Re: A "Loaded" Question

From: nobody (iiib_at_bellsouth.net)
Date: 11/25/04 

Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2004 13:03:03 -0500

i recently reformatted my computer. I'm not sure what exactly was wrong
with it.

I used to have Norton and instead downloaded the 90 day trial version of
Trend Micro. Pc-cillin. I am very happy with it. It seems to let things
run faster than Norton and I was unhappy with the adware and things that
Norton could not uninstall. Not to mention that it is pretty costly. I've
only had Pc-cillin a week or so but so far so good.

"Jim" <Jim@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6D1154AC-AD12-4A53-A41F-32D8AD5362EE@microsoft.com...
> Just wondering if anyone cares to share their opinions on SUPERIOR
> anti-virus
> software OTHER than Norton or McAfee.
>
> I am currently running Windows XP (Home) and am still a bit leery about
> installing SP2, so have held off for now. And my computer is running very
> nicely, thank you very much.
>
> So what's up? My computer is running slower and s-l-o-w-e-r recently,
> which
> also happens to correspond with when I installed Norton SystemsWorks 2004
> and
> also Norton Internet Security 2004. Both packages installed
> satisfactorily
> and seem to run okay, but I have DEFINITELY noticed a difference in the
> "speediness" of my computer.
>
> Is just something I have to learn to live with or are there other
> alternatives "out there" to which a non-computer kinda guy like myself
> doesn't know about?
>
> Alternatively, is there a web site where all the anti-virus players, big
> ones as well as not-so-big-ones, are discussed and compared in plain
> English?
>
> Lastly, I also have installed and regularly use Spybot S&D and also Ad
> Aware
> SE (1.05).
>
> Thank you!
>
> Jim

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