Norton Personal Firewall
 | It has been suggested that this article be merged with Norton Internet Security. (Discuss) Proposed since March 2009. |
 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 |
Norton Personal Firewall (NPF), developed by Symantec, is a computer firewall with ad blocking, and control of individual applications' Internet access capabilities.
It has been discontinued.
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]
