Symantec bad practices

From: Russel Loski (RLoski_at_NOSPAMhotmail.com)
Date: 03/23/04 

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 04:11:06 -0800

I was using Symantecs live update feature. I was presented with an upgrade ad, that did not allow me to exit outside of using Task Manager. I was annoyed to have the popup, and angry to have to use task manager to exit. This seems to me to be very bad practice to try force a user to buy anything against their will.

I wonder if they use other shoddy techniques to improve their revenue stream like release viruses that they fix?

Russel Loski, MCSD

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