Norton Antivirus 2001: PC Rx Trojan Horses, Viruses, Worms
Written: Dec 26 '00
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Pros: Quarantines Trojans
Cons: N/A
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Protect yourself. You have to use protection! You could get an infection . . . or worse!
Hadn’t I heard these words of wisdom somewhere before? PWSteal.Trojan was in the house. A password/login Trojan was on my hard drive. My cyber world flashed before my very eyes. My hair caught fire. My virtual metropolis might have been destroyed.
It was all my fault. Somehow it usually is. I had a McAfee virus scan on my computer that was seriously out of date. What was I thinking? Thankfully, I made the investment and sprung for Norton AntiVirus 2001(NAV). It caught the Trojan Horse virus immediately and quarantined it before it damaged my system, and ruined my life. I found the guts to delete it for good.
Virus Primer
Viruses are the silent killers that wreak damage to your files and data. Some of them are obvious. Infected Word documents are easy to spot. I once had one that placed the word Wahoo on my documents every time I used Word. Some viruses lie in wait, like a time bomb ticking.
Trojan Horses begin once downloaded and spring malicious code that deletes the contents of your hard drive. Unlike viruses, they do not spread.
Worms replicate and spread from computer to computer.
The following are the most important features and functions of Norton AntiVirus 2001
LiveUpdate
NAV is a 24-hour virus scan that works in the background while you are using your PC. Using a minimum of your system resources, your computer virus definitions are updated automatically to ensure total protection. Currently, my NAV is showing 48,253 virus definitions. Beware, that’s a lot of malice.
SmartScan
This feature scans for dangerous executable code and keeps dangerous files within the scanning engine. Any POP3 mail server is protected. These include AOL, Eudora, MSN Mail and Outlook. This ensures that you won’t save or these infected attachments to your hard drive or forward them to anyone else. NAV corrects these viruses before allowing you to open the attached file. A status window notified me that protection has been enabled for my AOL and Microsoft Outlook mail accounts.
This feature even checks for viruses in compressed files, such as Zip files. Norton AntiVirus can fix these problems. Get this, NAV can also detect and fix infected compressed file within a compressed file.
The most amazing thing about this product is the Step-by-step Scan and Deliver wizard and its ability to quarantine and forward any found virus to the Symantec AntiVirus Research Center.
Norton AntiVirus detects and repairs contaminated files everytime you use programs. NAV alerts you of suspicious activity running on your PC and checks potentially damaging e-mail before you open them. Live updates and periodic systematic checks ensure that your PC is safe. If you don’t have anti-virus software, I highly recommend that you make the investment. Check out Norton AntiVirus 2001, it’s the “world’s leading anit-virus software.” If anything, it’s a small, worthwhile investment in your sanity
Norton AntiVirus 2001 (Windows 9x, ME) is a 24.31MB program that can be evaluated free for 30 days before you have to purchase it. If you have the time and the resources I highly recommend you give this a shot. I just may be what your computer needs.
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