[TheForge] Norton Anti-virus question

[Andy Vida]

Daniel T Hayes wrote:
> 
> Dave,
> 
> What makes you so sure you want to open those e-mail attachments?
> The only attachments Norton deletes are infected ones. 

	This is almost certainly true.  Being software, things can
	definitely go wrong, but false deletions would be a major
	point of concern for anyone in the AV biz, but probably the
	attachments are in fact infected.  The liability exposure
	could be large for them, so I'm sure they test thoroughly.

	Also, the log file should tell you what virus the file is
	infected with.  It should also be able to remove the virus,
	leaving a clean message behind.