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Originally Posted by Paul
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Well, Norton would say the spiel below, wouldn't they.
Are there any independent views on the matter. In other words, is it just window dressing or are there major improvemements. Offhand.
Key Features
* NEW! Nortonâ„¢ Internet Worm Protection stops certain damaging Internet worms at their attempted point of entry.
* NEW! QuickScan tool automatically searches for and removes viruses whenever new virus protection updates are downloaded.
Just saves a bit of time. Not a major improvement.
* ENHANCED! PreInstall Scan quickly detects and removes infections that can interfere with installing and launching Norton AntiVirus.
Why not do a pre-scan with one of the many online virus checkers?
* Automatically removes viruses, worms, and Trojan horses.
Norton 2002 allows automatic virus cleaning.
* Scans and cleans both incoming and outgoing email messages.
Norton 2002 does email virus checking.
* Blocks viruses in instant message attachments.
Don't use instant messaging.
* Detects spyware and certain non-virus threats such as adware and keystroke logging programs.
I've got Sygate, Spybot and a-Squared for free
* Scans compressed file archives before you open them and risk infecting your computer. (Available only on Windows® XP/2000 Pro.)
Doesn't Norton 2002 allow this?
* Downloads new virus protection updates automatically to protect against new threats.*
Er, Norton 2002 automatically downloads new virus definitions every few days. Every now and then I press the update button as well.
* Worm Blocking and Script Blocking can detect new threats even before virus protection updates are created for them.
I wouldn't know
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