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Symantec's Free Virus Notification?

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by joseph moore

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Hello all.
I am looking for the URL on Symantec's web site for their free virus warning system. They used to have a free service where you could plug in your e-mail address, and then whenever a new virus became very active, they would send out a warning e-mail.

Mcafee has the "Mcafee Dispatch" which does this. Unfortunately, Mcafee also sends out their own spam mail to everyone who signs up for this, so I don't want to use this one.

Messagelabs.com has the same type of notification.

I always liked Symantec the best. They would send out a single HTML-formatted e-mail, addressed from "symantec@reply.digitalriver.com" (this e-mail address cannot be replied to). Whenever a virus hit a Threat Level of "Category 3" or higher is when they would send out this free e-mail.

It was a great way of staying on top of new virii.

But I noticed that I did not receive one when BugBear.B came out, so I am not sure if Symantec still does this or not.

So, if someone has the URL to the free virus warning signup page for Symantec, please post it. If Symantec is not longer doing this free service, please post that too!

Thanks.

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by joseph moore

Ok, first I saw the pay service of Symantec. That was not what I wanted.
And I have thought of the Panda suggestion. I have signed up with Panda, and I'll see how it is with the alerts. I am gonna accept your answer just based on the Panda link, but Answer 4 is right on the money.

by sgt_shultz

also consider getting on www.cert.org
CERT Advisory mail list
they send alerts about OS vulnerabilities and fixes.
not overwhelming. get one or two every couple weeks. handy

by theburbs

If you are using NAV 2002 or later, the automation features for LiveUpdate keep your definitions up to date. And I believe you can set the interval at which the automatic update occurs. It has been some time since I set mine up at home; I can't remember the particulars.

Of course, you have to be open to this type of service. Some are wary of this and Microsoft's automatic update. But I have so many things on my plate, that keeping NAV up to date myself is often overlooked.

by joseph moore

This is not a LiveUpdate feature I am dealing with. I run LiveUpdate every day at midnight. See Answer 4.

by ptaylor

BlackDiamond suggested a really great place to alert of new viruses...Panda Software. I had tried a free download and since then I receive emails from them on new virus alerts. Because these are the only emails they send I continue to use their freeservice. I usually check home emails in the morning before going to work and several times after getting to work, I end up reading a news segment warning about the new virus on the Internet.

by joseph moore

I see the news alerts about new stuff also, but I wanted the link to the Symantec free e-mail alerts. See Answer 4.

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