Symantec anti-virus update makes some PCs inoperable

This happened about 2.5 years ago. An update was sent out that identified svchost.exe as a virus on XP machines. Clearly Symantec didnt learn the first time.
 
Symantec is just a horrible virus, sorry anti-virus program.

We have it at work and it causes slowdowns, crashes, error messages galore. It's just crap.

Best to stick with Microsoft Security Essentials then....if there is a problem, there will immediately be a fix via Windows Update.

Sorted.
 
300 PC's with Symantec on them? U gotto be kidding!
 
Happens with AVG also from time to time, but I still use AVG because it is the best.

Tried about every other Anti-virus and they are all useless, updates are too big and they are slow as hell.
 
why did when i read this headlin did i burst out laughing?!?
HAHAHAHA - cant believe some people still sticking with symantec :o
 
werny said:
Happens with AVG also from time to time, but I still use AVG because it is the best.

Tried about every other Anti-virus and they are all useless, updates are too big and they are slow as hell.
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AVG is not bad, especially when using the server version.

Didn't have any problems when running it on file servers at work.

But now I'm cheapskate....don't like to pay R200 - R300 a year for renewals, Microsoft's FREE MSE does the job for me.

And use a bit of common sense....don't try to download stuff from warez sites with AVG, Symantec or McAfee. You wanna go in with a Linux machine. ;)
 
werny said:
Happens with AVG also from time to time, but I still use AVG because it is the best.

Tried about every other Anti-virus and they are all useless, updates are too big and they are slow as hell.
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HAHAHAHAHA

AVG the best?

Give Nod32 a try.
 
The same kind of thing happened to McAfee a few years ago and I think they ended up giving 1-2 year subscription renewals for free!
 
grim said:
Give Nod32 a try.
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Been using Eset Smart Security for years and it has never let me down.

What I find disturbing is Microsoft Security Essentials, what is the point of it? Surely Microsoft would be better off spending that time fixing security issues than applying patches over them. Maybe I'm missing the point of MSE, maybe it's real job is to identify and irritate people that are using pirated MS products.
 
pulling a condom over a harddrive is still safer than installing norton.

when i was working in a pc shop in greytown, we installed that because it was easiest to manage for our users. i used to have so many problems with it. i especially hated having to download 16mb of updates after installing it, and i had a choice between dialup and 128k diginet that ran our local internet/email server.

my favourite part of norton was the removal tool. that's the only thing that worked.

also, did anyone mention how often a virus came through it's defenses (a solid defence like new zealand's chris martin) and deleted/disabled all norton's essential services?
 
Cadavre777 said:
Been using Eset Smart Security for years and it has never let me down.

What I find disturbing is Microsoft Security Essentials, what is the point of it? Surely Microsoft would be better off spending that time fixing security issues than applying patches over them. Maybe I'm missing the point of MSE, maybe it's real job is to identify and irritate people that are using pirated MS products.
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Most virus infections aren't caused by a security hole in Windows, rather in other software that have security issues.

There was some research done into where Windows virus infections come from and around 50% came from security issues with Java not Windows. Can't remember the exact number from Windows security issues but it was at the bottom or nearly at the bottom of the list.
 
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