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protonen@daimi.aau.dk (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

I don't know what Vscan is, but when comparing the virus-related
stuff, F-Prot is much superior to NAV, IMNSHO... F-Prot doesn't have
the same flashy interface (which I don't like, BTW), but has better
virus detection, -much- better virus removal (although I claim that
disinfecting viruses is a bad idea), better virus identification,
- -much- better virus classification, seems faster (I'm not certain
about this; it's difficult to tell the difference on a '486), uses
(slightly) less memory, etc.

> almost never mentioned here. Is that because it is commercial or
> because the other programs are better?  Please note that I'm NOT

Both, I guess... But we have a virus expert (Jimmy Kuo) from Symantec
who is reading this forum, so he might be able to provide you any
additional information...

> Approximately how many viruses does it detect? 

Haven't done detailed tests recently, but I would bet that version
2.1 (and I have not heard about a newer version) detects less than 90%
of the viruses in our collection... Probably something around 60-85%,
but I am unable to supply a more reliable number right now, and the
above number is -not- reliable (i.e., it is not based on recent tests).

> Does it detect all the "important" viruses? 

Probably, yes. Define "important".

> How often is it upgraded?

Hm, I don't know... You should ask Symantec about this.

Regards,
Vesselin
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