On 13 Jun 2002, at 22:31, David Farrington wrote:

> David Gillett wrote:
>
> >  .... Now here's where it gets interesting.  I forward the message,
> >including attachment, to my work machine, protected by Norton AV
> >Corporate v 7.5, with all the latest definitions, and to my home PC,
> >running Norton AV 8.07.17C, as included with Norton SystemWorks 2002.
> >
> >  At home, Norton AV detects the inbound email's infected attachment
> >just fine.
> >
> >  At work, though, not a peep.  I save the attachment to a folder,
> >and tell NAV to scan the folder.  Nada, zip, zilch.
> >
> >  Now here's where it gets really interesting:  From my work PC, I go
> >to Trend Micro's web site and run their free Java-based virus scan of
> >the folder containing the saved attachment.  Trend finds it just fine
> >-- and Norton AV pops up to report that it has just found an infected
> >copy of the file, in the TEMP folder! ....
> >
> >
> >
> Both Operating Systems the same? The reason I ask is because I feel my
> Windows XP Home systems are much safer than my W98SE machine. Both
> running Norton System 2002. Norton does not seem to work as well on the
> W98SE, IMHO

  Both are running Win2K Pro.  They might not have exactly the same
set of OS updates installed, but I think the big difference is in the
version of NAV installed -- the Corporate version at work seems to
detect Klez only in specific and unusual circumstances.

David Gillett

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