Re: WARNING TO NORTON USERS
From: cquirke (MVP Win9x) (cquirkenews_at_nospam.mvps.org)
Date: 07/11/04
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Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 13:35:14 +0200
On Wed, 7 Jul 2004 03:21:40 -0700, "Pissed Off"
>If anyone is using Norton anti virus should be made aware
>that they could have viruses in their system and not even
>know it.
True for users of ANY antivirus app.
Especially if they think this protection will be so 100% effective
they can get click-happy, run with no firewall, not bother with
patches, and stay clueless on "safe hex".
>Another proplem I find with Norton is that I have it set
>to do a system scan at start up
That's a waste of time. Why would you expect the same av that let a
malware go active, to safely detect and remove it when active?
>Norton is also to do auto protect which is suppose to
>prevent viruses and trojans from getting into your system
Yes - and unless you use your av as an on-demand scanner for material
*before* that material has been "opened", that is the ONLY usefulness
of a Windows-based av.
>updates on most of the viruses that we had in our system,
>it failed to detect them.
Updates are one key to getting the most out of your av. The other key
is knowing the av will not be infallible even if updated every 10
minutes, and managing risk accordingly.
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Reality is that which, when you stop believing
in it, does not go away (PKD)
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