Is XNews a Vector for Malware?

Does anybody know if XNews provides a portal for viruses to sneak past NAV, under XP-Pro? I'm continually getting tiny viruses that disable NAV's automatic LiveUpdate feature, and to clear them out I have to update my virus signatures by hand.

XNews is the only non-OEM software on my machine, so I believe that it's my system's weakest point. I'd like to confirm that with some experts.

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Posted 5 years ago by Jay Stallworth in Networking Firewalls

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