10 things Symantec doesn't want you to know

[HeyBub]

http://consumerist.com/5031486/top-10-nortonsymantec-secrets-you-shouldnt-know

Symantec is right. I don't particularly want to know any of these things.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

11. Email scanning (AKA Email Protection) provides no additional protection
and even Symantec says it's not necessary:

<QP>
Disabling Email Scanning does not leave you unprotected against viruses that
are distributed as email attachments. Norton AntiVirus Auto-Protect scans
incoming files as they are saved to your hard drive, including email and
email attachments. Email Scanning is just another layer on top of this. To
make sure that Auto-Protect is providing the maximum protection, keep
Auto-Protect enabled and run LiveUpdate regularly to ensure that you have
the most recent virus definitions.
</QP>
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nav.nsf/docid/2002111812533106

12. Norton application do not uninstall cleanly. Discussion:
http://windowssecrets.com/comp/080207#story1

Norton Removal Tool
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039

13. NAV horks System Restore in normal (Windows) mode:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/symantecdoc1.html