10 things Symantec doesn't want you to know

[Guest HeyBub]

http://consumerist.com/5031486/top-10-nortonsymantec-secrets-you-shouldnt-know

 

Symantec is right. I don't particularly want to know any of these things.

[Guest PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Re: 10 things Symantec doesn't want you to know

 

11. Email scanning (AKA Email Protection) provides no additional protection

and even Symantec says it's not necessary:

 

<QP>

Disabling Email Scanning does not leave you unprotected against viruses that

are distributed as email attachments. Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect scans

incoming files as they are saved to your hard drive, including email and

email attachments. Email Scanning is just another layer on top of this. To

make sure that Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection, keep

Auto-Protect enabled and run LiveUpdate regularly to ensure that you have

the most recent virus definitions.

</QP>

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid/2002111812533106

 

12. Norton application do not uninstall cleanly. Discussion:

http://windowssecrets.com/comp/080207#story1

 

Norton Removal Tool

http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039

 

13. NAV horks System Restore in normal (Windows) mode:

http://bertk.mvps.org/html/symantecdoc1.html

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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002

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HeyBub wrote:

> http://consumerist.com/5031486/top-10-nortonsymantec-secrets-you-shouldnt-know

>

> Symantec is right. I don't particularly want to know any of these things.