
users with a six-month trial to the
award-winning Norton AntiVirus 2012. Norton will
also work with Facebook to detect and alert users
to potentially malicious URLs on the site,
helping to provide a safer experience for
members. (Logo http//photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/
20110201/LA39884LOGO) "As the world's largest
online community, Facebook is committed to
ensuring security for our members," said Joe
Sullivan, Chief Security Officer, Facebook. 
"Norton has long been a trusted brand in security
and through our partnership, we will help ensure
our members are protected from threats on
Facebook and any other site they visit."
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Facebook and Symantec have also released a joint
whitepaper, "Scams Spam to Avoid on Facebook,"
illustrating the most prevalent security issues
and threats targeting Facebook today and how
users can protect themselves.  The whitepaper can
be accessed at the Facebook Security
Blog.  Facebook members who are PC users can
obtain their six-month trial subscription to
Norton AntiVirus 2012 by visiting the Facebook AV
Marketplace, which features a variety of consumer
security offerings to protect against online
threats.  Mac users can obtain a six-month trial
subscription to Norton AntiVirus 12 for Mac.  At
launch these partnership offerings will be
available in English.  To learn more about how
Norton and Facebook are making the web safer,
visit the Facebook Security Blog. 
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"Norton and Facebook share a common goal of
protecting consumers online," said Marian
Merritt, Norton Internet Safety Advocate.  "This
partnership brings the industry's best security
to the Facebook community and is one more step in
Norton's effort to protect consumers and the
stuff that matters to them, whatever device or
platform they choose." About Norton Norton protect
s the Stuff that matters to consumers, across all
aspects of their digital lives. Norton provides a
range of security solutions including
technologies for PCs and mobile devices, live
tech support services and online backup. Like
Norton on Facebook at http//www.facebook.com/nort
on.
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About Symantec Symantec is a global leader in
providing security, storage and systems
management solutions to help consumers and
organizations secure and manage their
information-driven world.  Our software and
services protect against more risks at more
points, more completely and efficiently, enabling
confidence wherever information is used or
stored. More information is available
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Forward Looking Statements  Any forward-looking
indication of plans for products is preliminary
and all future release dates are tentative and
are subject to change.  Any future release of the
product or planned modifications to product
capability, functionality or feature are subject
to ongoing evaluation by Symantec, and may or may
not be implemented and should not be considered
firm commitments by Symantec and should not be
relied upon in making purchasing
decisions.  Grace Kim Jill Nishida Norton by
Symantec Edelman Public Relations 1 (424)
750-7593 1 [phone] Grace_kim_at_symantec.com
Jill.nishida_at_edelman.com