Date: Wed, 08 Dec 1999 12:50:59 -0700 From: Marc Callier <callier@spot.Colorado.EDU> To: ucbnmg@lists.Colorado.EDU Subject: Re: Norton
Norton is pretty similar to the competition; the last 2-3
iterations have current definition files that can be downloaded.
At present they have versions available for version 4,5, and 2000
for Win9X machines. I haven't paid enough attention to release
dates, so I don't know what time period this covers. I would make
the rather shakey assumption that it is over a year, but that's
just a wild guess.
Marc "Of course you wanted my opinion..." Callier
Karin Berglund wrote:
>
> Does the $20 fee cover software updates or just the current version of the
> product. I assume Norton works in a similar fashion to McAfee in that
> when they come out with a new version of the software they stop creating
> new antivirus definitions for the latest viruses that are compatible with
> older versions of their product.
>
> Thanks.
>
> On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, Bill Wyman wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone--
> >
> > I have been installing and running Norton AntiVirus for about two years on a
> > variety of servers and workstations, running Mac OS, Windows 9x, and Windows
> > NT. I have used McAfee for many years. I choose not to install McAfee at
> > this point, although I still use and work with McAfee because it comes free
> > on new Dell systems. I always carry a copy of McAfee with me, just in case.
> >
> > I have come to prefer installing Norton for several reasons. It is available
> > for all of the common operating systems and presents a pretty consistent
> > interface across operating systems and versions.
> >
> > On most days, a single copy can be purchased at a higher-ed discount price
> > of $20, without further ado. (ex., www.warehouse.com - Education or
> > www.cdwg.com) The rest of the time the $20 price tag holds for quantity
> > discounts.
> >
> > You can schedule Norton AV to update its virus signature database
> > automatically from the Symantec FTP site over the Internet on a daily,
> > weekly or monthly basis, at any hour of the day or night.
> >
> > You (or the user) can also update manually on demand just by clicking on the
> > LiveUpdate button. This provides an extra measure of reassurance.
> >
> > (BTW--The updating on the last Norton AV--version 5--for Mac OS was very
> > slow. This has been fixed in the new version 6.)
> >
> > With an inevitable exception now and then, Norton and McAfee see-saw back
> > and forth for first and second place in the ratings we read in the "mags and
> > rags."
> >
> > It seems that everyone has a story after a while about how one worked for
> > them in a pinch, or how the other failed in some crucial moment. I install
> > Norton because I think its user features are superior. I carry McAfee with
> > me because in the virus-thwarting business, two tools are better than one.
> >
> > Bye
> > Bill Wyman
> > MCDB and elsewhere
> >
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