The iron wall of Norton

March 18, 2004 · Comments

Wow, thanks Norton AntiVirus.

I’ve been sending my personal email through to the PC so I can keep my calendar & tasks in Outook. Although quite a few of the features that I like in Outlook (3 pane view for example) will be in Entourage 2004.

Anyway, I have Outlook configured to convert all HTML to plain text immediately (I can selectively view HTML when I’m sure what I’m looking at), filter spam both using built-in filters and SpamNet and block access to potentially unsafe attachments that don’t come from people in my address book. My definitions are up-to-date and I even confirmed that Norton is checking for updates on a daily basis and I can see that every incoming and outcoming email is scanned. It’s like asking the person in the “worst” housing projects if they feel safe. They point to the 24 deadbolts on their door, the shotgun in the drawer and the can of mace in their hand and answer, “Sure? Why wouldn’t I feel safe?” ;-)
In 2 months I never had a virus sneak through. Until today.

Somehow, my website email address received an email from someone I don’t know but the attachment wasn’t screened out by Outlook. BOOM! Norton descended! No sirens, but close. A big window popped up on my screen letting me know that a virus was detected, which message had it and the fact that it’s been taken care of. Cool!!

Hey, cut me some slack…after 15 years using Macs exclusively I’ve installed virus protection before, I just never knew what happened when it worked. :-)

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