Re: NAV General Question

From: Malke (malke_at_nospoonnotreally.com)
Date: 07/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 13:58:16 -0700

Diane wrote:

> I have NAV2002 which I have had on this PC since it was new. I have
> kept up on the subscription and have faithfully run all the updates.
>
> I see some mention in this newsgroup of the effectiveness of older
> versions of NAV. If the virus definitions and updates are kept current
> is there any necessity for me to buy a later version of NAV?

Yes. If it is time to update NAV 2002, I would not just renew the
subscription but buy a current version of an antivirus. I'm not
particularly fond of NAV 2004, however. Microsoft has partnered with
Computer Associates to offer a year's free subscription to their
EZ-Armor antivirus/firewall suite which is quite good. The url is:

http://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft/

Malke 

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