Antivirus Tools Fool XP's Security Center

Dexsal · Feb 2, 2005, 03:19 PM

Microsoft's Windows XP Service Pack 2 is supposed to improve security. Its Windows Security Center should alert you when your antivirus software is missing or out of date. But in our tests, both McAfee's Internet Security Suite 2005 and Symantec's Norton Internet Security 2005 crippled SP2's ability to deliver accurate alerts immediately after installation.

We installed each application on a PC running SP2, and both caused the Windows Security Center to report erroneously that the products were up-to-date. Any antivirus software must be updated immediately after you install it to protect the computer against viruses discovered since the software's initial release.

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mike2h · Feb 2, 2005, 05:42 PM

at least in nortons case it tells you to update. & rather persistentley i might add. also in nortons case it pretty much takes security center out of the picture & manages these aspects itself. which is fine with me.
the only issue i have with norton is that auto antivirus does not always enable itself on boot up. this is annoying.
other than that i have no idea what these bozos are talking about. the prog works like it is designed & one of the very 1st things you are asked to do is update. apparentley these guys think updating is only legit if windows asks you to do it.

Feb 2, 2005, 03:19 PM	#1
Dexsal Space Monocerotis Join Date: May 2004 Location: Aust Posts: 1,401 Rep Power: 0	Antivirus Tools Fool XP's Security Center Microsoft's Windows XP Service Pack 2 is supposed to improve security. Its Windows Security Center should alert you when your antivirus software is missing or out of date. But in our tests, both McAfee's Internet Security Suite 2005 and Symantec's Norton Internet Security 2005 crippled SP2's ability to deliver accurate alerts immediately after installation. We installed each application on a PC running SP2, and both caused the Windows Security Center to report erroneously that the products were up-to-date. Any antivirus software must be updated immediately after you install it to protect the computer against viruses discovered since the software's initial release. Source PC World magazine Read more PC World

Feb 2, 2005, 05:42 PM	#2
mike2h DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: norcal Posts: 6,483 Rep Power: 89 System Specs	at least in nortons case it tells you to update. & rather persistentley i might add. also in nortons case it pretty much takes security center out of the picture & manages these aspects itself. which is fine with me. the only issue i have with norton is that auto antivirus does not always enable itself on boot up. this is annoying. other than that i have no idea what these bozos are talking about. the prog works like it is designed & one of the very 1st things you are asked to do is update. apparentley these guys think updating is only legit if windows asks you to do it. __________________