On 6/7/10 5:01 PM, Malcolm Greene wrote: > Paul, > >> You can also "prove" your application is safe by submitting it to one of the >> free online virus scanning services that test submitted files against 40 or >> more commercial virus scanners. > > By "prove" I meant prove to your user as the basis for convincing them > to temporarily disable their virus scanner in order to download and > install your software. > > Unfortunately there is no way to "prove" to Symantec that your software > is safe, other than by having thousands of Norton users download your > software. Which, come to think of it, would seem to be pretty difficult > if your setup was always being blocked :)
I don't have to prove anything to my users. *They* trust my software and most of them are only running Norton because it came with their computers. Unfortunately though it isn't that easy to just tell them to disable their virus scanners, because the next question is "how do I do that" and now I'm spending my morning asking them questions like "what virus scanner" and "what version" and telling them how to go about getting that information. I just tried to play a DVD on this Vista laptop we inherited. Once again, it required a reboot before working. I should have just gone to the other room to get my MacBook but I was lazy. I just can't understand why people keep buying this shitty, shitty operating system over and over again. It's like nobody realizes the user experience has actually gotten worse since Windows 3.1. Paul _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
