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Lars J|dal writes:
>How does Norton Antivirus compare to other virus programs, such as
>F-prot and Vscan, apart from that Norton is commercial? Norton is
>almost never mentioned here. Is that because it is commercial or
>because the other programs are better?

As most of my time and those of my staff are usurped by responding to
customers' letters and issues which have filtered through our Tech
Support and Corporate Support personnel, I would venture a guess that
Symantec's customers, instead of asking in a forum that is a voluntary
exchange of information, pick up the phone and/or use another medium
that requires a response.

What this may point out is that the purchase of NAV does not simply
get you a program, it buys you the aid of all the technical staff at
the Peter Norton Group.  My staff and I are ready to resolve any
incidents or simply help educate.

>Please note that I'm NOT
>trying to start a flame war about "my scanner is better than your
>scanner". It must be possible to give some unbiased measures of an
>antivirus program, such as

>Approximately how many viruses does it detect?  Does it detect all the
>"important" viruses?  How often is it upgraded?

Definitions updates are offerred monthly.  The other questions I leave
unanswered as they would be considered biased to come from me.

Jimmy Kuo                                       cjkuo@ccmail.norton.com
Norton AntiVirus Research