Antivirus choices

J

Joe

Good morning:

People with WinME (my op-system) seem to have trouble with Norton AV, and
the MVPs monitoring the ME newsgroups are generally down on Norton software
in general. My daughter's introductory McAffee AV deal on her new Dell has
just run out and she has asked me for advice, and I am wondering whether the
Norton problems, and general user attitudes, apply also to WinXP. How about
it?

Regards, Joe
 
R

Richard Urban

Many people seem to have problems with Norton AntiVirus. I am now on my 5th
version, having used it since the mid 90's. I have no issues with it.

Considering the millions of possible hardware/software combinations
possible, some will always have issues with something or other!

--
Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :)
 
R

R. McCarty

Norton (Symantec) Anti-Virus is still a good choice. However,
the current product line 2004, has problems with upgrades &
replacement of earlier versions. Symantec has released two new
tools RNis & RNav to remove earlier versions of their products.

You can never say that any software will install/run correctly due
to all the interactions with other applications. I've personally had
to work on a number of computers where an older version of
Norton (---) was upgraded and resulted in some nasty Registry
issues.

Many former users of Symantec have moved on to "Free or
Shareware" anti-virus software because of these issues. Also,
Symantec products now require a fairly large amount of system
resources. Also you are faced with the annual $20 renewal fee
for "Live Update" support.

If you are considering Symantec - I would recommend the
Norton Internet Security package. With it you get both the Anti
Virus and a Firewall program. Do not consider Norton System
Works, it is not a good value unless you need Norton Ghost 2003.

However if your daughter's PC worked OK with McAfee you
might just want to purchase a full license and stay with it. From a
protection stand-point both McAfee and Norton work in similar
ways. It's been my experience that McAfee's real-time scan seems
to drag down system performance more than Symantec.

You best approach may be to download trial versions of Norton &
other products and actually test them before buying. If you do
that just make sure the system is imaged before you install. That
way if something goes wrong or the product runs badly you can
step back and try something else.
 
W

Will Denny

Hi

I would agree with the MVPs in the ME NGs - no names mentioned of course - and would suggest that you try AVG. It is a free AV program, with free updates. AVG hasn't let me down in all the years that I have been using it.

www.grisoft.com

What do the ME MVPs suggest? Leave Norton off your wish list.

--

Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


| Good morning:
|
| People with WinME (my op-system) seem to have trouble with Norton AV, and
| the MVPs monitoring the ME newsgroups are generally down on Norton software
| in general. My daughter's introductory McAffee AV deal on her new Dell has
| just run out and she has asked me for advice, and I am wondering whether the
| Norton problems, and general user attitudes, apply also to WinXP. How about
| it?
|
| Regards, Joe
|
|
 
W

Will Denny

Hi

I quote yourself "Anti-Virus is still a good choice. However, the current product line 2004, has problems with upgrades & replacement of earlier versions." That is a good recommendation to use Norton? Not to mention LiveUpdate - which is the worst piece of software that I have ever come across.


--

Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


| Norton (Symantec) Anti-Virus is still a good choice. However,
| the current product line 2004, has problems with upgrades &
| replacement of earlier versions. Symantec has released two new
| tools RNis & RNav to remove earlier versions of their products.
|
| You can never say that any software will install/run correctly due
| to all the interactions with other applications. I've personally had
| to work on a number of computers where an older version of
| Norton (---) was upgraded and resulted in some nasty Registry
| issues.
|
| Many former users of Symantec have moved on to "Free or
| Shareware" anti-virus software because of these issues. Also,
| Symantec products now require a fairly large amount of system
| resources. Also you are faced with the annual $20 renewal fee
| for "Live Update" support.
|
| If you are considering Symantec - I would recommend the
| Norton Internet Security package. With it you get both the Anti
| Virus and a Firewall program. Do not consider Norton System
| Works, it is not a good value unless you need Norton Ghost 2003.
|
| However if your daughter's PC worked OK with McAfee you
| might just want to purchase a full license and stay with it. From a
| protection stand-point both McAfee and Norton work in similar
| ways. It's been my experience that McAfee's real-time scan seems
| to drag down system performance more than Symantec.
|
| You best approach may be to download trial versions of Norton &
| other products and actually test them before buying. If you do
| that just make sure the system is imaged before you install. That
| way if something goes wrong or the product runs badly you can
| step back and try something else.
|
|
| | > Good morning:
| >
| > People with WinME (my op-system) seem to have trouble with Norton AV, and
| > the MVPs monitoring the ME newsgroups are generally down on Norton
| > software
| > in general. My daughter's introductory McAffee AV deal on her new Dell
| > has
| > just run out and she has asked me for advice, and I am wondering whether
| > the
| > Norton problems, and general user attitudes, apply also to WinXP. How
| > about
| > it?
| >
| > Regards, Joe
| >
| >
|
|
 
R

R. McCarty

No, what I meant was that in a high percentage of cases Norton is
still a good choice. Mainly for users that just want to buy a name
brand, install and use. It does have problems and my intent was to
point out cases where I know Norton can be a pain to install & use.

Symantec and Roxio both suffer from the same type of problem, they
upgrade too frequently and are slow to react to serious defects &
problems with installs and upgrades. That's why the more technically
savvy users have moved to Nero for CD-Burning and AVG (etc) for
Anti-Virus protection. Perhaps products should include information
on the side panel indicating the level of "Aggravation" required to use
and install them.


Hi

I quote yourself "Anti-Virus is still a good choice. However, the current
product line 2004, has problems with upgrades & replacement of earlier
versions." That is a good recommendation to use Norton? Not to mention
LiveUpdate - which is the worst piece of software that I have ever come
across.


--

Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


| Norton (Symantec) Anti-Virus is still a good choice. However,
| the current product line 2004, has problems with upgrades &
| replacement of earlier versions. Symantec has released two new
| tools RNis & RNav to remove earlier versions of their products.
|
| You can never say that any software will install/run correctly due
| to all the interactions with other applications. I've personally had
| to work on a number of computers where an older version of
| Norton (---) was upgraded and resulted in some nasty Registry
| issues.
|
| Many former users of Symantec have moved on to "Free or
| Shareware" anti-virus software because of these issues. Also,
| Symantec products now require a fairly large amount of system
| resources. Also you are faced with the annual $20 renewal fee
| for "Live Update" support.
|
| If you are considering Symantec - I would recommend the
| Norton Internet Security package. With it you get both the Anti
| Virus and a Firewall program. Do not consider Norton System
| Works, it is not a good value unless you need Norton Ghost 2003.
|
| However if your daughter's PC worked OK with McAfee you
| might just want to purchase a full license and stay with it. From a
| protection stand-point both McAfee and Norton work in similar
| ways. It's been my experience that McAfee's real-time scan seems
| to drag down system performance more than Symantec.
|
| You best approach may be to download trial versions of Norton &
| other products and actually test them before buying. If you do
| that just make sure the system is imaged before you install. That
| way if something goes wrong or the product runs badly you can
| step back and try something else.
|
|
| | > Good morning:
| >
| > People with WinME (my op-system) seem to have trouble with Norton AV,
and
| > the MVPs monitoring the ME newsgroups are generally down on Norton
| > software
| > in general. My daughter's introductory McAffee AV deal on her new Dell
| > has
| > just run out and she has asked me for advice, and I am wondering whether
| > the
| > Norton problems, and general user attitudes, apply also to WinXP. How
| > about
| > it?
| >
| > Regards, Joe
| >
| >
|
|
 
W

Will Denny

Hi

Norton products have - and still continue to - screw up a lot of users' PCs. If users buy a 'product' by name, then ATM, Norton may be at the top of their list, but... Norton is also a PITA to uninstall - it leaves all kinds of cr*p in the Registry, that then has to be manually edited out!!

I'm with you - AVG & Nero

There ought to be a health warning about Norton/Symantec products.

Peter Norton - if you are reading this, please reply and try to give some of your paying users a denunciation against my posting!!!!

--

Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


| No, what I meant was that in a high percentage of cases Norton is
| still a good choice. Mainly for users that just want to buy a name
| brand, install and use. It does have problems and my intent was to
| point out cases where I know Norton can be a pain to install & use.
|
| Symantec and Roxio both suffer from the same type of problem, they
| upgrade too frequently and are slow to react to serious defects &
| problems with installs and upgrades. That's why the more technically
| savvy users have moved to Nero for CD-Burning and AVG (etc) for
| Anti-Virus protection. Perhaps products should include information
| on the side panel indicating the level of "Aggravation" required to use
| and install them.
|
|
| | Hi
|
| I quote yourself "Anti-Virus is still a good choice. However, the current
| product line 2004, has problems with upgrades & replacement of earlier
| versions." That is a good recommendation to use Norton? Not to mention
| LiveUpdate - which is the worst piece of software that I have ever come
| across.
|
|
| --
|
| Will Denny
| MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
|
|
| | | Norton (Symantec) Anti-Virus is still a good choice. However,
| | the current product line 2004, has problems with upgrades &
| | replacement of earlier versions. Symantec has released two new
| | tools RNis & RNav to remove earlier versions of their products.
| |
| | You can never say that any software will install/run correctly due
| | to all the interactions with other applications. I've personally had
| | to work on a number of computers where an older version of
| | Norton (---) was upgraded and resulted in some nasty Registry
| | issues.
| |
| | Many former users of Symantec have moved on to "Free or
| | Shareware" anti-virus software because of these issues. Also,
| | Symantec products now require a fairly large amount of system
| | resources. Also you are faced with the annual $20 renewal fee
| | for "Live Update" support.
| |
| | If you are considering Symantec - I would recommend the
| | Norton Internet Security package. With it you get both the Anti
| | Virus and a Firewall program. Do not consider Norton System
| | Works, it is not a good value unless you need Norton Ghost 2003.
| |
| | However if your daughter's PC worked OK with McAfee you
| | might just want to purchase a full license and stay with it. From a
| | protection stand-point both McAfee and Norton work in similar
| | ways. It's been my experience that McAfee's real-time scan seems
| | to drag down system performance more than Symantec.
| |
| | You best approach may be to download trial versions of Norton &
| | other products and actually test them before buying. If you do
| | that just make sure the system is imaged before you install. That
| | way if something goes wrong or the product runs badly you can
| | step back and try something else.
| |
| |
| | | | > Good morning:
| | >
| | > People with WinME (my op-system) seem to have trouble with Norton AV,
| and
| | > the MVPs monitoring the ME newsgroups are generally down on Norton
| | > software
| | > in general. My daughter's introductory McAffee AV deal on her new Dell
| | > has
| | > just run out and she has asked me for advice, and I am wondering whether
| | > the
| | > Norton problems, and general user attitudes, apply also to WinXP. How
| | > about
| | > it?
| | >
| | > Regards, Joe
| | >
| | >
| |
| |
|
|
| ---
| Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
| Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
| Version: 6.0.668 / Virus Database: 430 - Release Date: 24/04/2004
|
|
 
R

Richard Urban

Peter Norton has not had anything to do with this subject for years!

--
Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :)

Hi

Norton products have - and still continue to - screw up a lot of users' PCs.
If users buy a 'product' by name, then ATM, Norton may be at the top of
their list, but... Norton is also a PITA to uninstall - it leaves all kinds
of cr*p in the Registry, that then has to be manually edited out!!

I'm with you - AVG & Nero

There ought to be a health warning about Norton/Symantec products.

Peter Norton - if you are reading this, please reply and try to give some of
your paying users a denunciation against my posting!!!!

--

Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


| No, what I meant was that in a high percentage of cases Norton is
| still a good choice. Mainly for users that just want to buy a name
| brand, install and use. It does have problems and my intent was to
| point out cases where I know Norton can be a pain to install & use.
|
| Symantec and Roxio both suffer from the same type of problem, they
| upgrade too frequently and are slow to react to serious defects &
| problems with installs and upgrades. That's why the more technically
| savvy users have moved to Nero for CD-Burning and AVG (etc) for
| Anti-Virus protection. Perhaps products should include information
| on the side panel indicating the level of "Aggravation" required to use
| and install them.
|
|
| | Hi
|
| I quote yourself "Anti-Virus is still a good choice. However, the current
| product line 2004, has problems with upgrades & replacement of earlier
| versions." That is a good recommendation to use Norton? Not to mention
| LiveUpdate - which is the worst piece of software that I have ever come
| across.
|
|
| --
|
| Will Denny
| MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
|
|
| | | Norton (Symantec) Anti-Virus is still a good choice. However,
| | the current product line 2004, has problems with upgrades &
| | replacement of earlier versions. Symantec has released two new
| | tools RNis & RNav to remove earlier versions of their products.
| |
| | You can never say that any software will install/run correctly due
| | to all the interactions with other applications. I've personally had
| | to work on a number of computers where an older version of
| | Norton (---) was upgraded and resulted in some nasty Registry
| | issues.
| |
| | Many former users of Symantec have moved on to "Free or
| | Shareware" anti-virus software because of these issues. Also,
| | Symantec products now require a fairly large amount of system
| | resources. Also you are faced with the annual $20 renewal fee
| | for "Live Update" support.
| |
| | If you are considering Symantec - I would recommend the
| | Norton Internet Security package. With it you get both the Anti
| | Virus and a Firewall program. Do not consider Norton System
| | Works, it is not a good value unless you need Norton Ghost 2003.
| |
| | However if your daughter's PC worked OK with McAfee you
| | might just want to purchase a full license and stay with it. From a
| | protection stand-point both McAfee and Norton work in similar
| | ways. It's been my experience that McAfee's real-time scan seems
| | to drag down system performance more than Symantec.
| |
| | You best approach may be to download trial versions of Norton &
| | other products and actually test them before buying. If you do
| | that just make sure the system is imaged before you install. That
| | way if something goes wrong or the product runs badly you can
| | step back and try something else.
| |
| |
| | | | > Good morning:
| | >
| | > People with WinME (my op-system) seem to have trouble with Norton AV,
| and
| | > the MVPs monitoring the ME newsgroups are generally down on Norton
| | > software
| | > in general. My daughter's introductory McAffee AV deal on her new
Dell
| | > has
| | > just run out and she has asked me for advice, and I am wondering
whether
| | > the
| | > Norton problems, and general user attitudes, apply also to WinXP. How
| | > about
| | > it?
| | >
| | > Regards, Joe
| | >
| | >
| |
| |
|
|
| ---
| Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
| Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
| Version: 6.0.668 / Virus Database: 430 - Release Date: 24/04/2004
|
|
 
W

Will Denny

Although he has a majority shareholding in Symantec - under other names?

--

Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


| Peter Norton has not had anything to do with this subject for years!
|
| --
| Regards:
|
| Richard Urban
|
| aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :)
|
| | Hi
|
| Norton products have - and still continue to - screw up a lot of users' PCs.
| If users buy a 'product' by name, then ATM, Norton may be at the top of
| their list, but... Norton is also a PITA to uninstall - it leaves all kinds
| of cr*p in the Registry, that then has to be manually edited out!!
|
| I'm with you - AVG & Nero
|
| There ought to be a health warning about Norton/Symantec products.
|
| Peter Norton - if you are reading this, please reply and try to give some of
| your paying users a denunciation against my posting!!!!
|
| --
|
| Will Denny
| MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
|
|
| | | No, what I meant was that in a high percentage of cases Norton is
| | still a good choice. Mainly for users that just want to buy a name
| | brand, install and use. It does have problems and my intent was to
| | point out cases where I know Norton can be a pain to install & use.
| |
| | Symantec and Roxio both suffer from the same type of problem, they
| | upgrade too frequently and are slow to react to serious defects &
| | problems with installs and upgrades. That's why the more technically
| | savvy users have moved to Nero for CD-Burning and AVG (etc) for
| | Anti-Virus protection. Perhaps products should include information
| | on the side panel indicating the level of "Aggravation" required to use
| | and install them.
| |
| |
| | | | Hi
| |
| | I quote yourself "Anti-Virus is still a good choice. However, the current
| | product line 2004, has problems with upgrades & replacement of earlier
| | versions." That is a good recommendation to use Norton? Not to mention
| | LiveUpdate - which is the worst piece of software that I have ever come
| | across.
| |
| |
| | --
| |
| | Will Denny
| | MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
| |
| |
| | | | | Norton (Symantec) Anti-Virus is still a good choice. However,
| | | the current product line 2004, has problems with upgrades &
| | | replacement of earlier versions. Symantec has released two new
| | | tools RNis & RNav to remove earlier versions of their products.
| | |
| | | You can never say that any software will install/run correctly due
| | | to all the interactions with other applications. I've personally had
| | | to work on a number of computers where an older version of
| | | Norton (---) was upgraded and resulted in some nasty Registry
| | | issues.
| | |
| | | Many former users of Symantec have moved on to "Free or
| | | Shareware" anti-virus software because of these issues. Also,
| | | Symantec products now require a fairly large amount of system
| | | resources. Also you are faced with the annual $20 renewal fee
| | | for "Live Update" support.
| | |
| | | If you are considering Symantec - I would recommend the
| | | Norton Internet Security package. With it you get both the Anti
| | | Virus and a Firewall program. Do not consider Norton System
| | | Works, it is not a good value unless you need Norton Ghost 2003.
| | |
| | | However if your daughter's PC worked OK with McAfee you
| | | might just want to purchase a full license and stay with it. From a
| | | protection stand-point both McAfee and Norton work in similar
| | | ways. It's been my experience that McAfee's real-time scan seems
| | | to drag down system performance more than Symantec.
| | |
| | | You best approach may be to download trial versions of Norton &
| | | other products and actually test them before buying. If you do
| | | that just make sure the system is imaged before you install. That
| | | way if something goes wrong or the product runs badly you can
| | | step back and try something else.
| | |
| | |
| | | | | | > Good morning:
| | | >
| | | > People with WinME (my op-system) seem to have trouble with Norton AV,
| | and
| | | > the MVPs monitoring the ME newsgroups are generally down on Norton
| | | > software
| | | > in general. My daughter's introductory McAffee AV deal on her new
| Dell
| | | > has
| | | > just run out and she has asked me for advice, and I am wondering
| whether
| | | > the
| | | > Norton problems, and general user attitudes, apply also to WinXP. How
| | | > about
| | | > it?
| | | >
| | | > Regards, Joe
| | | >
| | | >
| | |
| | |
| |
| |
| | ---
| | Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
| | Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
| | Version: 6.0.668 / Virus Database: 430 - Release Date: 24/04/2004
| |
| |
|
|
| ---
| Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
| Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
| Version: 6.0.668 / Virus Database: 430 - Release Date: 24/04/2004
|
|
 
R

Richard Urban

(-:

--
Regards:

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :)

Although he has a majority shareholding in Symantec - under other names?

--

Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


| Peter Norton has not had anything to do with this subject for years!
|
| --
| Regards:
|
| Richard Urban
|
| aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard :)
|
| | Hi
|
| Norton products have - and still continue to - screw up a lot of users'
PCs.
| If users buy a 'product' by name, then ATM, Norton may be at the top of
| their list, but... Norton is also a PITA to uninstall - it leaves all
kinds
| of cr*p in the Registry, that then has to be manually edited out!!
|
| I'm with you - AVG & Nero
|
| There ought to be a health warning about Norton/Symantec products.
|
| Peter Norton - if you are reading this, please reply and try to give some
of
| your paying users a denunciation against my posting!!!!
|
| --
|
| Will Denny
| MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
|
|
| | | No, what I meant was that in a high percentage of cases Norton is
| | still a good choice. Mainly for users that just want to buy a name
| | brand, install and use. It does have problems and my intent was to
| | point out cases where I know Norton can be a pain to install & use.
| |
| | Symantec and Roxio both suffer from the same type of problem, they
| | upgrade too frequently and are slow to react to serious defects &
| | problems with installs and upgrades. That's why the more technically
| | savvy users have moved to Nero for CD-Burning and AVG (etc) for
| | Anti-Virus protection. Perhaps products should include information
| | on the side panel indicating the level of "Aggravation" required to use
| | and install them.
| |
| |
| | | | Hi
| |
| | I quote yourself "Anti-Virus is still a good choice. However, the
current
| | product line 2004, has problems with upgrades & replacement of earlier
| | versions." That is a good recommendation to use Norton? Not to mention
| | LiveUpdate - which is the worst piece of software that I have ever come
| | across.
| |
| |
| | --
| |
| | Will Denny
| | MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
| |
| |
| | | | | Norton (Symantec) Anti-Virus is still a good choice. However,
| | | the current product line 2004, has problems with upgrades &
| | | replacement of earlier versions. Symantec has released two new
| | | tools RNis & RNav to remove earlier versions of their products.
| | |
| | | You can never say that any software will install/run correctly due
| | | to all the interactions with other applications. I've personally had
| | | to work on a number of computers where an older version of
| | | Norton (---) was upgraded and resulted in some nasty Registry
| | | issues.
| | |
| | | Many former users of Symantec have moved on to "Free or
| | | Shareware" anti-virus software because of these issues. Also,
| | | Symantec products now require a fairly large amount of system
| | | resources. Also you are faced with the annual $20 renewal fee
| | | for "Live Update" support.
| | |
| | | If you are considering Symantec - I would recommend the
| | | Norton Internet Security package. With it you get both the Anti
| | | Virus and a Firewall program. Do not consider Norton System
| | | Works, it is not a good value unless you need Norton Ghost 2003.
| | |
| | | However if your daughter's PC worked OK with McAfee you
| | | might just want to purchase a full license and stay with it. From a
| | | protection stand-point both McAfee and Norton work in similar
| | | ways. It's been my experience that McAfee's real-time scan seems
| | | to drag down system performance more than Symantec.
| | |
| | | You best approach may be to download trial versions of Norton &
| | | other products and actually test them before buying. If you do
| | | that just make sure the system is imaged before you install. That
| | | way if something goes wrong or the product runs badly you can
| | | step back and try something else.
| | |
| | |
| | | | | | > Good morning:
| | | >
| | | > People with WinME (my op-system) seem to have trouble with Norton
AV,
| | and
| | | > the MVPs monitoring the ME newsgroups are generally down on Norton
| | | > software
| | | > in general. My daughter's introductory McAffee AV deal on her new
| Dell
| | | > has
| | | > just run out and she has asked me for advice, and I am wondering
| whether
| | | > the
| | | > Norton problems, and general user attitudes, apply also to WinXP.
How
| | | > about
| | | > it?
| | | >
| | | > Regards, Joe
| | | >
| | | >
| | |
| | |
| |
| |
| | ---
| | Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
| | Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
| | Version: 6.0.668 / Virus Database: 430 - Release Date: 24/04/2004
| |
| |
|
|
| ---
| Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.
| Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
| Version: 6.0.668 / Virus Database: 430 - Release Date: 24/04/2004
|
|
 
A

AnnonUser

Joe said:
Good morning:

People with WinME (my op-system) seem to have trouble with Norton AV, and
the MVPs monitoring the ME newsgroups are generally down on Norton software
in general. My daughter's introductory McAffee AV deal on her new Dell has
just run out and she has asked me for advice, and I am wondering whether the
Norton problems, and general user attitudes, apply also to WinXP. How about
it?

Regards, Joe
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LOOK NO FURTHER! I'm not kidding. The best AV software is F-Prot
anti-virus from Frisk International. The interface is easy, it's not a
resource hog, and best of all, they offer real tech support -- as in a
live person will answer an e-mail question. I absolutely swear by it.
 
W

Will Denny

| Joe wrote:
|
| >Good morning:
| >
| >People with WinME (my op-system) seem to have trouble with Norton AV, and
| >the MVPs monitoring the ME newsgroups are generally down on Norton software
| >in general. My daughter's introductory McAffee AV deal on her new Dell has
| >just run out and she has asked me for advice, and I am wondering whether the
| >Norton problems, and general user attitudes, apply also to WinXP. How about
| >it?
| >
| >Regards, Joe
| >
|
| LOOK NO FURTHER! I'm not kidding. The best AV software is F-Prot
| anti-virus from Frisk International. The interface is easy, it's not a
| resource hog, and best of all, they offer real tech support -- as in a
| live person will answer an e-mail question. I absolutely swear by it.

Hey - we have an F-Prot expert. Please tell *all*. I'm sure that a lot users would be interested.
 
C

CS

Hi

Norton products have - and still continue to - screw up a lot of users' PCs. If users buy a 'product' by name, then ATM, Norton may be at the top of their list, but... Norton is also a PITA to uninstall - it leaves all kinds of cr*p in the Registry, that then has to be manually edited out!!

I'm with you - AVG & Nero

There ought to be a health warning about Norton/Symantec products.

Peter Norton - if you are reading this, please reply and try to give some of your paying users a denunciation against my posting!!!!
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For your information:

Peter Norton sold out to Symantec long ago. You can bet if he still
owned any of the Norton products, they would work right. He does get
royalty from the use of his name but has nothing to do with the
development of software.
 
W

Will Denny

| On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 18:52:01 +0100, "Will Denny" <[email protected]>
| wrote:
|
| >Hi
| >
| >Norton products have - and still continue to - screw up a lot of users' PCs. If users buy a 'product' by name, then ATM, Norton may be at the top of their list, but... Norton is also a PITA to uninstall - it leaves all kinds of cr*p in the Registry, that then has to be manually edited out!!
| >
| >I'm with you - AVG & Nero
| >
| >There ought to be a health warning about Norton/Symantec products.
| >
| >Peter Norton - if you are reading this, please reply and try to give some of your paying users a denunciation against my posting!!!!
|
| For your information:
|
| Peter Norton sold out to Symantec long ago. You can bet if he still
| owned any of the Norton products, they would work right. He does get
| royalty from the use of his name but has nothing to do with the
| development of software.

That is what I was saying Peter Norton's share holding in Symantec is *high*. I am not US based, but can find these stats without any problems!!!!
 
W

Will Denny

Why prepare before that????

--

Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


| Why not get the Microsoft free security update CD from
| http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/cd/order.asp and use the free
| virus checker included on the CD?
| | > Good morning:
| >
| > People with WinME (my op-system) seem to have trouble with Norton AV, and
| > the MVPs monitoring the ME newsgroups are generally down on Norton
| software
| > in general. My daughter's introductory McAffee AV deal on her new Dell
| has
| > just run out and she has asked me for advice, and I am wondering whether
| the
| > Norton problems, and general user attitudes, apply also to WinXP. How
| about
| > it?
| >
| > Regards, Joe
| >
| >
|
|
 
J

joe dzurinda

Joe said:
Good morning:

People with WinME (my op-system) seem to have trouble with Norton AV, and
the MVPs monitoring the ME newsgroups are generally down on Norton software
in general. My daughter's introductory McAffee AV deal on her new Dell has
just run out and she has asked me for advice, and I am wondering whether the
Norton problems, and general user attitudes, apply also to WinXP. How about
it?

Regards, Joe
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I have Norton 2004 on 1 computer here, and it works great. I also have
McAfee on the Dell Notebook I just purchased. I'll probably keep the
McAfee because it has worked so well on the Notebook.

The last place I worked had McAfee on some older 98 computers and it was
horrible. So bad in fact that I swore I'd never own it. Had I not seen
how well it works on the new Dell I'd have never bought it.

Joe
 
B

Brian C

The Etrust virus program include with the security update cd has some
problems. Etrust has crashed some windows me to the point where
people had to reinstall windows me. Etrust is only good for a year,
then you have to buy.

I would not recommend Norton's.
Norton Virus 2004 has been having some major malfunctions with
activation of their software. Yes Norton’s now requires activation.



Brian C.
 
B

blkjak

I have been very happy with Etrust for over 2 years now........WinME, XPpro
and XPhome

blkjak
 

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