Slow with Virus Definitions!!! Beware!!
Written: Jun 09 '03 (Updated Jun 11 '03)
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Pros: Easy to Use
Cons: Slow with the Virus Definitions-A Disaster!!!
The Bottom Line: Find a more reliable AV program, or set up a separate computer for downloads and email!
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| regretela's Full Review: Symantec Norton AntiVirus 2003 (10021188) for PC |
The folks at Norton are ASLEEP!!! I download new definitions every day and always have auto protect on. But both my computer at home and here at work carried the W32.Jeefo virus for a month even though I ran virus scans regularly and had auto-protect on. Norton's definition of the W32.Jeefo virus didn't come out until 6/3. McAfee had this virus definition on May 7th!!! By then, when I ran the scan, every file the virus had gotten into during the month that they didn't alert me was destroyed when the file was supposedly "fixed". That was over 800 files on my
computer at home, 400 or more at work. I didn't lose documents (Thank God), and the W2K I run on my work computer seems okay, but XP Professional took a hit at home. After trying to fix it for three days I ended up having to reinstall XP and the 65 updates it has now, as well as around 50 programs. I had to reinstall many programs at work as well. You would think Norton would at least check the definitions their competition has come up with. NOT!!! Norton is NOT reliable!!! Be afraid, be very afraid.
Recommended:
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regretela
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