Good Free Virus Scan For Older User
Is there a free virus scan with not as many or no popup scams like Avast has gone to? My elderly mother,with no computer knowledge, is a minimal PC internet user. I had Avast Free on her PC and told h...
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1492 wrote:mr. ed wrote:1492 wrote:
Unfortunately, Norton was named back in July by Google security researchers as containing severe vulnerabilities in its code base. Even US-Cert.gov issued a warning. See Security vulnerabilities in Symantec and Norton 'as bad as it gets' warns researcher. Updates "should" have corrected the issues?
I read the info on that link you provide. It was interesting, but nonetheless, I never experienced any malware problems on any of my computers while employing Norton as my security suite, It works for me, so I'll just stick with it.;)
Symantec patched it at the time the news broke on the vulnerabilities. The bigger lesson may be not to assume an OS or security software is without vulnerabilities, which have yet to be discovered? Best to use a layered approach to security. Assume you've already been hacked to some degree already. Use common sense when surfing the Net. Don't use an admin account in Windows. Keep OS and software updated. And disconnect from the Net when not using it.
BTW, you'll likely never know if a hacker has compromised your system with a potentially harmful payload? Even possible to do so with AV software installed.
Interestingly, I was reading a PC Pro magazine yesterday, where they had an article on the top anti-malware programs. Among the top contenders was Norton Security, with 100% zero day detection performance and 100% malware detection. Hard to improve on that! :C
