Re: OT: Warning about Norton Internet Security

On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:40:49 GMT, Anyone <root@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

RnR wrote:

On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:17:51 GMT, Anyone <root@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

journey wrote:

On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 20:06:47 GMT, Anyone <root@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

My experience with PC's is only from 1992 so it will pale in comparison
to the collective knowledge on this NG but I've never used anti-virus
software and only use Zonealarm as the gateway guardian. Never had a
virus invade the PC,

How do you know if you've never had a virus (or Trojan, Spyware) if
you don't have the software protection that would detect it?

PC never, ever, ever acted up, no requests for a browser to go online or
any auto dial apps taking control, etc... No missing files, no altered
files, never opened .exe's on its own, I never open anything in my email
window unless it's text, etc... and since my everyday browsers are
hopelessly outdated Netscape 3, Opera 4, I can't even run Java or Java
script, (w/o them crashing) or flash and whatever bells and whistles are
attached to today's hottest browsers which help make them very
vunerable. Besides who wants to bother messing up a Windows 95 system?
when XP and Vista have tens of millions of users waiting to have their
systems infected ;)

Thanks for the journey into the realm of possible infections, but it
ain't gonna happen unless you're looking for love in all the wrong
places. I learned a lesson from a coworker who had to have his OS
reloaded almost monthly due to all the infections his kids would
download into it - and that was 1999, heaven knows how bad things are
today. He obviously needed anti-virus software or maybe better still,
ban his kids from using his PC.

With all due respect, I'm glad this works for you but I don't think
staying behind in technology is the answer for many. Off the top of
my head, this might be okay for retirees who don't need newer software
nor much on line access but for students and employed people, they
may have no choice because they may do some work at home. That work
may require a newer OS to run their apps and they may need on line
access a lot. So while I agree your method works, I can't recomend
it for many.

That could be a fly in the ointment. Employed folk hopefully use the
company PC not their own since they may be forced to read email that is
infected, with the software the company requires them to use. Students
are probably the easiest target for those who wish to infect PC's,
endless downloads of garbage: music, video, games, email, etc... I know,
I'm taking classes at a local college and the students are totally
CLUELESS when it comes to common sense things, heaven help Corporate
Amerika when they go job hunting.

BTW, my laptop with 2K and XP, has no safeguards other than Zonealarm.
Four yrs occassional online use, no viruses, etc... But then I do not
visit every site and download everything, no Java, no flash, no I.E.,
etc... I assume even the most current anti-virus software "is not"
always going to help the person who can't help themself and downloads
the latest of whatever the Net has to offer.


I don't know which ZoneAlarm you have but some have antivirus
protection built in. And ZoneAlarm is at least a firewall and its job
is to protect you even when you aren't aware for the need. And I
don't know from where you are but from my area, many people go on line
to do work, check company or personal email while students (clueless
or not) are forced to go on line as well. A lot of the sites for
both are with either Java, Active X, etc... so protection is wise.
Besides that, speaking for myself, I like to read on line and do on
line banking so protection is wise too. I do agree with your last
sentence because of the nature of how antivirus software is written.
.

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