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*pets Norton*
Jan. 30th, 2002 09:33 pmA word of advice to those of you using McAfee and thinking you are safe from all nasty virii.
NOT.
Today, Alpha Tech went out to a business who swore by McAfee. They religiously updated their definitions, religiously ran virus scans, and so suspected anything but a virus when their machines started acting up. Alpha Tech took Norton with him, slapped it onto a machine, ran LiveUpdate, ran a scan, and watched as Norton rooted out not one, not two, but three virii McAfee missed, including Magistr AND Nimda. I forgot what the third was; it was some relatively piddly one compared to the other two nasties, Bymer or something of that caliber.
We had another machine come in today, again running McAfee, again with a recent-within-days set of virus definitions. Again we slapped Norton on it; again, Norton found infections that McAfee did not--this time, Magistr again, and...AND...LoveLetter, which there is NO FUCKING EXCUSE for a fully-updated McAfee not to have caught.
If you are using McAfee, I suggest you follow these simple steps to make sure your system is as protected as it can br against virii:
1. Go to Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel.
2. Remove McAfee.
3. Take your McAfee disks and throw them out the window.
4. Get thee to Best Buy and purchase Norton.
NOT.
Today, Alpha Tech went out to a business who swore by McAfee. They religiously updated their definitions, religiously ran virus scans, and so suspected anything but a virus when their machines started acting up. Alpha Tech took Norton with him, slapped it onto a machine, ran LiveUpdate, ran a scan, and watched as Norton rooted out not one, not two, but three virii McAfee missed, including Magistr AND Nimda. I forgot what the third was; it was some relatively piddly one compared to the other two nasties, Bymer or something of that caliber.
We had another machine come in today, again running McAfee, again with a recent-within-days set of virus definitions. Again we slapped Norton on it; again, Norton found infections that McAfee did not--this time, Magistr again, and...AND...LoveLetter, which there is NO FUCKING EXCUSE for a fully-updated McAfee not to have caught.
If you are using McAfee, I suggest you follow these simple steps to make sure your system is as protected as it can br against virii:
1. Go to Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel.
2. Remove McAfee.
3. Take your McAfee disks and throw them out the window.
4. Get thee to Best Buy and purchase Norton.
