[CS-FSLUG] VERY, VERY IMPORTANT ALERT!!!!!!!

[Josiah Ritchie]

On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 10:25:32 -0400
Frank Bax <fbax at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> At 05:29 PM 10/12/04, Fred Miller wrote:
> >The current definitions for Symantec AntiVirus can detect but NOT
> >remove this malicious software!!
> 
> 
> This is as it should be.  Why would AntiVirus software be expected to 
> remove spyware?  They are different threats.  I have seen several spyware
> 
> threats that NAV has detected and not removed.  When Norton/Symantec
> comes out with AV-AS software, then it can be expected to remove spyware
> threats.

I'll have to second Frank on that one. That's why you need spyware
programs, adaware for example. Yet another example of how windows is more
hassle than its interoperability was worth 3 years ago. :-)

JSR/