Has anyone ever let Norton run a scan...

[Plan B]

...where it *did* detect a virus?

Periodically Norton will automatically scan for viruses and I let it do its thing.

Takes about half an hour (!) but it *always* reports back that I'm clean.

Good thing, no doubt, but it *does* make you wonder how efficient this scan really is.

I mean, either their firewall is doing a great job or the scan is doing a lousy job and I'm running an infested system under their radar.


Experiences?

[neh]

i often get it intercepting exploits on dubious porn sites - but no never have had it find anything that got through

[dzjepp]

I think on default the real-time scanners aren't configured to do the deep heorustic scans and whatnot - it's prolly not configured for full scan (archives etc.) to save time. I'd say run a manual scan once a week with everything enabled, see if that finds anything.

[Plan B]

Yeah, I do that plus the adaware/spybot-scanning thing every so often.

Was just wondering if the automatic Norton-virus-scan was totally redundant or not.

Seems to be that way, IMO.


Looks to me like it's checking itself against itself.

[dzjepp]

I never found a need to run a real-time scanner at home. I don't install a bunch of crap like a moron so I can avoid it. Once a week full-detail scan and it never picks up a thing. Maybe once in a blue moon.