configuration of Norton Anti 2003

External Since: Jul 08, 2003 Posts: 1

Am using Norton Antivirus 2003. In the configuration section,is there any
way to automatically DELETE a virus instead of cleaning or quarantining etc?
Many thanks.

External Since: Sep 19, 2003 Posts: 1207

"radiosigs" <radiosigs DeleteThis @mindspring.com> wrote in message news:befc5q$8re$1@slb2.atl.mindspring.net...
> Am using Norton Antivirus 2003. In the configuration section,is there any
> way to automatically DELETE a virus instead of cleaning or quarantining etc?
> Many thanks.

Automatically deleting files is not a good option because
of the case of false positives, and the loss of all information
in indexed data files (like OE's .dbx files) if the file is found
to contain malware. It is better to quarantine just in case
the system is crippled by the suspect files removal.

If it is still an option, it should be noted that it is a dangerous
one.