Norton Anti-virus

what's a virus?

registered Linux user no.409754

Just kidding ppl!

 

I know. Huh! It's easier to get pet diahrea out of your carpet than it is to get rid of A-Oh-Hell!
I kinda like norton. I'm just waiting for one of you to CRACK Norton 2007 and get it out on P2P.

 

Norton seemed like a better company in the 90s. They've turned into a large corporate entity like Microsoft and AOL and are using strong arm tactics to try to muscle their way into markets with bundled software.

Anyone know of any anti-virus/removal software that can remove AOL and bundled Norton in one easy step?

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In a somewhat related issue, did you ever wonder if some of these companies might actually be creating viruses for the sake of patting themselves on the back for getting rid of a new virus? Or the software claiming it found viruses that weren't really viruses?

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If any company were doing that I would lay £10000 on it being norton - I have never trusted that company - another company I would lay odds on being involved is people like f-prot - at least I didnt have my suspicions until the first f-prot company owner sold out to a big corp

 

sNorton Anti-Virus works fine for mild applications that dont connect to the internet. if you want to connect to the internet then get a Mac or install Linux/BSD for free.

 

I don't generally subscribe to conspiracy theories.... I can say however, that I have often thought about what you suggest.
Illuminati has geeks? You bet!

 

I was being a little sarcastic about the conspiracy theories. There are some issues about false alerts with anti-virus software. One of the anti-spyware programs keeps reporting DSO-exploit, even though it's not there. It's some sort of quirk with the software.

Symantec actually likes to hire geeks who write viruses, since they already know what to look for. They like people who are still young and connected with that type of activity.

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Hmmm.... unique way of discouraging virus writers.... give them a day job!

 

Actually it is a rather strange scenario. All of this virus activity generates a great business for some. Unfortunately, the average innocent user usually ends up paying for it.

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I hate to sound repetitive but... Buy a mac!!!

 

Everything you said is completely right!-Iv;e used Norton for years-It does catch all virus's as well as add- ware and spyware-I have th 2005 version total security package-I also have McAffee on here as it came with the ISP but it missed so many things it was a joke-useless-I would highly recommend Norton to any other protection-It is no problem installing or removing and it is a big program but after it's set up you can kick back and relax-very little if any' spyware makes it through-no spam and no virus's -EVER!-Well worth the money!

 

Colombo-I don't know what you mean by self promotiional but I never have had any ads from Norton-ever-and it does stop virus's much better than any other I have tried. McAffee is a joke!-Everything slips past that stupid program-You may be talking about some older version of Norton but the one I have now works great at catching everything!

 

Gah, Norton, I feel my computer slowing down and I don't even have it installed. Anyways, I would really recommend Bitdefender or Kaspersky. They seem to be less bloated and usually have a better detection rate than Norton.

 

Kaspersky is real good too-I have used it and your right-it catches the junk-I may re-think this as Norton is a behemouth and I like speed-

 

Lnx

 

OSes that are the least vulnerable to viruses, malware, trojans, spyware, exploits, etc:

OSX
Linux
Minux
Darwin

there is also:
BSD
Solaris
(maybe OS2 Warp4)

 

I'm gonna argue with the whole notion of switching your OS for security purposes. In reality, OSX, Linux, etc. aren't much more secure than Windows XP. It's just that they aren't targeted very often because such a low percentage of users use them. Once they become more popular, they will probably come under attack more.

 

well I like you optimism about unix-like oses becoming more popular... but the whole security thing is just words until it's proven... I have heard all the arguments, I remain sceptical either way as to which is "more secure" or "less secure". In fact most of the security issues hounding us today are end user related not os related.

 

Furthermore, if I acted on all the paranoid security documentation I have read I would unplug my computer from all networks, write all software myself and hide in a corner... shaking nervously!