Re: Norton 2005

From: Ken Blake (kblake_at_this.is.an.invalid.domain)
Date: 01/09/05 

Date: Sun, 9 Jan 2005 10:28:52 -0700

In news:uPv83Bk9EHA.2196@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl,
Charles C. Drew <ccdrew11@hotmail.com> typed:

> 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?

AVG is free for home use, but not for corporate use. Many
corporations use it.

I'm not trying to tell you that AVG is better, worse, or the same
as Norton. I happen to use Norton myself, and despite the
opinions of many other MVPs (and other) who I greatly respect, I
continue to use it because it's always worked well for me.

> So far, I've never had an infection on a PC with Norton and a
> current
> virus signature list.

Nor have I.

> I have with AVG.

I've never used AVG, and can't comment on it.

> 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.

The experience of a single user, whether you or me, or even both
of us taken together hardly counts. Statistics are meaningful
only when you look at large numbers of users.

> 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.

Your choice, of course. There are many other AVG users who
disagree with you. In my opinion (admittedly hearsay--but from
those whose opinions I trust), AVG does at least as good a job as
Norton). If Symantec were to go out of business tomorrow, and I
had to find another anti-virus product, AVG is one of those I
would definitely consider.

Again, however, I wasn't trying to tell you that AVG was better.
Despite my using and liking Norton, I was merely commenting that
your statement "I know of two people in my family alone who have
gotten viruses on their machines even with AVG running on their
machines" is not a good reason for the conclusion "Stick with
Norton." Statistics based on two examples are meaningless. 

-- 
Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
Please reply to the newsgroup
> "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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