Access 2010 & Norton 360

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On Nov 3, 2:52*pm, "David-W-Fenton" <NoEm... (AT) SeeSignature (DOT) invalid>
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"NoodNutt" <mcli... (AT) bigpond (DOT) com> wrote innews:8r6Ao.1246$MF5.686 (AT) viwinnwfe02 (DOT) internal.bigpond.com:
Truth be known, these corporate folk are more-than-likely
responsible for the release of the viruses in the first place so
as to apply pressure on us to purchase and continually upgrade,
hence perpetuating the expansion of their fat asses and wallets.

Well, I'm not sure I'd go that far, but if they built a bullet-proof
product, the need to buy it would go away. It's like with infectious
diseases -- the most virulent kill their hosts and never propagate,
so it's only the ones that are only partially successful in killing
the host that end up with a chance to propagate.

With AV software, they've got to let things get through in order to
justify their existence. I am fully convinced that none of the major
AV makers has done anything significant in behavioral modelling of
malware -- they are still largely stuck in the signature-based mode
of checking -- and the result is that you're not really protected.
Yet, even without that kind of logic built into their products, they
still continue to suck up more and more CPU cycles with each new
version.

Of course, all of that is different from firewalls. I don't
understand why firewalls have to be so incredibly complicated. I
used to use Tiny Personal Firewall (when it was still free) and it
was highly effective, easy to train, and used up very little in the
way of CPU cycles. Nowadays, the UIs of these programs are so huge
(and often based on inefficient platforms, like WinForms or .NET)
that they slow your system down way more than that lowly firewall
from 10 years ago did on much, much closer computers with much less
RAM.

Antivirus measures and security updates are inherently insecure :-).
Running most AV software and keeping computers current with the latest
updates injects a kind of distasteful electronic tether into the
loop. I can only speak about what I've seen and tried. I did not
experience the same data delay with AVG Pro nor with McAfee Pro when
using Access 97 through Access 2007. Yet I'm not saying that you're
wrong about the scatological nature of how those programs operate. I
agree that the signature-based checking method is suspect. A separate
linux machine usually makes a pretty decent firewall, but depending on
any firewall is unwise. I look forward to hearing about experiences
with other AV software as it relates to the speed of data access.
IMO, not using AV software is not a viable option short of using
something like Knoppix where the OS can't change:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knoppix

James A. Fortune
CDMAPoster (AT) FortuneJames (DOT) com

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Re: Access 2010 & Norton 360 - 11-05-2010 , 03:04 PM