Re: Windows XP firewall v Norton Personal Firewall 2003?
From: RAV (rav@nospamplease.com)
Date: 12/01/02
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From: "RAV" <rav@nospamplease.com> Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2002 17:53:34 -0500
There are better free tools available than using bloated Norton AV and NIS.
The free Grisoft AVG is much easier on resources than NAV and has regular
updates. I wouldn't go back to Norton even if it were free. There are also
good firewalls that are free like ZA, Outpost, Sygate, etc.; however, Norton
is the only vendor to have bundled it all into one package.
"Joseph V. Morris" <jvmorris@erols.com> wrote in message
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> Neo,
>
> Inline, below ...
>
> "NeoSadist" <neos@dist> wrote in message
> news:uui3kfp30tbdb7@corp.supernews.com...
> . . . .
> | Yeah, it's sad. I like the linksys stuff, and i just ordered the
> firewall
> | router (yippee!!), but it's sad that a good company like symantec is
> going
> | down the drain with that. So sad. Hope they wise up. Where were the
> days
> | that you could always get free antivirus updates from online?
>
> I suspect that Linksys Router/Firewall may well also be the Christmas
> present I buy for myself! <g>
>
> Neo, the paradigm (within the industry as a whole) is once again shifting.
> You may not like it, I may not like it. Doesn't really matter; to _all_
> of the software vendors, it's primarily about revenues (and I suspect the
> hardware vendors won't be far behind, for that matter). It isn't the
> brave new world of PCs and 'open source' anymore, for the most part; it's
> about at least putting bread on the table (and maybe buying a Hummer or a
> Porsche or a really humongous home).
>
> I think I recently saw a thread over in GRC from Sven Schaefer to the
> effect that you won't get the NAV updates in the future unless you either
> 'subscribe' to the update service or buy a new upgrade of the application
> itself.
>
> We'll always have some freeware/shareware vendors that take a different
> tack, but (in the final analysis) many of them (like ZoneLabs) will
> suddenly decide it's time to make a few bucks. To some extent I can
> understand it, these guys have to eat, just like the rest of us. Not all
> of them, by any means, are able to live off the royalties from prior fame
> and fortune. There come a point, inevitably, where the importance of
> food on the table tends to outweigh the gratification of 'serving the
> masses' at little or no cost. Still, the AV vendors, in particular, are
> going to have to put out signature updates, no matter what (if they care
> to remain in business). Like you, I am far from convinced that the prices
> they're charging are inline with the expenses incurred (and not reimbursed
> from new sales and new versions of the application itself).
>
> Still, there comes a point where the whole thing starts looking a bit
> sordid (not to say cheap) and grubby. Still, apparently, that's the way
> things are these days.
>
> --
> Regards,
> Joseph V. Morris
> jvmorris@erols.com
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