Darcy's tips are right on. I tell people the same thing, and it helps them
a lot. She didn't have any tips for the "computer illiterate" folks.
Well, my tip for them is to become computer literate. Then, they can apply
Darcy's tips ;-)
Best regards,
Ivan Baggett
Bagotronix Inc.
website: www.bagotronix.com
Darcy Davis wrote:
I can't say I've seen any specific issues related to norton and Protel.
However, after seeing how antivirus software (both norton and mcaffee) eats
resources, I said forget it. I often use Protel for fairly complicated
designs, and I can't stand the additional delays due to AV software. In
addition, antivirus software, by its nature, ties itself very closely with
the OS, so when it gets confused it makes all kinds of problems. Ever try
uninstalling one of these completely?
Like AJ said, one doesn't need to scan the hard drive itself so long as you
know or scan anything incoming. However to take this even further, I don't
even have a virus scanner installed on any computer I use.
Instead, for computer literate users, I recommend...
1) Run all computers behind a hardware firewall. Broadband routers are
cheap, you get a 4-port switch, and they will protect you from penetrating
virus' such as welchia etc.
2) Use Mozilla Firefox for browsing. There are some pages that won't work
and you'll have to fail over to IE, but firefox hasn't been targetted by
scum to the same extent that IE is. And to boot, you get a download manager,
tabbed browsing and several other nice features.
3) Be very discriminate about what you download or run on. If I'm concerned
about something I use one of the online virus scans such as Trendmicro's.
Though you won't hear this recommended by many IS departments, I'm much more
satisfied with this solution. In fact, I did try norton not too long ago and
it only strengthened my resolve to steer well clear.
Darcy
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