Personally, I would not worry about your computer being exposed during the upgrade process.  Antivirus software is a third line of defense against malware.  Your first line of defense is to be aware of security threats, and to practice "safe computing" accordingly.  Your second line of defense is a well maintained computer with all current security patches and a strong administrator password.  Antivirus might catch any remaining baddies that slip through.

-Greg

Jacobowitz, David W wrote:
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I downloaded and installed the unmanaged version to my laptop XP at home
last night.
It went well. The uninstall step of the old version came after, but the
messages were clear.
I decided to unplug my net/DSL connection when XP told me that it was
not protected. A small period of time when SAV was not active, but it
could be a window of opportunity for bad-ware. Is this a realistic
worry? My son tells me that it takes about 4 minutes for bots to detect
a vulnerable node on the web.

David J.

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From: Technology Discussion at UVM [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of J. Greg Mackinnon
Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 8:56 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Critical Symantec Antivirus upgrade now available

The installer was tweaked "not at all".  We had very good success with 
testing the initial build, and decided to release it unmodified.  The 
feedback provided by this community was invaluable.  Thank you very much

for your help, all.

-Greg Mackinnon

Will Sawyer wrote:
  
Good news.  How much did you tweak last week's test download?  If I
    
loaded 
  
that, do I need to re-load this released version?

Thanks,
Chip
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On Thu, 8 Jun 2006 11:23:12 -0400, Jonathan L. Trigaux 
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

  
    
An updated version of Symantec Antivirus for Windows is now available
      
for
  
download:

http://www.uvm.edu/software/

Version 10.1.0.401 fixes a severe vulnerability in the Symantec
      
Antivirus
  
10.x family of products.  Details on the vulnerability are available
      
here:
  
http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/security/Content/2006.05.25.html

Versions of Symantec Antivirus prior to 10.x (7.x-9.x) do not contain
      
this
  
vulnerability.  Users of all previous versions are, however, still
encouraged to upgrade at this time.  Earlier antivirus software
      
releases
  
do not provide adequate protection against modern malware threats.

If you have any questions or issues with this upgrade, please contact
      
the
  
CIT Helpline via email at [log in to unmask] or via telephone at
      
656-2604.
  
Thanks to all in the IT community who helped to test this release
      
this
  
past week.

-JLT


      
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