Klarinet Archive - Posting 000280.txt from 2002/08

From: Karona Poindexter <poindka@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] non-Clarinet alert! Norton Antivirus vs.McAfee
Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 14:08:23 -0400

If you have a Mac OS 9 and above the updates should be automatic. If
not, check with MacIntosh.

On Wednesday, August 28, 2002, at 01:39 PM, Roger Benson wrote:

> Dear List,
> Any anti-virus is better than nothing, and the truth of the matter
> is...if you have a virus protection on your computer and do not
> regularly update the virus definitions...you have nothing. Norton,
> McAffee, Ontrak, Data Fellows, are all assistants to a virus free
> computer. You are the person that is ultimately responsible for the
> safety of you data. Backup, Backup, Backup, Then update, update,
> update, don't be complacent, you'll wish you hadn't.
>
> Thanks
> Roger
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve White [mailto:bass.clarinet@-----.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2002 11:49 AM
> To: Klarinet@-----. Org
> Subject: Re: [kl] non-Clarinet alert! Norton Antivirus vs.McAfee
>
>
> Not in my opinion. I use a suite of tools called Ontrack that
> incorporates a very good virus scanner for about 50-60 dollars
> online.
> It found problems and viruses that Norton didn't/couldn't.
>
> YMMV
>
> Steve
>
> On Wed, 2002-08-28 at 07:45, Peter Stoll wrote:
>> Just a quickie,
>>
>> Norton is almost twice the price of McAfee. I dont use
>> POP based email, just from the web. Is Norton really
>> better?
>>
>> Thanks a lot,
>>
>> =====
>> Peter Stoll
>>
>> University of Toronto
>> Toronto Philharmonia
>> Continuum Contemporary Music
>> ERGO ensemble
>>
>>
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