Re: Norton 2005

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From: Charles C. Drew (ccdrew11_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/09/05 

Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 05:43:39 -0600

What you are saying is true, but I don't know. The odds do seem higher with
AVG than Norton.

If one is free and the other can better afford to stay current at all times
because it gets paid, who do you think will have the most current and
complete list of virus signatures? If one is used as a stop-gap because
something is better than nothing and the other is use in corporation after
corporation, which would you say is more reliable?

So far, I've never had an infection on a PC with Norton and a current virus
signature list. I have with AVG. True, I've not used AVG very long nor do
I have hundreds of PC to manage; but I've used Norton since about 1996 and
the only time I've seen a machine infected with this software is when the
virus list has been allowed to grow old.

At the corporation I work which has over 48,000 employees and contractors
working for it, the only viruses that ever get in are those that haven't
been detected yet, and manage to pass through firewalls, intrusion
detection, email filters, etc. These are only the most virulent viruses.

I can't speak for every other virus scanner software and there are many, but
can say I trust Norton far more than I do AVG.

"Ken Blake" <kblake@this.is.an.invalid.domain> wrote in message
news:OXwhCqC9EHA.2316@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
| In news:ebw5QR78EHA.1524@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl,
| Charles C. Drew <ccdrew11@hotmail.com> typed:
|
| > Unfortunately, I know of two people in my family alone who have
| > gotten
| > viruses on their machines even with AVG running on their
| > machines.
| > Stick with Norton.
|
|
| It's important to realize that no anti-virus program can be
| perfect. New virus definitions are added only after the new virus
| is already out there, infecting people. AV programs can
| substantially reduce the risk of getting infected, but never
| eliminate it entirely, no matter how diligent you are at keeping
| your virus definitions up to date.
|
| So regardless of what AV program you're talking about, there is
| always somebody who has gotten viruses even with it running on
| their machine. Your statement above is not a good reason to get
| rid of AVG and run Norton instead.
|
| --
| Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
| Please reply to the newsgroup
|
|

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