Norton Personal Firewall
 Norton Personal Firewall 2006 | |
| Developer(s) | Symantec Corporation |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 2006
/ 2006 |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X |
| Type | Firewall |
| License | Proprietary |
| Website | www.symantec.com/norton |
Norton Personal Firewall (NPF), developed by Symantec, is a computer firewall with ad blocking, and control of individual applications' Internet access capabilities.
It is now discontinued and bundled with Symantec's Norton consumer product line, such as Norton Internet Security and Norton 360
Advertisement-Blocking
The advertisement-blocking feature of this software rewrites the HTML that one's browser uses to display Web pages. It searches for code related to advertisements against a blacklist and prevents the web page from being displayed. When this happens, there is no notification from Norton Personal Firewall.[citation needed]
Privacy Control
The Privacy Control component blocks browser cookies, active content, and prevents the transmission of sensitive data through through standard POP3 e-mail clients, Microsoft Office e-mail attachments and Instant Messaging services such as MSN Messenger, Windows Messenger and AOL Instant Messenger without the user's consent. [1]
Automatic Program Control
Programs are automatically allowed or denied internet access by NPF. NPF uses a blacklist to determine if the program should be allowed internet access. [2]
