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I subscribe only to anti-virus updates and have no problems.
Jan Philipp
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Bolotin" <bob4olist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 7:29 AM
Subject: Re: Beware of Norton Updates . . .
> I have been using Live Update for years without problem. But these new
> posts have me concerned...
>
> Is it safer to download the update from the web site?
>
> http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/download.html
>
> Or is it time to find a different anti-virus program? I hate to give up on
> Norton. It is has always worked fine for me.
>
> I do notice that they are constantly updating more than just virus
> definitions. Virus definition updates should cause no harm, but often
other
> updates are done also, probably software updates. The Live Update doesn't
> give much insight into whether these other updates are actually necessary,
> and I have been loading all of them.
>
> - Bob Bolotin
>
> At 8/13/2003 11:54 PM, you wrote:
> >On Wednesday, August 13, 2003, 9:20:26 AM, John Blucar wrote:
> >
> >JB> I suspect it's that nasty little bugger called Live Update.
> >
> >Yep! On one of my machines I have an icon right next to Norton that
> >reads "Do NOT use Live Update!!!" - a reminder to others who might use
> >the machine. :-) I've already lived through the hazards.
> >
> >ztrader
>
>
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