Norton AntiVirus is A Virus

[jbs3645]

Ran across this and thought I would pass it on. Have to agree on some of the points he makes.

http://www.jimmyr.com/blog/Norton_AntiVirus_is_A_Virus_97_2007.php

john

[Amie]

I have used Norton System works for 5 years, but switched to Avast anti virus last year, main reason because it was free. :)

[jbs3645]

I used Norton when I bought a HP Pavilion with Win98SE. Had the computer for more than 5 years and Norton for about 4 of those. It did some good things but used a lot of memory and I didn't have much ram then. Finally dumped it and went to free stuff like AVG. Worked as well and like you said, free.

john

[rabgary]

From an article in Computer Weekly.

Tuesday 26 June 2007

Symantec pioneers the pantomime pitch

To say that a company "eats its own dog food" is to say that it uses the products that it makes. For many prospective customers it is the first and last endorsement an IT supplier should make.

However, some companies, such as Symantec, appear to have forgotten this mantra, creating in the process what Downtime has dubbed the pantomime pitch.

During a presentation to announce Symantec's latest product, a spokesman for the company delivered an enthusiastic pitch to a roomful of big name clients. Indeed, such was the emphasis on the "uniqueness" of his company's offering that attendees could have been forgiven for thinking that no one else made anti-virus software.

Thankfully, visual aids were on hand to gently remind all present that "unique" in the marketing world should generally be accompanied by a "quite", or more accurately a "not".

During the wrap-up to his presentation, the spokesman was forced to query collective laughs, and quite possibly shouts of "it's behind you", by turning to face his presentation screen.

He found the source of their amusement in the form of a prominent pop-up box, obscuring his Powerpoint presentation, stating that the rival Kaspersky anti-virus software loaded on the machine he was using to present had updated its definitions.

[jbs3645]

That is priceless!!!!

john

[hogndog]

Ran across this and thought I would pass it on. Have to agree on some of the points he makes.

http://www.jimmyr.com/blog/Norton_AntiVirus_is_A_Virus_97_2007.php

john A week ago I opened quite by mistake one of these gift cards that are floating around the Net. The card was sent by a friend that had no clue the card had that nasty in it..
The attachment didn't unload for several hours after delivery, which leads me to believe it hid until it figured I had forgotten where it came from.. Now I didn't have the Norton program your reffering to but had three others one of which was Spyware Blaster. None of these programs recognized it. My computer simply froze up while three programs were running at once.. End of story, I had to have a friend come over and manualy destroy it. Here is my question, how are you to know which program to have in order to stop these invasions.

Thank you, one and all,
Lee

[jbs3645]

Tough question to answer. Depends on the situation. Unfortunately there are no "cure all" programs. The bad guys are constantly changing and updating so it is difficult to stay abreast of their antics must less ahead. There are a lot of good programs but I don't believe that any one will do everything. Some do more than others but you actually need several different programs and run them often and keep them updated. This is one of the reasons that I switched to Linux from Windows because of the constant fear and the time that I spent towards protecting and cleaning.

john

[hogndog]

Thank's John.. :) Tough question to answer. Depends on the situation. Unfortunately there are no "cure all" programs. The bad guys are constantly changing and updating so it is difficult to stay abreast of their antics must less ahead. There are a lot of good programs but I don't believe that any one will do everything. Some do more than others but you actually need several different programs and run them often and keep them updated. This is one of the reasons that I switched to Linux from Windows because of the constant fear and the time that I spent towards protecting and cleaning.

john

[surferdude]

True, one needs various programs for various problems.
I have & use
\Ad-Aware 2007,
AVG Anti Rootkit Free,
AVG AntiSpyware 7.5,
AVG Free Edition,
BOClean,
Spybot S&D,
SpywareBlaster,
Spyware Guard v2.2,
SUPERAntiSpyware,
Windows Defender
& Zone Alarm.
Now when i scan i get cookies.:):hi: