Another used a Captcha-style confirmation box to get the user to type the word ‘awesome’ – a phrase that then appeared as a comment, legitimising a seeded YouTube clip. Forcing users to ‘like’ a product they haven’t actually got to try having been duped by a too good to be true offer was one such example.
Nishant Doshi, Symantec’s architect for security technology and response, outlined how in rogue Facebook apps, boxes are often hidden that capture information or trick the user into typing in specific words that are then posted on their Facebook profile. Norton App Advisor is being developed in conjunction with Facebook and seeks to address the issue of rogue apps using the social network to propagate themselves.
An email reminder when the subscription is nearer renewal will continue to be issued.
Although continuous updates will be offered, Symantec says product licensing will be unchanged, with both boxed and download versions of the software being sold as year-long subscriptions. The company is also moving to a ‘versionless’ desktop security product line, meaning that the current 2012 versions of its Mac and Windows software will be the last to be so named.
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