Anti-Virus Softwar - Mcafee 8.0 vs. Norton 2004

From: Jim McCarthy (jgmccar_at_ntlworld.com)
Date: 10/08/03


Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 08:11:36 -0700

Your hard is probably too full up. Open My Computer and
click on C:\ drive. On the ststus bar at bottom of screen
you should see free space and capacity. In order to obtain
more free space you will have to get rid of unwanted
programs. When you have enough free space on your hard
drive Norton or McAfee should not slow your computer down

Regards

Jim
 
>-----Original Message-----
>I am pretty new to the computer world and have a question
>regarding these programs. I currently have Mcafee 6.0
>and the more I have started to read and "get into this
>computer/internet world" the more I see I have to
>upgrade.
>Any recomendations between the two. On Amazon.com, in
>the review section, many people have said that Norton
>slows the computer quite a bit.
>One other thing I've seen, Norton internet security comes
>with a firewall, Mcafee sells the firewall seperately.
>Thanks in advance.
>.
>



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