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I don't know what all Norton Security is supposed to do, but I use AVG for virus (far better than Norton) and both Spybot S&D and Spyware blaster for spyware control. I also use ZoneAlarm for a firewall, but since I have a hardware firewall ZoneAlarm hasn't got much to do. I've also heard good things about Avast for viruses but have no personal experience with it. BTW, when I dumped NAV and installed AVG it found a half dozen viruses that got by NAV.
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To blame this problem totally on Norton is a cop-out. Norton may have some issues (as any developed software does) but it does the job it was designed for.
To blast Norton in my opinion is no different than a Kubota guy slamming Deere. There's good and bad in both and it usually just boils down to personal opinion, likes and dislikes. There are a lot of large companies using Norton and doing just fine with it. Again, as with most software issues, it's how you configure it do what it's supposed to do.
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Ok guys here is the response from my contact at Google:
"Thank you for your patience while we investigated this issue. Please rest assured that Google is not attempting to attack any of your customers computers in any way. In fact, Google has strong principles that advocate against any type of software that behaves like this; for more information, please visit: http://www.google.com/corporate/software_principles.html
While researching your question, I noticed that the Google server mentioned in the alert is pagead2.googlesyndication.com . This sever is used by our AdSense program to display relevant advertisements on partner websites. Please note, however, that in this instance "pagead2.googlesyndication.com" is being shown under the "Attacked IP" and not as the attacker.
You may also wish to refer to Symantec's help site at:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/nis_ids/sigs/http_activeperl_overflow.html
in order to determine if this alert is a false positive.
Please also understand that specifically, Norton Personal Firewall 2004 and Norton Internet Security 2004 both contain an 'ad blocker' feature. This feature is enabled by default, and will need to be disabled in order to properly view Google ads. If your users have this feature enabled within their security products, they may be having difficulty viewing the Google ads on your pages. Please contact Norton directly for further information or assistance regarding this feature.
Please feel free to reply to this email if you have additional questions
or concerns."
I hate to say it, but as my own computer was completely wiped trying to be the nice guy analyzing this, I think I can say this is one of those RTFMA cases no disrespect intended. As so often happens when overdoing anything, it can lead to less than optimum results.
In regards to Norton, I use their anitivirus and I have no problems with it. This internet security package crashed my machine causing me to have to reinstall the operating system and all my SW so I am not so happy with it, your experience may be different. At least I was smart enough to recognize that this could be dangerous, and used my older machine to install. Wow was I lucky!!!!!!!!
Best Regards to all,
Dennis
TractorPoint.com Operator
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bvance, I don't think anyone blamed Norton for the problem related in this thread. Yes, NAV mostly works, but other products work better.
You're right, Symantec has lots of corporate customers - customers that have big budgets and IT staffs that are paid to fix problems and restore from backups. But there are better products. In my experience you could install AVG on almost any Norton protected internet connected computer and find viruses that NAV missed. But, hey, that's the corporate IT staffs responsibility. For home users a more reliable product is called for. IMHO of course, you're free to disagree and use and recommend whatever you want.
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I am using Norton Internet Security 2005 and I do have popup's blocked. Also blocked by Google Toolbar and Windows XP SP2. It was never a problem, just showed up as an intrusion attempt.
I am going to build a network soon, have four computers now in the house and I have a Linksys Firewall Router that will provide hardware protection.
Sorry to hear about your computer Dennis. You never know what will happen. I like Norton much better than the McAfee I used to use, but that was several years ago on Windows 95.
I had to reinstall everything on this Dell Laptop I am using in January. It had an error that corrupted the hard drive. I was backed up, but had not updated in a week so I was behind. Know I am kind of crazy about backups, have everything on two internal HD's, one external HD, DVD and memory sticks!
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I have just added Google to my unrestricted access file. Site works fine. I'll monitor that file also.
Also in reguards to the ad blockers. The pop-ups are a bigger PITA than the having to allow traffic. I remember years ago seeing my task bar so filled up it took 5+ minutes to clear it from all the garbage.
It really gets boring listening to your we're so small nobody bothers us.
Lets hope you guys running apples and other operating systems get to the point where idle minds with creativity decide to start on someone besides MS. That would be a good thing. More SW developers having to design all new virus SW. Another whole new industry in the works.
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