Re: The repair guy told me Sygate Firewall was spyware

From: \ (dvader_at_deathstar.mil)
Date: 07/30/04 

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 18:47:08 -0400

>I agree with the Symantec comment as for Security (as NIS), but the
>Norton Anti-Virus products (2004 and Corporate) are very nice and have
>protected many people I personally know.

Could be. With one exception, every Symantec thing I have tried is bloated,
intrusive, a resource glutton, and impossible to uninstall. Furthermore,
whenever they buy a good utility, they defang it, turn it into useless
bloatware, and generally screw it up (AtGuard, Norton Utilities, Quarterdeck
Cleansweep, to name a few). My heart sank when they bought Powerquest. I've
almost certainly seen my last good PartitionMagic.

The one exception I cited is SpeedDisk for NT, which I have installed as a
standalone utility. I don't think it is available as a separate utility anymore. 

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