I too at times have been frustrated with the results of automatic
updates, especially when all of my add-ons are uninstalled and I have to
go back and re-install and re-configure them. When updates are frequent,
this can be a real drag. I would think that testing a new release with
all the standard firewall and av packages would be standard practice, at
least is it for me, but I guess that someone somewhere has to prioritize
such things.
I also have been very unimpressed with Norton, or Symantec, anything.
For a long time, there was no evidence that this company even existed,
except for the charge on my credit card. No support, no contact
information for email, phone number, no address, etc. I ditched them
long ago and would never go back, though I do understand that they have
allot of users.
I choose to have my seamonkey NOT set on auto update and rely on good
firewall and av software to help fill the any security gap that may
arise from not being completely up to date. I would appreciate a heads
up when there is a security based update, as opposed to updates that are
feature based/bug fix. I run all my browsers in a sand box, so I am
somewhat less concerned about being completely up to date. I am far more
concerned with keeping my rig stable and not having to waste time when
non-critical updates cause issues.
I use Comodo IS Pro (for $5/year) and am very happy with it. It seems to
play nicely with seamonkey. I also have the av set so it takes no
disinfection actions on it's own, but only prompts. With CIS, any
unrecognized application is automatically run in a sandbox, so there is
not allot of risk if something gets in that shouldn't. I would advise
users to have the av set like this, unless they are a very naive user.
If the av prompts that something needs to be taken care of, you can
research the file and click ignore if you find it to be safe. False
positives have always been an issue with av, and always will be. A
reasonable method for ignoring false positives is essential to good av
software. I also keep current system images so I can restore my os
quickly if I think there may have been a problem.
LMH
Justin Wood (Callek) wrote:
Interges wrote:
I have sended the file to Symantec, but seems that nobody more concerned about
doing things as they should. Fix the problem causing the alert. This is the
thing really disturbing.
I expect that this will be a FALSE, and not a real security problem of this dll
!!
I should note, I, myself am reaching out to Norton (but since I have no
direct human contacts at that company, the turnaround time can be days,
and turnaround to a solution based on my contact can be weeks/months)
The truth is, there is *nothing* we can do, as Developers to change what
Norton reports here. We don't know *how* they identify this, we don't
know *what* they look for. It would be a matter of shooting in the dark
to *try* and solve it on our end.
And yes, I am aware that it probably happens for more than just you, but
doesn't mean I have any better solution than what I outlined in my e-mail.
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