Topic 181 of 395: Norton Anti-Virus for Windows NT
Wed, Jul 24, 1996 (13:34) |
Paul Terry Walhus (terry)
Norton Anti-Virus for Windows NT -- Symantec provides a very
nice and completely FREE Anti-Virus program including monthly
signature file updates. It will scan for and remove most viruses
(including Word Macro viruses) and will scan up to one level deep
within compressed files. Scheduling scans is only done through the
NT scheduler service, but Symantec provides a simple way to
schedule weekly scans (if you want a different time period you must
manually program the scheduler). Unlike Carmel AV, there is no
option to create an emergency boot disk, but there is another utility
at their Web site that will clean out boot sector viruses from within
MS-DOS. NAV does not create a database of exe file lengths to
look for virus infection, but will create a log of significant events
during a scan. A complete users manual is provided, and the
thorough help file is Win 4.0 format. It runs under NT 3.51 and NT
4.0. There are 6646 viruses in the database and it scanned 827 exe
files in 62 sec, and 6347 total files (including compressed files) in
4:08.
Pros: Comes with full documentation, provides easy way to setup
weekly scans, Free!
Cons: Could include heuristic scanning, could scan deeper into
compressed files
New: This is the initial review for Norton Anti-Virus for Windows
NT
Version Reviewed: 4.0.1.89
Date of Review: 4/20/96 Reviewer: Forrest Stroud
8 responses total.
Topic 181 of 395 [apps]: Norton Anti-Virus for Windows NT
Response 1 of 8: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Jul 24, 1996 (13:35) * 2 lines
The above review by Mark Johnson.
Topic 181 of 395 [apps]: Norton Anti-Virus for Windows NT
Response 2 of 8: samuel David (samuel) * Mon, Dec 8, 1997 (06:35) * 5 lines
I would like to use this and try out. My only concern is the polymorphic and
macro viruses like Laroux-D/C which seem to be difficult to clean.
Could you let me know the site where I can download Norton Antivirus ver 4.0 trial.
Topic 181 of 395 [apps]: Norton Anti-Virus for Windows NT
Response 3 of 8: Ed Moskal (emmoskal) * Mon, Feb 2, 1998 (09:34) * 1 lines
Try www.symantec.com
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Response 4 of 8: John Smith (madchadder) * Mon, Feb 2, 1998 (10:27) * 1 lines
NORTON SUCK BIG COCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Topic 181 of 395 [apps]: Norton Anti-Virus for Windows NT
Response 5 of 8: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Mon, Jun 14, 1999 (14:50) * 1 lines
Too bad he never let us know why... (and how much *did* he pay, one wonders)
Topic 181 of 395 [apps]: Norton Anti-Virus for Windows NT
Response 6 of 8: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Thu, Jul 1, 1999 (14:11) * 2 lines
One wonders.
Topic 181 of 395 [apps]: Norton Anti-Virus for Windows NT
Response 7 of 8: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Thu, Jul 1, 1999 (14:27) * 1 lines
So that's, like, two wondering now?
Topic 181 of 395 [apps]: Norton Anti-Virus for Windows NT
Response 8 of 8: Alexander Schuth (aschuth) * Thu, Jul 1, 1999 (14:28) * 1 lines
Terry, do you think a virus infected file *contained in a zip-file* could do any harm?
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