Re: can we install mcafee and norton on the same machine and run together?

From: kurt wismer (kurtw_at_sympatico.ca)
Date: 09/29/05 

Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 19:24:50 -0400

David H. Lipman wrote:
> From: "YoKenny" <YoKenny@nowere.invalid>
> | Ted Zieglar wrote:
>
>>>"Can 2 anti-virus software both running at the same time?"
>>>No.
>>>
>>>"Why?"
>>>http://tinyurl.com/8hr5l
>
> | I don't do _ANY_ tinyurls.com as they can take you _ALL_ kinds of malware
> | sites!
> |
> | Add tinyurl.com to your HOSTS file.
>
> You know, I never looked at it from that POV. It is a good point.
> However, TinyURL.Com is good at breaking the links if they are used in spam or for nefarious
> reasons.

there's nothing wrong with tinyurl.com urls... it's not like anyone can
really judge the safety of a site by looking at the url anyways (it's
like judging the safety of a file by looking at the filename) - but for
the paranoid out there, try http://www.daveltd.com/bin/tinylookup.cgi to
extract the original url from a tinyurl without actually visiting it... 

-- 
"they threw a rope around yer neck to watch you dance the jig of death
then left ya for the starvin' crows, hoverin' like hungry whores
one flew down plucked out yer eye, the other he had in his sights
ya snarled at him, said leave me be - i need the bugger so i can see"

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