Re: virus protection

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Leythos wrote:
In article <_Y_ml.14118$as4.11882@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
unknown@xxxxxxxxxxx says...
Why waste your time rechecking when you know for a fact it is the
most troublesome software?

My understanding is that the Current version is nothing like the
previous versions that were terrible resource hogs. I've not
personally tried/installed the latest version, but I've talked with
many people that believe it is a much better product than the prior
versions.

Actually, I see little difference in it, but at the same time have
things pretty reliably and well set up. That said, there probably is
quite an improvement though, because as it was at one time, they've
turned EVERYTHING back on by default.
As much as I like Norton products and what Symantec has been doing
with them, I still think the multi-layered multiple-testing of the same
thing is inefficient. It's OK if others disagree with me; I just find
such things less than desirable. For instance:
They've done a good job of taking care of a previous problem where
their scanning an outgoing e-mail could result in say OE or FF or
whatever thinking the mail was sent, and placing it into the Sent
folder, when in reality, it was never sent. Many programs were guilty
of that same exact thing in fact. And their solution is so simple it
proves the old addage of the "simplest answer is always the best
answer" too.
The added bells & whistles are nice too and much appreciated. Their
heuristics scanning even saved me from an OOPS last week too; I was
about to let GAIN in without realizing it, and guess what? It basically
wanted to know why I wanted to allow such a stupid action on my machine
as it was trying to do.
On the other side of the fence, it missed a ...lovgate infection
attempt, which Adaware 8 caught and eradicated, but it turned out to not
be a virus per sae, so I guess I could excuse that one<g>. NO idea how
I got that one, but ... important thing is, it got caught. Looks like
I'm getting careless in my old age.

Anyway, Norton is alive and well at Symantec and IMO moving in the right
direction.

Regards,

Twayne


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