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I WAS USING NORTONS ANTI VIRUS 2004 ON THIS COMPUTER IT DETECTED ABOUT 100 VIRUSES AND IT SAID IT ONLY FIXED 2 I WASNT AROUND FOR THE FINISH OF IT SO WHAT GOOD IS IT IF IT ONLY FIXED 2 ALSO IS AVG ANTIVIRUS BETTER THAN NORTONS
Don't worry, your computer is safe. When Norton says it fixes a virus, that means the virus was contaminating a file that you would want it to save. In the cases where Norton didn't "fix" a virus, it found a file such as an attachment to an email that was 100% pure virus. So there was nothing left to save and Norton simply deleted the virus.
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Carolyn Meinel
Expertise
I cover Windows, Linux, TCP/IP and Ethernet security questions. I do not cover Mac, smart phones, or other networking issues.
Experience
Books by Carolyn Meinel: wrote a chapter for The Hacking of America book (see http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1567204600/happyhacker)
My article Code Red for the Web for Scientific American was reprinted in the book Best American Science Writing 2002 (see http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060936509/happyhacker). My book The Happy Hacker: A Guide to Mostly Harmless Hacking is now in 4th edition with a Japanese edition (see http://happyhacker.org/hhbook/).
Organizations
IEEE, AAAS
Publications
See a list with some online links at http://cmeinel.com
Education/Credentials
MS, Industrial Engineering, The University of Arizona
Took a course in computer forensics at the University of Texas at Austin/
Past/Present Clients
DARPA, SAIC, Palmer Labs
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