Norton Anti-Virus for Windows NT

Norton Anti-Virus for Windows NT -- Symantec provides a very nice and completely FREE Anti-Virus program including monthly signature file updates. It will scan for and remove most viruses (including Word Macro viruses) and will scan up to one level deep within compressed files. Scheduling scans is only done through the NT scheduler service, but Symantec provides a simple way to schedule weekly scans (if you want a different time period you must manually program the scheduler). Unlike Carmel AV, there is no option to create an emergency boot disk, but there is another utility at their Web site that will clean out boot sector viruses from within MS-DOS. NAV does not create a database of exe file lengths to look for virus infection, but will create a log of significant events during a scan. A complete users manual is provided, and the thorough help file is Win 4.0 format. It runs under NT 3.51 and NT 4.0. There are 6646 viruses in the database and it scanned 827 exe files in 62 sec, and 6347 total files (including compressed files) in 4:08. Pros: Comes with full documentation, provides easy way to setup weekly scans, Free! Cons: Could include heuristic scanning, could scan deeper into compressed files New: This is the initial review for Norton Anti-Virus for Windows NT Version Reviewed: 4.0.1.89 Date of Review: 4/20/96 Reviewer: Forrest Stroud