Norton Zone

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Norton Zone
Developer(s) Symantec
Initial releaseBeta: November 29, 2012 [1] [2] [3]
General Release: May 14, 2013 [4] [5] [6]
Operating system Windows, [7] [8] [9] Windows RT, [7] [8] Android, [7] [8] [10] macOS, [7] [8] [11] iOS [7] [8] [12]
Type Online backup service
License Proprietary software
Website https://www.nortonzone.com

Norton Zone was a cloud file sharing and online backup tool service operated by Symantec that can be used to share, sync, access, store, and backup data. [1] [5] [7] [8] It also allows for file collaboration with commenting. [8] Norton Zone is accessible through apps for Windows, [7] [8] [9] Windows RT, [7] [8] Android, [7] [8] [10] Mac, [7] [8] [11] and iOS [7] [8] [12] platforms. Norton Zone uses encrypted and replicated cloud storage and provides client-side encryption. [1] [2] [8]

As a leading AntiVirus provider via its Norton AntiVirus software, [13] [14] Symantec distinguishes Norton Zone from competition by automatically scanning files for malware and viruses. [1] [4] [5] [8]

Norton Zone offered 5 GB of storage for free and larger storage allocations via subscription. [4] [5] [8] [15]

On June 3, 2014, Symantec announced that Norton Zone would be discontinued on August 6, 2014. [16]

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References

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