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hi floating_Red
I have norton N I S 2008,and thanks to reading these forums i recently updated it to the present 15.5.0.23 version.which i didnt realise i could do or should do.so a big thank you to phil d.I also have the free version of Adaware 2008.regarding the community watch files because i have updated i lost the information on the details,but i do remember during the instalation of the updated N I S it said i had some stuff in the qaurentine section which i again didnt know what to do with.so i didnt delete what was in there as i was unsure if that is the standard thing to do.one file that i did know was in there had to do with ctfmon.exe.a background to before this "keylogger"was found i had just downloaded service pack 3 for windows and that is apparently when this thing was created.there was another file that was found at the same time but i have lost the details.any ideas and hope this makes sense.Thanks
I'm fairly new to all this pc stuff,and as i've surfed the web am i right in assuming no anti virus/adaware program is completely fail safe?I have thought about doing banking etc but have my doubts over just how well these products keep me/my personal stuff protected.any thoughts or suggestions?another part to my queston is how do you interpret anything that norton 2008 picks up.ie recently it(in community watch)came up with the bloodhound sample submissions and now something about a hookkeylogger.how should i interpret what that means when i would like to give banking a go??i have also read about false positives etc.is there clear evidence on your machine if there is infections,or things to be aware of.i scan often.thanks for any input
mo
and yes my scans always come up clean,only cookies if i havnt used adaware first.
MO, I certainly understand your worruies. I am way too worried about getting an infection, more specifically having my passwords stolen to my accounts. These forums have been a great help to me easing my mind. I can't tell you how many times I couldn't fall asleep being worried that something was wrong. I too don't know much about computers, so every little thing worried me (still does)
But I have noticed taht Norton Products tend to be more cautious and sometimes note things as problems that are not problems.
While some get irritated with that, I welcome that. I rather have false positives than a product that doesn't catch anything. theer are a lot of people who put teh Norton products down, mostly tech types that want to set everything up themselves. I'm a regular guy. I just want to surf my sports sites and read my email. Most of my friends have Norton and we use Norton at my job. I trust it.
my scans only show tracking cookies too. I know that intrusions are blocked and every worried I ever had about soem strange program or some activity, has always turned out the be a non-issue- Whew
If you're worried that Norton could be missing something, try these online scanners. They use the same definitions as the regular antivirus products:
Kaspersky (very popular in Europe/Asia): http://usa.kaspersky.com/products_services/free-virus-scanner.php
*ESET (high proactive scanning marks): http://www.eset.com/onlinescan/
Panda: http://www.pandasecurity.com/activescan/index/?track=1&Lang=en-US&IdPais=63
*BitDefender: http://www.malwarecity.com/scan8/ie.html
*TrendMicro: http://housecall.trendmicro.com/
* = finds as well as disinfects problems.
These are the more prominent scanners, I would definately recommend the first two (Kaspersky and ESET); they have very good reputations within the power-user community and both are powerful in their own respective manners (Kaspersky with a large definition base and ESET with heuristic analysis). The scans however take a relatively long time and work through Internet Explorer in most cases
Another way to prevent infections are to scan files using www.virustotal.com before running them. VirusTotal uses over thirty different antivirus engines to scan files that you want. The downside is that some safe files might register under one or two tests since the engines recognizes them as 'suspicious', but if the vast majority does not tick, it's most likely safe.
thanks james will keep them in mind.i have heard of most of them.
Also, you can use symantec Security Check (http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/default.asp?productid=ssr&langid=ie&venid=sym).
Please Turn On Crimeware Protection (N.I.S. tab > Settings > Identity Protection).
With no Anti-Virus Software installed, your system will be infected with an Internet Threat.
I would suggest N.I.S. 2008, which keeps you safe online, protecting you against all Internet Threats as well as Fake Web Sites. N.I.S. 2008 is an excellent Product and will keep you safe and secure as long as your keep it up-to-date.
Do you currently have any Anti-Virus Software installed? If you, what?
The data in Community Watch submits data to symantec Security Response which could be a possible New Threat on your computer so that they can create Virus Definitions (V.D.s) to Protect you against that Threat, if one is found to be un-known/modified; most of the time, there will be nothing to worry about as long as your Full System Scans - at least - are coming up Clean.