In an enterprise of nearly 40,000 computers, we use Symantec (Norton) Antivirus. Norton was gobbled up by Symantec 3-4 years ago and no longer exists.
Symantec is pretty much the gold standard in enterprise environments, I see no reason why the same wouldn't be the case with stand-alone machines. It's the same product without all the fancy deployment goodies. Dan chillin' to 46F in Indiana this weekend Man --- On Sun, 9/5/10, Van Knutson <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Van Knutson <[email protected]> > Subject: [MBZ] Virus attack on the Information minister > To: "mercedes okiebenz" <[email protected]> > Date: Sunday, September 5, 2010, 8:38 AM > My computer was attacked over the > weekend by the most tenacious malware I have seen to date. > It locks down your computer--you can't open docurment, > video, IE, nothing--telling you your computer is infected > and tries to direct you to a fake antivirus site where if > you buy their fake antivirus software they will "fix" the > problem they caused to begin with. They wanted $49.95! > Just pure extortion. > > I had to wipe my hard drive and reinstall useless > Windows. I had legit antivirus security (Shield Deluxe), > but it was obviously defeated. After reinstalling, I now > have no internet or sound--have to install drivers. I am > typing this from work :). > > I will be shlepping my CPU to Todd's house to work on > installing drivers so I can get my computer back the way it > used to be. grrrrrr. > > Anyway, it is my intent to audition yet another antivirus > program. My first program was compromised--Zone Alarm, > and now my second one--Shield Deluxe Pro--went down as > well. > > Any suggestions out there? I seem to get 6 months to a > year out of a security suite before it gets penetrated. > Is this acceptable loss, as they say in the military? I > understand this version of ransomware is a particularly bad > one. I have about 200 days left on my Shield license > but I am going to move on. It has already been found > wanting. > > I looked up antivirus reviews on PC mag and CNET and the > general consensus is BitDefinder and Norton, > which--according to them--has repaired its subpar reputation > in the last two yrs to become a very good system.... > > Thoughts? I have no antivirus software on board at the > moment which will not be an issue until I get my internet > connectivity back. > > DBV, information minister > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
