From: info@sundialservices.com   
      
   Jim Moseley wrote:   
   > Erik,   
   >>The system drag imposed by some AV programs (like Norton) can   
   >>be mitigated by adding certain files to their 'exclusion' list:   
   >   
   > Here's the list I use:   
   > [...]   
      
   I haven't used an Antivirus program for /years/ ... and I well-remember   
   having a devil of a time getting such programs _off_ my boxes although I   
   finally determined how it was done.   
      
   No matter how you throttle-down such a program, it's still enormously   
   pervasive...  literally intercepting every file-I/O call even if it decides   
   to ignore it.  And of course, such programs are highly privileged, which   
   makes them a natural =target= for rogues.   
      
   The real, genuinely-effective solution is to implement good security and   
   good backups.  Your ordinary users have no valid reason to be anything   
   other than ... ordinary.  If your system's security rules are "throw the   
   barn-door wide open," then WHEN (not "if") your prize horse gets stolen,   
   you've no one but yourself to blame.   
      
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