Norton online vulnerability scan...is it good?

[DjM]

Originally posted here by CXGJarrod
I meant the scanner (not my currently installed antivirus - if that is what you meant DjM). How does it tell if you are out of date? Does it scan your hard drive for common virus definition files or is it somehow checking your running processes?

Sorry about that mate, I was confused

Does it scan your hard drive for common virus definition files

If it does I think I have bigger problems. Definition files are embedded quite deep into the program files directory, if they can scan that deep, I got other things to worry about, rather than old Def. files I think.

Cheers:

[CXGJarrod]

Originally posted here by DjM
Sorry about that mate, I was confused

No prob. I did not state my question in the best way.

If it does I think I have bigger problems. Definition files are embedded quite deep into the program files directory, if they can scan that deep, I got other things to worry about, rather than old Def. files I think.

I think that they could just scan the default folder if anything. Symantecs Corp Edition is C:\Program Files\Symantec_Client_Security\Symantec AntiVirus so they could just scan the default folders for antivirus defs.

I was only interested because I wonder how many people woulld still do the security scan if it said it was going to scan you hard drive.

[nihil]

Hmmm,

DjM, now don't you start getting all like me!

I think that it finds the common AVs and will know the access path from that?

I would comment that it found e-trust, and that is on my "D:\" drive, so it must be doing some scanning?

cheers

[CXGJarrod]

Originally posted here by nihil
Hmmm,

DjM, now don't you start getting all like me!

I think that it finds the common AVs and will know the access path from that?

I would comment that it found e-trust, and that is on my "D:\" drive, so it must be doing some scanning?

cheers

Hmmm... interesting. I might go ahead and test to see if it can find the Symantec Corp Edition stuff on my d: drive under a p0rn folder.

[nihil]

Right,

I have just tried it on the other machine with the e-trust AV active scanning off. And in tasks as well!!

This is a bit more subtle that I thought? (I am not having an intelligent day )

There are two categories:

1. Product up to date
2. definitions up to date

The definitions are up to date, and it correctly reports that. It is the product that it says is not, and suggests that I go look for a newer version...............obviously there isn't one, so the inference is that I should go buy Norton?

Cunning B*******s!

Oh well!

[CXGJarrod]

Originally posted here by nihil
There are two categories:

1. Product up to date
2. definitions up to date

The definitions are up to date, and it correctly reports that. It is the product that it says is not, and suggests that I go look for a newer version...............obviously there isn't one, so the inference is that I should go buy Norton?

Cunning B*******s!

Oh well!

I think they are trying to get you to "upgrade" to norton!

My scan came up with the results.

(Note: Symantec is installed to E:\porn\porno avi)

Product is up to date (even though I am using {to test} Symantec Corp Ed 8.1 - latest is 9.0)
Definitions are up to date.

Could it be checking the registry for an install path? Or it is scanning the drive. Seems to be a bit fast for scanning the drive though.

[nihil]

The other machine is a PII/266, and it did seem rather fast for any kind of in depth scan. I was sort of thinking that it just read the root directories and the program files folders?

If it found yours, I would say it almost certainly is reading the registry...........incidentally, have you renamed your Windows folder to "obscenity" or maybe "obesity"

Of course your product is up to date.......it's Norton isn't it...............seriously though, it may well have different rules for corporate and private versions? Corporations tend to change less frequently, and might not like to be told that they had only recently spent a lot of money on something that is now obsolete? McAfee certainly have different rules for corporate and domestic versions.

Not that I am cynical or anything

[The Duck]

Thanks for the replies guys, I appreciate it. When I did the scan all the ports it scanned were either invisible or closed according to the scan. So with those ports safe, how safe do you guys think I am in general??

Ms Mittens, I know that you already answered this question and I thank you, I just thought I'd start a thread to see everyone else's views.