Re: Norton or McAfee
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 17:59:23 -0500
Norton has better technical help, better update and I have found that Norton
has caught viruses that McAfee did not.
However, that said, recently Norton has been giving me problems that I
haven't been able to sort out as of yet.
V.B.
"Chas_G" <chasg@DELETE_THIS.elmstead.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:ng7g4159e318rrb56ulfob27sdrk4pnd9s@4ax.com...
> I wonder if anyone in the group with knowledge of both Norton and
> McAfee firewall/antivirus could help.
>
> I wish to install either 'Norton Internet Security' or 'McAfee
> Internet Security' onto a computer. Is one better than the other, and
> if so, why?
>
> Many thanks.
>
> Regards,
>
> Chas_G
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