# Norton: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 3 judge labels across 3 categories by 2 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/norton

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [AI IT support agents](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/ai-it-support-agents/index.md) | 0% | 106 | 0% | 1 |
| [Business password managers](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/identity/business-password-managers/index.md) | 0% | 23 | 100% | 1 |
| [Endpoint protection](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/operations/endpoint-protection/index.md) | 0% | 72 | 100% | 1 |

## And against it

- "Suffered a credential-stuffing attack in 2023, underscoring that even bundled password tools aren't immune" (Grok 4.20, Password managers)
- "Ongoing criticisms include high system resource usage ... frequent false positives, intrusive alerts" (Grok 4.20, Endpoint protection)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Norton, from 6 of the 8 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- agent.so: 1
- aicauthority.org: 1
- aimultiple.com: 1
- arxiv.org: 1
- banksouth.com: 1
- bis.gov: 1
- bitdefender.com: 1
- bitwarden.com: 1
- bolddesk.com: 1
- capterra.com: 1

### Pages cited

- https://agent.so/article/ai-agent-security-risks: 1
- https://aicauthority.org/insights/secure-ai-use-data-leakage.html: 1
- https://aimultiple.com/endpoint-security-software: 1
- https://arxiv.org/html/2108.10422: 1
- https://banksouth.com/blog/understanding-ai-powered-fraud: 1
- https://bis.gov/kaspersky: 1
- https://bis.gov/press-release/commerce-department-prohibits-russian-kaspersky-software-u.s.-customers: 1
- https://bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/us-bans-kaspersky: 1

## In its own words

What Norton's own pages state, read 2026-10-06. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.


## What it publishes

Every page nortonmediaenterprise.com exposes, read 2026-09-29: 347 addresses. By kind, pages and the last 90 days:

- blog: 9 pages, 7 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-27
- comparison: 3 pages, 3 in the last 90 days, latest 2026-09-28
- Recent: 2026-09-28 comparison: Credit freeze vs credit monitoring https://nortonmediaenterprise.com/articles/credit-freeze-vs-credit-monitoring/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=credit-freeze-vs-credit-monitoring
- Recent: 2026-09-27 blog: Prime big deal days checks https://nortonmediaenterprise.com/articles/prime-big-deal-days-checks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=prime-big-deal-days-checks
- Recent: 2026-09-25 comparison: Gatlinburg vs pigeon forge https://nortonmediaenterprise.com/articles/gatlinburg-vs-pigeon-forge
- Recent: 2026-09-23 comparison: Booking com vs expedia hotels https://nortonmediaenterprise.com/articles/booking-com-vs-expedia-hotels
- Recent: 2026-09-18 blog: Household cfo account deletion https://nortonmediaenterprise.com/household-cfo-account-deletion
- Recent: 2026-09-18 blog: Nme money audit account deletion https://nortonmediaenterprise.com/nme-money-audit-account-deletion/

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.