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tweetiepooh · 22-04-2008, 12:19

Norton 2008 is much improved but even earlier I've not noticed much of an issue. It does like to auto update though, especially it's virus definitions and so on. This can be configured to happen in the background silent like.

In UNIX you have things like lsof, wireshark, snoop etc that you can use to check the traffic on you network. Don't know what's there in Ol' Bills offering. I do use the firewall logs though as they can help.

You could try blocking all traffic on Norton and then check the log as to what is trying to connect and see what complains.

22-04-2008, 12:19	#28
tweetiepooh Virgin Media Employee Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Winchester Services: Staff MyRates BB: VM 1Gb TV: VM XL Phone : VM XL Posts: 3,297	Re: WTF are VM upto now?? Norton 2008 is much improved but even earlier I've not noticed much of an issue. It does like to auto update though, especially it's virus definitions and so on. This can be configured to happen in the background silent like. In UNIX you have things like lsof, wireshark, snoop etc that you can use to check the traffic on you network. Don't know what's there in Ol' Bills offering. I do use the firewall logs though as they can help. You could try blocking all traffic on Norton and then check the log as to what is trying to connect and see what complains. __________________ I work for VMO2 but reply here in my own right. Any help or advice is made on a best-effort basis. No comments construe any obligation on VMO2 or its employees.