[ofelas]

Hi,

This would be for a standalone laptop, P-4/1.7GHz/1024MB RAM etc.,
running Outlook XP (on a POP/SMTP ISP, no Exchange).

The client has both Norton Anti Virus 2002 as well as Norton AV Corporate Edition 7.61 - any pros & cons between the both?

Performance wise-realtime scanning speed, Word document opening speed, efficiency, virus-catching performance etc., does one differ all that much from the other?

TIA,

Chip

[sapiens74]

Go with NAV 2002. Corporate is best when mananged, and should be used as such

[BladeRunner]

They are more or less identical.
They do have slightly different interfaces, but they both scan through the same engine and are both equally good at catching virus's.
I use Corporate Edition at work where all my PC's are managed from a central server.
I use NAV 2002 at home because, well because you cannot just buy a copy of corporate edition, it has to be purchased via licenses.

[Atreyu]

I prefer NAV 7.61. It just feels better to me... thinner or something. Of course in my situation it's managed by my NAV server, but it runs just fine by itself. If I had a laptop, and I had to chose my antivirus platform, it would be NAV 7.61.

[ofelas]

Does NAV Corporate 7.61 check both OUTGOING as well as INCOMING e-mail on a standalone installation of Outlook XP?

Thanks.

[GTwannabe]

Why would you need to scan outgoing emails if your computer is virus-free?

NAV Corp 7.61 has snap-ins for both Lotus Notes and MS Outlook.

[ofelas]

Why? Because sometimes, the client will not have time to do a full manual scan right before they send e-mail attachments;

This is because the Real time scanner will be set to 'Smart Scan' for only certain attachments, as opposed to all files (for system speed).

Also, in NAV 2002, if I disable the Office PlugIn, will .doc & .xls files still be scanned by the RealTime scanner if those extensions are in the 'extensions to be scanned' list ?

Thanks.

[GTwannabe]

There isn't much (if any) speed advantage to only scanning certain file extensions. Yes, it will be a night and day difference on a 200mhz 32mb machine, but on a faster computer, you won't notice.

[BladeRunner]

At home with AV2002 I leave the default settings on.
That is every file is automatically scanned before execution.
All e-mail is scanned before being sent and every e-mail is scanned as it arrives into my inbox.

The overhead due to this high level of security is non existant.

[PsychoSword]

I had the NAV 2002, but after using it for a month I got a bug in which it would no longer do a full system scan. It would give me an Internet Explorer 'script error' everytime I tried to run one. I have IE 6 with all the latest patches. I did the fix prescribed on Norton's website to no avail. I have Windows 2000 SP2. I'm mostly convinced (but not certain) that the bug manifested itself because of me previously having NAV 2001. I typically don't have any problems with programs, so when I do, it is easily memorable for me. Also I just found it to be way to annoying (especially when I was on 56K connection) to make it worthwhile. It seemed as though it would send all of my emails twice and it would just take forever over that connection. I began using Corp. Edition and I like it much better. No more 'I'm smarter than you' crap from the program. It reminded me more of NAV 2001 which I had previously to 2002. After I put on 2002 I wished I had just stayed with 2001. I'm happy with NAV Corp. Ed. it does all that I want it too. NAV 2001 has caught a few viruses for me in the past, and NAV Corp Ed. caught one for me several months ago while I was surfing a ***** site. Just for the record I do not have a slow computer either.

[CyberGenX]

I have both NAV2002 and NAV Coporate 7.51. 7.51 does seem to run better and less bloated than 2002. Both are pretty equal in strength, I still would rec. 7.61, simply because they put a lil more quality into their coporate products.

[sapiens74]

SO for those of us, not including me, that cannot take the Corporate cd home from our job, unless you own your own business and have bought the proper liscences, what do you recommend?

[BladeRunner]

[DosFreak]

Odd, all military members can download all Norton Antivirus/Mcafee products from the CERT webpage and use them at home. The military even encoruages it. If your in the military then go for it...if not then ask your sys admin at work....if you bring files from home to work or work at home then you you should be able to use AV at home without worrying about licensing issues.

[sapiens74]

DOS, I never heard of that. My wife is Active Duty and I worked for the DOD, as an IMO, and we were never encouraged to take products home. Now I do know for a fact that the Army has a blanket license for some software, but unless you are doing work at home, you are not encouraged to take it home. THo the Army does encourage you to have Formflow, and various other proggies that are usefull