However, CNN noted X-rated sites were retrieved when personal information was queried by a search engine. Such information was replaced with the letter 'X'. Family Edition could block transmission of specified personal information. Another option was to block all sites, then create a whitelist of allowed sites. Administrators could block certain subject matter. A designated administrator could add blocked sites, however the pre-supplied blacklist cannot be viewed or edited since it was hard coded. Found content was categorized in subject matter and placed on a blacklist of about 36,000 sites. Parental controls were backed by a quality control team of 10 people who searched the web for inappropriate content. The Family Edition adds parental controls. Norton LiveUpdate downloads and installs program updates. ZDNet noted the lack of information presented concerning attacks the firewall blocked. Adjusting the settings fixed the problem, however the process was complicated. ZDNet found the ad blocker to remove graphics that were not ads, breaking pages. Other features included cookie removal, and banner ad blocking. It could block ActiveX controls and Java applets. Version 2000s firewall, based on AtGuard from WRQ, filters traffic at the packet level. Its release followed an alliance between Internet provider and antivirus vendor to provide Internet subscribers with McAfee's new firewall software, McAfee Personal Firewall. Norton Internet Security 2000, released January 10, 2000, was Symantec's first foray beyond virus protection and content filters. As of the 2013 (20.x) release the product dropped the year from its name, although it still was referenced in some venues. The internal version number was advanced to 15.x in the 2008 edition to match the Norton AntiVirus release of the same year. Releases were named by year but have internal version numbers as well. The upgraded product retains the earlier product's subscription data.

Users of the 2006 and later versions could upgrade to the replacement software without buying a new subscription. However, his pose later moved to the spine of the packaging, and then disappeared. trademark, was featured on Norton product packaging.

Norton's crossed-arm pose, a registered U.S. Symantec continued the development of the acquired technologies, marketed under the name of 'Norton', with the tagline 'from Symantec'. Norton and his company developed various applications for DOS, including an antivirus. In August 1990, Symantec acquired Peter Norton Computing from Peter Norton.

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