Norton AV problems

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Hi,
I've got a some porblem with Norton Anti Virus.
In fact the program seems to be more harmful for my system than any virus.
Unfotunatly I can't simply uninstall or disable it, since it isn't my own
system. Right know I've fot the following problem:

I have a instant messanger client here wich can connect to IRC as a bonus
feature. But whenever I connect to a DALnet server and try to retrieve the
channel list NAV claims it has found an IRC Trojan.
A can't really imagine what kind of virus a simple list could contain. At
most it could be a sequence of IRC commands that could prove harmful on
some versions of some IRC clients with the proper scripts installed, wich
my client can not.
But NAV opens a pop-up window and states it has found a virus and in the
list and cleaned. When I close the window a second message appears that NAV
couldn't remove the virus. Whenever I close a window the two windows appear
alternately.
The only way to get out of this is to disable auto protect so that I can
delete the file manually and reboot.
Even then NAV tells me, that it finds a virus in a file that doesn't even
exist anymore.
I can only assume that NAV tries to access the file with two instances at
once that block each other (and the whole system).

Given the fact, that the NAV has never solved a problem but produced a lot
(espacially when I tried to install Java based program what can take hours
on a two GHz PC with NAV fully active) I figure it is just a whole lot of
crap. Sure it *find* anything that may be harmful, but it hasn't removed
anything yet, except from mail I never would have opened.

puuuh that had too be no. Anybody who's read this 'til here: Excuse me for
the rather pointless message...
 
norton av is a massive resource pig. try f-prot, excellent program. i have
tryed tons of av programs. i am testing panda, it could be the next great
av.
 
Just shut down NAV completely. I dont run stuf like that in the
background, it hogs memory. Just do a scan once a day (while you
sleep). Of course IRC could contain all sorts of nasty crap. Thats
why I dont use Chat software. All I ever find are perverts on chat
rooms anyhow.
 
Please substantiate your claims with measured test data that conclusively
proves NAV to be a resource pig.

I am not interested in your opinions..I want to read some facts gathered by
competent AV software testing. Did someone tell you this at one time and so
now you proclaim it to be fact?
 
norton av is a massive resource pig. try f-prot, excellent program. i have
tryed tons of av programs. i am testing panda, it could be the next great
av.
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I am using Norton Antivirus since the first version was released about
10 yaers ago. Actually NAV 2004 Pro with XP Home SP1 on my desktop pc
and my notebook. I never had any problem with the resources.

If I install a new program or a new driver, I first disable
Autoprotect. After the successful installation Autoprotect is enabled
again.

Udo Kammer
 
Same here..Egg Zackly. These that cry "resource hog" are basically living in
the DOS era and 99% of the time are just parroting back what they heard or
read some other uninformed soul declare.
 
Charlie said:
Please substantiate your claims with measured test data that conclusively
proves NAV to be a resource pig.

I am not interested in your opinions..I want to read some facts gathered by
competent AV software testing. Did someone tell you this at one time and so
now you proclaim it to be fact?
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It really doesn't matter what you are interested in, he may post his opinions
whith or without your consent, whether you like them or not.
 
that goes for me to. **** off
Frans Meijer said:
It really doesn't matter what you are interested in, he may post his opinions
whith or without your consent, whether you like them or not.
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Historically many "blues players" were also "gospel pickers" and ordained
ministers with congregations usually Baptist. It was very typical for them
to walk both sides of the fence at the same time.That is, to play both types
of music from the heart and soul with total and absolute sincerity. Many of
their original recordings (78 rpm) had gospel and blues tracks side-by-side
on the same record. So..I dispute the claim by whoever it was that one
cannot be true to both styles or genres.... if you prefer.

Some that fit this category were Blind Willie Johnson, Son House, Rev Gary
Davis, Ishmon Bracey, Lonnie Johnson, Fred McDowell, Peg Leg Howell, John
Hurt...and others to name just a few from memory.

And yes...we are all entitled to post our opinions even if they are totally
based in fiction such as the one about Norton AV being a resource hog.
Moreover asking them to substantiate their posts is not a rejection of those
rights...which in itself is yet another opinion based in fantasy land and so
pathetically transparent.

-ps
Thanks for the nice Usenet message.......
 
Well, I used NAV for many... years. Just tried KAV yesterday, and I can
honestly say from my own experience that NAV is not a resource hog. KAV
has to have it's functions scaled back tremendously to even allow windows to
work decently. Where as NAV can be fully utilized with no problems.

As far as how good NAV is in Trojan detection and updates, my opinion is
that it is very poor. Kav is good about updates. And only time will tell
with its Trojan detections.

Ceily
 
Ceily said:
Well, I used NAV for many... years. Just tried KAV yesterday, and I can
honestly say from my own experience that NAV is not a resource hog. KAV
has to have it's functions scaled back tremendously to even allow windows to
work decently. Where as NAV can be fully utilized with no problems.

As far as how good NAV is in Trojan detection and updates, my opinion is
that it is very poor. Kav is good about updates. And only time will tell
with its Trojan detections.

Ceily
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Norton's Trojan detection is in the 70's percentage wise. Kaspersky's is
in the 90's.
 
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