One other step, might be to reward employees who report a possible viral infection and save disciplinary action for those who suppress information about a possible infection. The most likely source of viral infection for most offices is an employee's home computer. Kids often bring disks home from school to do their homework. The school computers may have dozens of users and the likelihood is greatest of an infection transmitted through that medium. No article on disaster avoidance would be complete without a discussion of some of the tools available to assist computer users in detecting and curing problems.
Application errors continue to plague new operating systems.
A companion product is Symantec's PC Handyman, an addition to the Norton Utilities family. This software is designed to detect and wipe out device conflicts, viruses, and other problems that can crash your system, before any damage occurs. The software includes Norton CrashGuard and disk scanning tools from the Disk Doctor family. Fix-It from Quarterdeck Corporation also detects and repairs a variety of computing problems and can improve your system's performance. It monitors and protects your system from fatal errors and crashes.