OK please forgive this little marketing-type plug…. but I think this is a great little tool….
As you no doubt know, Symantec has established some of the most comprehensive sources of Internet threat data in the world through the Symantec Global Intelligence Network. More than 240,000 sensors in over 200 countries monitor attack activity through a combination of Symantec products and services such as Symantec DeepSight Threat Management System, Symantec Managed Security Services and Norton consumer products, as well as additional third-party data sources.
Symantec also gathers malicious code intelligence from more than 130 million client, server, and gateway systems that have deployed its antivirus products. Additionally, Symantec’s distributed honeypot network collects data from around the globe, capturing
And you can get access to all of this intelligence via a free screensaver which you can download to your PC which keeps you up-to-date on the threat landscape using a feed from Symantec’s DeepSight monitoring service. The ThreatCon rating in the screensaver also lets you know the current danger level of the Internet based on network incident and malicious code activity. The screensaver regularly updates itself when you are connected to the Internet.
All the technical details and the link to download the screensaver can be found here: http://go.symantec.com/screensaver
Dominic Cook
