Thread: Norton Anti-Virus not detecting viruses
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Old 01-04-2005, 11:36   #33
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Re: Norton Anti-Virus not detecting viruses
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Originally Posted by Wayne A
Im currently running NAV 2002 Pro and it doesnt seem to be picking up the viruses on my machine. I scanned with that trend Micro online scanner that picked up 5 objects, but i would have had to have paid for it to remove them. Ive got AVG 7 Free Edition running on my system as well as NAV and it has already picked up 2 viruses. So why isnt Norton picking them up? Do you think its time to give Norton the shove?
Running two antivirus programs on one PC never advisable. They interact at such a low level with the OS that problems are almost inevitable.

Also, running Norton AV 2002 will not provide you with the same level of protection as an upto date version as virus writing has moved on with time. Your version is 3 years (ish) old now and that is a long time in PC years...Not all virus programs will pick up all viruses. A fact in life I am afraid. I'd buy the latest version of NAV every two years and buy 1 year of virus patterns for the year in between....
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