Is It Really A Virus?

[Terry R.]

The date and time was Thu Apr 16 2009 14:57:43 GMT-0700 (Pacific
Daylight Time), and on a whim, Ken Blake, MVP pounded out on the keyboard:

Those, and any others, represent the results that particular testers
have found. In some respects Norton may be better than others, in
other respects, others may be better than Norton. And the tested
results vary depending on who is doing the testing.

I have very little doubt that Norton is much improved, and the newest
version is no longer at the bottom of the pack. Nevertheless, my point
remains: I am not at all convinced that Norton is now at the top of
pack.

And considering performance Norton's history, I have no confidence
that whatever the real improvement in their ranking is, will keep them
in that improved position. They have earned my lack of respect, and
although they may eventually get some respect back from me, it won't
happen quickly or easily.

av-comparatives.org isn't just "particular testers".

I just don't see how past performance can continue being a reference
point by so many people. I stopped recommending and installing NAV back
in 2002, and advise clients to use other programs, unless it's a
corporate environment and I highly recommend SAV.

But I don't continue to say that NAV is a "resource hog", as it just
isn't true. It doesn't matter whether they have your "respect", does
it? Are you going to continue to make statements against a company that
are false?

I may never use NAV again, but that doesn't cause me to lead others to
believe it's not a good product if they choose to buy it.


Terry R.

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was Thu Apr 16 2009 13:49:29 GMT-0700 (Pacific
Daylight Time), and on a whim, Bill in Co. pounded out on the keyboard:

Agreed. It was really good back in the DOS days, and perhaps the early
windows versions days too. After that (and when bought out by Symantec),
it went downhill.

Lemming? So you continue to pass judgment without knowledge and without
facts regarding their new products? And you offer tech support?


Terry R.

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was Thu Apr 16 2009 13:51:13 GMT-0700 (Pacific
Daylight Time), and on a whim, Gerry pounded out on the keyboard:

Terry

"your original post that is not longer within this part of the thread" It is
still there if you use the right newsreader!

I'm USING a "right" newsreader. I didn't say what you stated above, but
your insistence of not fixing OE doesn't allow that to show here, now
does it?

In case you didn't know, many people have their newsreaders set to only
show unread messages. So when the continuity is broken within a post,
how can they follow it? You don't care, right? Otherwise you would
respect how others may be following threads and make sure enough info is
left in each post to follow it.

Clearly from you continuing to reply at the top using a sig in OE, NO
ONE has any idea at this point that this post (and many of your others)
are even related to the Subject!


Terry R.

 

[Steve McGarrett]

The date and time was Thu Apr 16 2009 13:51:13 GMT-0700 (Pacific
Daylight Time), and on a whim, Gerry pounded out on the keyboard:


I'm USING a "right" newsreader. I didn't say what you stated above, but
your insistence of not fixing OE doesn't allow that to show here, now
does it?

In case you didn't know, many people have their newsreaders set to only
show unread messages.

[snip]

AND to delete messages that HAVE been read when collecting new
messages.

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was Thursday, April 16, 2009 5:16:58 PM, and on a
whim, Steve McGarrett pounded out on the keyboard:

The date and time was Thu Apr 16 2009 13:51:13 GMT-0700 (Pacific
Daylight Time), and on a whim, Gerry pounded out on the keyboard:

I'm USING a "right" newsreader. I didn't say what you stated above, but
your insistence of not fixing OE doesn't allow that to show here, now
does it?

In case you didn't know, many people have their newsreaders set to only
show unread messages.

[snip]

AND to delete messages that HAVE been read when collecting new
messages.

Good point. But since deleting messages only occurs locally, one can
re-download and retrieve them again. But who wants to do that, or why
should one have to?


Terry R.