Norton Internet Security / Norton AntiVirus

[sgitlin]

I have Norton Internet Security, that came with an HP Pavilion computer purchased in Jan. 2008. Previously I had used Zone Alarm's firewall. There is something in the Norton product that is extremely annoying. When trying to access one of my programs that Norton doesn't recognize, it will ask me every single time, if I want to execute that program, and I have to respond 'Allow' every time. In Zone Alarm, it would ask me that question, and I could respond 'yes' and check a box to have it remember that setting so that I didn't have to reply every single time. It would recognize if anything changed in the requested program. Is there any way in Norton to have it remember settings? If not, this is really inefficient.

[Urrell · Accepted solution]

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sgitlin wrote:
I have Norton Internet Security, that came with an HP Pavilion computer purchased in Jan. 2008. Previously I had used Zone Alarm's firewall. There is something in the Norton product that is extremely annoying. When trying to access one of my programs that Norton doesn't recognize, it will ask me every single time, if I want to execute that program, and I have to respond 'Allow' every time. In Zone Alarm, it would ask me that question, and I could respond 'yes' and check a box to have it remember that setting so that I didn't have to reply every single time. It would recognize if anything changed in the requested program. Is there any way in Norton to have it remember settings? If not, this is really inefficient.

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Is this Norton that is asking for your permission to run a program or is it Vista?

[sgitlin]

Looks like I made a bad assumption.  The dialog box that comes up says 'User Account Control' which now that I look at it more carefully, appears to be a Windows Vista control rather than a Norton one.  Thanks for pointing that out.

[Stu]

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sgitlin wrote:
Looks like I made a bad assumption.  The dialog box that comes up says 'User Account Control' which now that I look at it more carefully, appears to be a Windows Vista control rather than a Norton one.  Thanks for pointing that out.

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You are able to set it off in Control Panel

[Urrell]

User Account Control is annoying, Should you turn it off?

Having to go through an extra step (clicking Continue) when opening administrative programs is annoying. And it is also very frustrating to run a program that needs admin power but doesn't automatically ask you for it (you have to right-click these programs and click Run As Administrator for them to run correctly).

But, keep in mind that these small inconveniences are insignificant when weighed against the benefit: NO PROGRAM can get full access to your system without you being informed. The first time the permission dialog pops up and it is from some program that you know nothing about or that you do not want to have access to your system, you will be very glad that the Cancel button was available to you.

[Goran_Andersson]

UAC is indeed annoying, but I would strongly advice to have it turned on for a number of reasons. In SP1 they also have reduced the times it is neccesary as well. Turning of UAC will also make Proteced Mode in IE to be turned off, which actually is a good feature. 

Most of the times there are also updated versions of your favorite programs that is optimized for Vista and therefor bypass UAC prompts. Over time UAC is good, but I agree it is a bit annoying!

[Stu]

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Goran_Andersson wrote:

UAC is indeed annoying, but I would strongly advice to have it turned on for a number of reasons. In SP1 they also have reduced the times it is neccesary as well. Turning of UAC will also make Proteced Mode in IE to be turned off, which actually is a good feature. 

Most of the times there are also updated versions of your favorite programs that is optimized for Vista and therefor bypass UAC prompts. Over time UAC is good, but I agree it is a bit annoying!

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I would rather use a HIPS function instead of UAC.

Message Edited by Stu on 04-13-2008 10:41 PM

[Stu]

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Goran_Andersson wrote:

UAC is indeed annoying, but I would strongly advice to have it turned on for a number of reasons. In SP1 they also have reduced the times it is neccesary as well. Turning of UAC will also make Proteced Mode in IE to be turned off, which actually is a good feature. 

Most of the times there are also updated versions of your favorite programs that is optimized for Vista and therefor bypass UAC prompts. Over time UAC is good, but I agree it is a bit annoying!

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EDIT

Sorry double post

Message Edited by Stu on 04-13-2008 09:53 PM

[Urrell]

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Stu wrote:

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Goran_Andersson wrote:

UAC is indeed annoying, but I would strongly advice to have it turned on for a number of reasons. In SP1 they also have reduced the times it is neccesary as well. Turning of UAC will also make Proteced Mode in IE to be turned off, which actually is a good feature. 

Most of the times there are also updated versions of your favorite programs that is optimized for Vista and therefor bypass UAC prompts. Over time UAC is good, but I agree it is a bit annoying!

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I would rather you a HIPS function instead of UAC.

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Sorry Stu you have lost me there?

"I would rather you a HIPS function"?

[Stu]

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Urrell wrote:

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Stu wrote:

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Goran_Andersson wrote:

UAC is indeed annoying, but I would strongly advice to have it turned on for a number of reasons. In SP1 they also have reduced the times it is neccesary as well. Turning of UAC will also make Proteced Mode in IE to be turned off, which actually is a good feature. 

Most of the times there are also updated versions of your favorite programs that is optimized for Vista and therefor bypass UAC prompts. Over time UAC is good, but I agree it is a bit annoying!

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I would rather you a HIPS function instead of UAC.

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Sorry Stu you have lost me there?

"I would rather you a HIPS function"?

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You are right. I wasn't very clear.  I rather have a HIPS or IDS in my security set up than using UAC