RE: [SkunkworksAMA] anyone else notice that virus?

From: George McMullen <byere254_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 08:29:51 -0800 (PST)

Y'know... everyone says "norton's crap" etc... but I've never had a problem. I've used other virus checkers at the same time and I've never been infected while I've had Norton on my system/s... I'll agree with you on the whole popping up messages thing though. as for taking ages to scan, I'd rather have my computer take ages to do a simple check and get everything than suddenly switch to another type of anti-virus software and end up with a million-and-1 viruses/trojons/worms because the new thing isn't updated enough.

David Parenteau <kitfox_at_firstlight.net> wrote: At 02:06 AM 12/3/2006, George McMullen wrote:
>it's funny... I opened it (for a few seconds) and nothing came up on my
>system... even when doing a virus scan. My Norton is updated weekly and
>scans weekly too. Maybe it killed it without notifying me

Norton is a notoriously horrible piece of software. It's often worse than
having nothing at all, since it gets killed and screws up so often, but
gives you a false sense of security. Every intelligent piece of malware
(About 95% of them) kills Norton without breaking a sweat. Norton pops up
annoying, interrupting messages when it thinks something is wrong. Its
scans take 10 times as long as they really need to.

Try Trend Micro. http://www.antivirus.com/

Heck, use the online scan just to make sure:
http://housecall.antivirus.com/



         


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