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

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