SystemSuite 5 ?

[Sylvia M.]

I've been using Norton Antivirus on my 98 PC, but without
firewall protection, (been lucky so far)...

I took a 'friend's ' advice and purchased VCOM SystemSuite 5.
It claims an 'Advanced personal firewall' and several other
'bells and whistles'

When I e-mailed them, they agreed that I should first uninstall
Norton.

A few questions:

1. When uninstalling Norton, is it necessary to do more than go
to add/remove programs? Are there some 'hidden' pieces of the
Norton/Symantec program hiding somewhere?

2. Comments re System Suite 5???

3. Are there parts of the program better not installed?

TIA

Sylvia

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Sylvia M." <[email protected]>

| I've been using Norton Antivirus on my 98 PC, but without
| firewall protection, (been lucky so far)...
|
| I took a 'friend's ' advice and purchased VCOM SystemSuite 5.
| It claims an 'Advanced personal firewall' and several other
| 'bells and whistles'
|
| When I e-mailed them, they agreed that I should first uninstall
| Norton.
|
| A few questions:
|
| 1. When uninstalling Norton, is it necessary to do more than go
| to add/remove programs? Are there some 'hidden' pieces of the
| Norton/Symantec program hiding somewhere?
|
| 2. Comments re System Suite 5???
|
| 3. Are there parts of the program better not installed?
|
| TIA
|
| Sylvia
|

For #2 - Get another product !

 

[Sylvia M.]

From: "Sylvia M." <[email protected]>

|
| I took a 'friend's ' advice and purchased VCOM SystemSuite 5.
| It claims an 'Advanced personal firewall' and several other
| 'bells and whistles'
|
| 2. Comments re System Suite 5???
| TIA
|
| Sylvia
|

For #2 - Get another product !

Really that bad???

S.

 

[RH710]

Really that bad???

S.

Sylvia..I have tried Vcom System Suite myself and it's really a pretty
decent program..The virus scan with it is Trend Micro,I believe the
Firewall is sygate but don't quote me on that..It's been a while since ive
had it on.It has a registry cleaner,web cleaner,defrag ect..not bad.but i
prefer stand alone products.Suites seem to hog resources,especially
norton,whew,and f-secure is also a bad one for hogging resources..Norton
had to be hogging your windows 98 alot.How much did you pay for it
btw?.RH710

 

[Sylvia M.]

About $50 at Office Depot.

Well, by deleting Norton, I'll free up room for SystemSuite, if I
decide to try it...depending on posts...

S.

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Sylvia M." <[email protected]>

|

| About $50 at Office Depot.
|
| Well, by deleting Norton, I'll free up room for SystemSuite, if I
| decide to try it...depending on posts...
|
| S.
|

You'll do much better with a quality suite.

CA eTrust -
http://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft/index.cfm - FREE for one year.
{ Free offer extended indefinitely }

 

[RH710]

From: "Sylvia M." <[email protected]>

|

| About $50 at Office Depot.
|
| Well, by deleting Norton, I'll free up room for SystemSuite, if I
| decide to try it...depending on posts...
|
| S.
|

You'll do much better with a quality suite.

CA eTrust -
http://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft/index.cfm - FREE for one year.
{ Free offer extended indefinitely }

 

[Sylvia M.]

Netscape sez that something is wrong with the URL...please
repost.

Thanks
Sylvia

 

[Sylvia M.]

From: "Sylvia M." <[email protected]>

|

| About $50 at Office Depot.
|
| Well, by deleting Norton, I'll free up room for SystemSuite, if I
| decide to try it...depending on posts...
|
| S.
|

You'll do much better with a quality suite.

CA eTrust -
http://www.my-etrust.com/microsoft/index.cfm - FREE for one year.
{ Free offer extended indefinitely }

Dave, are you saying that e-Trust is a more quality suite?

Some details of why, please.

Sylvia

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Sylvia M." <[email protected]>


| Dave, are you saying that e-Trust is a more quality suite?
|
| Some details of why, please.
|
| Sylvia
|

Yes. Three products from 3 vendors bundled.
CAI eTrust (anti virus), Pest Patrol (anti spyware) and ZoneAlarm (FireWall).

Anti virus and FireWall are known industry standards and ICSA Labs qualified.
https://www.icsalabs.com/icsa/icsahome.php

 

[Cøllap§ed Lûng]

From: "Sylvia M." <[email protected]>


| Dave, are you saying that e-Trust is a more quality suite?
|
| Some details of why, please.
|
| Sylvia
|

Yes. Three products from 3 vendors bundled.
CAI eTrust (anti virus), Pest Patrol (anti spyware) and ZoneAlarm
(FireWall).

Anti virus and FireWall are known industry standards and ICSA Labs
qualified. https://www.icsalabs.com/icsa/icsahome.php

tis a good package David.. btw have you tried the new ZA internet security
suite 6 yet... IMO it's got to be the best all-round package on the market
at this present time..

 

[optikl]

About $50 at Office Depot.

Well, by deleting Norton, I'll free up room for SystemSuite, if I
decide to try it...depending on posts...

S.

Sylvia, do yourself a favor and save your money. The comment made
earlier about stand-alone products is very spot-on. SystemSuite is
mediocre, at best. If you wish part with $ 50, please consider a worthy
charity instead.

Look for best-in-class solutions. While my recommendations are all my
personal opinion, they are based on my experience with these products
and others, including SystemSuite:

Anti-virus utility: NOD32 or Bitdefender
Firewall: If you absolutely must have one, Outpost or
BlackIce
Defragmentation: PerfectDisk
Registry tools: jv16 Power Tools 2005
Security Utility: WinPatrol Plus
Anti-Spyware: U pick 'em