Re: AntiVirus
- From: "NoNoBadDog!" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 12:45:53 -1000
"Stan" <libstan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:IwHOf.36342$Ly6.2803@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
You ask how would I know if Norton hadn't stopped a virus; I guess thereFirst, there is no such word as Virii. The plural form of Virus is Viruses.
would be some sort of abnormal behavior. So far my 2 computers are
functioning properly and I do many things other than browsing and email. I
especially do a lot of photo editing using several different programs.
As for it being a resources hog, again, I see no unsatisfactory behavior
so I guess I'll stick with what works for me. "If it ain't broke don't fix
it!" I appreciate the varied comments, though. I'm always open to
acquiring knowledge. One never stops learning. As a good friend of mine
says, "I know what I know and I don't know what I don't know!" Thanks to
all. Stan
"NineStories" <ninestories@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1141585793.216008.39810@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
You mention that Norton has stopped viruses on your system, but how
would you know if it hadn't? On almost every occasion that I've run
alternative antivirus clients on machines that had been diligently
protected by Norton return at least a handful of virii that slipped in
under the radar. As mentioned, it is a resource hog and the fact that
it can't be uninstalled in Safe Mode is testament to the weird ways it
interacts with Windows. There are enough free, effective,
low-consumption alternatives to give reason not to use such a lazy
behemoth. In my personal experience with actually using the software,
it tends to cause to much interference with normal things that one
would do aside from just browsing the Web and reading email.
Always has been.
Next, I have spent most of my adult life working with computers and
networks. I can flatly tell you that you are dead wrong. Any network or
system that I have worked on that was protected by Norton was clean. any
network or system protected by *any* other AV or IS suite was infected. in
addition, no other company can render the threat to response time that
Symantec has.
If you can cite one specific example of a computer running an up-to-date
version of NAV/NIS that allowed a virus through, and that virus was detected
using another AV scanner, I'll retract my statement. However, you must be
specific and include the exact virus, the version of the Symantec product,
and the version of the other product used to detect the virus.
I'll be waiting...
Bobby
P.S. If Symantec/Norton did allow viruses through, do you think it would be
used on U.S. Government system, used by every major bank in the U.S. and
Europe, used by every major university in the the U.S., used by every major
hospital in the U.S., etc???
Get real.
.
- References:
- AntiVirus
- From: Stan
- Re: AntiVirus
- From: NineStories
- Re: AntiVirus
- From: Stan
- AntiVirus
- Prev by Date: Re: ip address
- Next by Date: Re: Trojan...Worm...Virus
- Previous by thread: Re: AntiVirus
- Next by thread: Re: AntiVirus
- Index(es):
Relevant Pages
|
