Scott Eaton
Veteran Member
Of the past half dozen Windows machines I've had to fix for friends and relatives all we're running either Norton or McAfee security suites. In each case the Trojan/Malware had no problems getting around this worthless bloatware.
When the Blaster virus reared it's ugly head some years ago I saw a fleet of corporate laptops get infected while the norton security client did nothing. At least the software firewalls were smart enough to alert you that something was going on, which is all the software firewalls are good for - telling you your're screwed after the fact.
Yet with all this, people in this thread still insist on sending Symantec shareholders $35 and bloating down their systems while Russian trojan/malware writers also install the same software on their boxes to learn how to get around it and laugh their fool heads off.
All the legitimate Windows security suites have concluded the number #1 security defense against malicious software is to not use an account with admin rights for regular use. Yet I see most people in this thread are too lazy to do this, or don't know how. Trust me, the outsourced Indian engineer that has their job in three years will know how.
