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Symantec fixes Norton vulnerability
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noswal
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What are the other reasons?
Symantec products tend to be bloated, the virus protection is also useless.
Here are a few more reasons not to support symantec.
http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2005/12/symantec_antivi.html
http://safer-networking.org/en/news/2006-01-07.html
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1153885,00.html
Here are a few more reasons not to support symantec.
http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2005/12/symantec_antivi.html
http://safer-networking.org/en/news/2006-01-07.html
http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1153885,00.html
ic said:Isn't it interesting how Norton Personal Firewall, Norton AntiVirus and a bunch of other Symantec/Norton products, do not list Linux as a system requirement...
Kinda makes you wonder if Symantec realised there was zero money to be made from [developing] Linux versions of their products...
Good point, AVG, Avast,Kaspersky and BitDefender all have linux versions while symantec and mcafee dont seem to.
alchamy said:
From the links you sent it also appears the other AV solutions mentioned have similar problems (with regards to the vulnerability from SAV)
Who do you go for in the end? It's probably like Windows with all it's flaws that are discovered because of the large user base it has, and more developers able to patch them.
Peter7 said:
Agreed, Norton would have their flaws noticed because of the larger user base.
Here is an interesting test comparing some of the bigger AV systems.
I have always liked Avast, its lightweight and the signature updates are tiny. They also offer a free version for home use.
Kaspersky with Sygate.
Kaspersky has realtime protection all that stuff new definitions everyday,its real hardcore and will not bloat,Ive seen Hijack this logs with lines and lines of symantec entries,very yucky,
Kaspersky has realtime protection all that stuff new definitions everyday,its real hardcore and will not bloat,Ive seen Hijack this logs with lines and lines of symantec entries,very yucky,
Gambit
Expert Member
alchamy said:
I made the switch from NAV (which I've been using for at least 6 years) to Avast about 6 months ago and I'm never going back. I switched because I found NAV making my pc really slow.
