Better scanner than Norton 5.0 please

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> "The Guy From Ipanema" <blah RemoveThis @nildram.com> wrote in message news:2qbmvvst97fqdtpoh1sloa4akk6pih4tft@4ax.com...
> > Hi
> > Im running Norton Antivirus 5.0 on a P3 750. Yes it's ancient but I
> > think it does the job.
>
> I don't think so... unless the job that you ask of it is to identify
> old malware in your malware collection. I have 5.0 on mine,
> and wouldn't trust it at all with the newer malware.
>
> > Today I had to reinstall Norton as I had some
> > probs that even Symantec knowledge base admitted the program was so
> > old I wasn't able to access the documents.
> > What's the opinion of Norton 5.0?
>
> Hopelessly outdated.
>
> > Would I be better off using a newer "free" scanner?

Hi,

Yes I agree that Norton V 5 is outdated in respect that if you have
file exentions ticked it does not scan all the latest file extensions
(EG PHP, Pif, and VBS etc unless youhave added these in) You can set
it to scan all files.

It still uses the latest scan engine and updates as Norton 2004 so
just as good at catching viruses if set to scan all files but misses
the script checker etc in later additions and autoupdate facilitys.

You would be better of with a new scanner though. Their are many
better ones which have been described above. Free ones AVG V6 or pay
for Nod 32 or AVP

Cheers

James
>
> Probably, but why not get a newer paid for scanner?
>
> > If so, what would people suggest?
>
> I have f-prot (for dos), avg, and anti-vir free versions.
>
> The one I trust the most is f-prot, but everybody has their
> own favorites for their own reasons.
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