Re: Which Anti Virus

From: Leythos (void_at_nowhere.org)
Date: 12/11/04 

Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 21:13:03 GMT

In article <eTE91r63EHA.2192@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl>,
hhhagueREMOVE@yahoo.com says...
> I have been
> angry and frustrated the past week, trying to clear problems that began
> after installing NIS 2005. I have tried a dozen fixes, from manipulating
> firewalls, reinstalling, conferences with techreps, and a new modem.

I've been working with computers since the 70's and would like to share
one thing with you that I've learned the hard way over the years: Anti-
Virus vendors make some really nice av products, but don't buy their
other products.

I've run Norton AV or Symantec Corp Edition AV on every machine I've
owned or managed and never had a single virus on any of them, but I
would never consider installing NIS on any of them, nor on any machine I
control.

NIS has been a pain for every user I've met, known, read about. Same
with many other suites, but they do make a great AV product (at least
the Corp Versions are great).

If you want a firewall, get one from a firewall vendor - Kerio, Tiny,
ZoneAlarm..... 

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