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To: Ronin
The thing is I know that system has Norton Antivirus installed on it because I checked it just last week and did a harddisk scan, so it must be a new bug to get past it.

Norton Antivirus is good - if it's a fairly new version (2002 or 2003 version of the software) and if it's kept up-to-date. Otherwise, it's useless (as any antivirus software would be in that situation). And you have to pay money every year (or two - you can choose that option) to keep getting the virus updates.

When I started at my current job a couple of months ago, I discovered that all of the PCs were running Norton Antivirus... but the newest version of the software was 4 years old, and none of the virus definition subscriptions had been renewed in 3 years. In other words, there was no antivirus protection. That was my #2 thing to fix, as a matter of fact (#1 thing to fix was the lack of firewall).

A 10-user licensing package for Symantec Antivirus Small Business Edition runs about $430 for one year; they also offer a discount if you purchase two years' subcription up-front. It's worth it.

9 posted on 09/02/2003 5:21:10 PM PDT by ManxyGal (Certified (A+, MCP, MCSE) network geek and keeper of all software licenses for my network!)
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To: ManxyGal
To make this whole situation even worse, he (the French teacher) apparantly downloaded a "CD-Burner" program and installed it without scanning it.

If I were a nasty-minded programmer in league with the RCAA, this would be just the kind of booby-trap I would leak onto KaZaa as a way of sticking it to the music pirates.

10 posted on 09/02/2003 5:26:41 PM PDT by Ronin (Qui tacet consentit!)
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