I know when you install the latest verison of SBE 2013 Endpoint Protection from Symantec.cloud, the (Web Protection --> Safe Surfing) piece is what installs the "Norton Toolbar". I personally do not like having a toolbar in the way of browsing the web but it is a part of the protection suite and according to Admin Guide (see excerpt below) it should not be turned off.
However I do have concers about the Norton Toolbar that I would like addressed before rolling out to our users here that I have seen in my testing.
1. After SBE is installed remotely, when users (IE here for most) open their browser for the 1st time it asks them to "Enable (or not) Norton Toolbar". I don't want them to have the choice, I perfer it to be an automatic (enable). Can this be done in some way?
2. On the Toolbar itself, when it is running with defaults (1st time) it enables the "Safe Share" feature with links to various Social Networking sites. Is it possible to disable this feature of the toolbar. In my playing with it, "Disable" only aqautes to making it so it does not appear (can be reenabled under the Norton menu on Toolbar) but that would work for me. I would just like it to be like this right out of the gate?
Thank you.
When Symantec Endpoint Protection installs on your computer,
it adds the Norton Toolbar to Internet Explorer, Chrome, and
Firefox. Norton Internet Security protects your supported browsers
by enabling the Safe Surfing option by default.
When Safe Surfing is turned on, Norton Internet Security enables
the Antiphishing feature and the Norton Safe Web feature.
Antiphishing analyzes the security levels of the websites you visit
and displays the results in the Norton Site Safety pop-up. The
Norton Safe Web feature displays site-rating icons next to web
search results.
Warning: When you turn off Safe Surfing, the Antiphishing feature
and Norton Safe Web feature are disabled. In this case, Identity
Safe can autofill fraudulent websites with your confidential
information.
Symantec recommends that you do not browse the web when
Safe Surfing is turned off.