geebee

Found this out an interesting titbit late last night after a client complained all day about their pop3 being down.

Apparently the latest Norton update has changed "allow pop3" to "custom" thereby blocking pop3 access to those users who dont reconfigure their Norton.

Thought that might save some hair pulling.

clyde

Thanks Geebee, this might just be the answer to a call I had yesterday.

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geebee

no worries

clyde

For info :
This was a Norton Internet Security 2006 version, recently expired, and in Firewall / Program Control / the MS Outlook was set to "Block All".
Seemingly this happened sometime Wednesday or Thursday of last week.
I'm not 100% convinced of what initiated the problem, I can't find any references to this on Google.
Anyway, Norton has been a bummer for the last couple of years, we're now selling Eset's Nod32 instead.

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fluxman

people who use norton don't deserve access to pop3

desquinn

I would go further Hate Norton for the home user with a passion.

Markup

Guys

I just paid for norton and was happy to see the "you are protected" notice whenever I brought it up. I do though notice that there are a couple of related files that appear to want to hide their nature whilst running up loads of space on my old laptop (LUXMOR & scvHst.exe are a couple).

Do you have a better solution than Norton - beariing in mind that my philosophy is that where security is concerned, surely the bigger the Company the more they have to lose if they let you down.

Thanking you in advance
Mark

clyde

Hi Markup
As mentioned above, I now totally prefer Eset's Nod32 or Smart Security products over any Norton products now. They just do not hog the system like Norton does.

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Markup

Hi Clyde

Thanks for this, I was not really considering ditching Norton it's just that I was a little pi'#ed that the associated files were dragging the backside out of my ancient thinkpad.

Just had a look at the site though and it looks to be a sensible option - especially at £75.00 to protect the house and the office for 2 years.

Again, thanks! I think I'll go for this.

Cheers
Mark

Markup

Sounds like you might not be a fan...

Vger

We use AVG Pro (Malware) which comes with spy and adware detection. It's never let us down.

Norton is total pap. Whenever we get a customer with email or Site Administrator control panel access problems our first question is "Do you have Norton installed?".

Vger

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Markup

A reliable pal recommended AVG before I updated the Norton a couple of months ago so I was all for it, but I then learned that to have AVG on your system it tells you at the installation stage that it has detected Norton and needs to remove it before installation can continue.
This would put me in a dilemma - as I am sure it would most - because if you allow the deletion to take place and then the installation messes up you have the headache of being unprotected until you have reinstalled the Norton – if you can find the disc, and in my chaotic case that usually entails upturning desks and the like.

Vger

There are two versions of AVG, free and paid, and I only recommend the paid version which gets updated immediately. But at £40 for two years protection it's a bargain.

Our new Dell PC came with McAfee pre-installed (hopeless at virus detection). We just uninstalled McAfee, rebooted and then installed AVG. No problems.

Vger

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Markup

Hi Vger

I've just been looking at this page AVG Anti-Virus and Internet Security - AVG Anti-Virus Network Edition
and the price I see for 2 licenses is £92. Could you pst me a link to the package you got please,? As appreciative as I am of Clyde's pointer to eset earlier on I would rather get similar for half the price if I can...

Cheers
Mark

Vger

AVG Anti-Virus and Internet Security - AVG Anti-Virus

This is a single-use licence.

Vger

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Markup

Don't rap my knuckles for coming across as a bit of a dummy but a single user license: Does that constitute my office and my home laptop seeing as I am the single user of both...

...serious question Vger?

Vger

I said "single use", not "single user".

Vger

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Simon

Is this single use, as in open the software once, restart PC and its gone...

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Vger

With all the connectvity problems we have this morning I'd appreciate it if supposedly funny responses were kept to a minimum.

Vger

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Markup

But it's not morning it's afternoon...



...so I'll say nothing then - except thanks for the guidance. I went for the AVG and am extremely grateful!

Cheers Vger

Mark