Re: [libreoffice-users] Norton AntiVirus / poll

       I too once used Norton - it was a great system;
            then I switched to AVG - ranked tops;
               when it slid below Avast!, I switched - it's been ranked
tops for the last few years now and updates daily, or more often.

       Let's see some poll results - who preferred what and why?; and now
who prefers what and why?

       Curiously wondering,



On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 5:13 AM, Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Hi :)
> Norton used to be completely awesome.  Everything they did was totally
> amazing and extremely useful.  Then they became corporate and serious.
>
> Nowadays i use AVG or something else but still when a threat is publicised
> as being particularly nasty and i suspect one of the machines i deal with
> might have fallen foul of it i still find Symantec a good place to research
> into it.
>
> One of the first jobs of a threat is to knock-out or dodge all known
> security so any of the big and famous antivirus' is likely to useless
> against any decent threat.  Luckily most threats are fairly trivial so even
> the big and famous antivirus programs can probably deal with it.  If it's
> non-trivial then there is always the option to nuke your Bios and reinstall
> your OS.  Still now that AVG is so famous i'm starting to consider other
> options.
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
>
> From: webmaster-Kracked_P_P <webmaster@krackedpress.com>
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Rel. 3.6.1 and Norton AntiVirus
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
> Date: Thursday, 30 August, 2012, 2:27
>
> On 08/29/2012 08:21 PM, Dan wrote:
> > Jeff Hahn wrote:
> > > When I try to upgrade from 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 the Norton AntiVirus program
> > > keeps deleting the upgrade as an unsafe virus. This is the first release
> > > that I have had this type of problem with. Jeff
> >
> >      To make sure I understand: Norton deletes the LO 3.6.1 download
> file?
> >      Otherwise, you should not have Norton running when you install the
> upgrade; you should not be physically connected to the Internet either.
> > Disconnect from Internet, turn off anti-virus program, install LO
> update, turn on anti-virus program. ONLY WHEN AV IS RUNNING should you
> reconnect to the Internet.
> > --Dan
>
> This is not the first time I have heard of Norton stating valid install
> files were viruses or other nasties.
>
> I never had any good luck with Norton's AV, so I use the free version of
> Comodo product[s] for my Windows machines.  I have hooked even PC repair
> and selling pro's to using it.
>
> As for not having AV running when not online, well that is not what I
> would tell people.  An anti-virus is needed if you are offline and suddenly
> there is a trojan or other nasty kicking in and doing a number.  They can
> be picked up and not cleaned in a few ways other than being online.  I have
> my Ubuntu system picking up new things from files that I have had on my
> system for months and suddenly it detects something the AV system does not
> like.  If I did not have the AV system on 24/7, then those issues might not
> have been picked up.  The real thing is that the AV systems update their
> data systems, mostly, after a new "nasty" has been detected.  If your
> system has that "nasty" on it before that nasty has been added to your AV
> data system, then you will need to have the other parts of the AV and
> security system[s] on to detect the traces of it trying to work.  SO do not
> turn your computer security off.
>
> I have had to deal with too many systems from friends and clients where
> they did not have their security on 24/7 and kept up-to-date.  Had one
> system that the AV was on but not updated in over 2 years and the guy lost
> a lot.

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