Re: Problems installing Norton I S 2005

From: Mike Fields (spam_me_not_mr.gadget2_at_comcast.net)
Date: 05/27/05

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    Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 09:29:49 -0700

    "Malke" <invalid@not-real.com> wrote in message
    news:uAILmNlYFHA.980@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
    > Segovia wrote:
    >
    > > Malke wrote:
    > >
    > >> You will have a hard time finding any techs (including me) who
    > >> recommend Norton products any more.
    > >
    > > I'm curious as to why that is. I don't have any loyalty to Norton or
    > > anything else, but merely curious why it seems to have fallen from
    > > favor with most IT types (including you).
    > >
    > Most of us in the tech business have seen nothing but troubles with
    > Norton products over the last few years. The last good one, IMO, was
    > NAV 2003. The software is too big, too bloated, too invasive, and puts
    > too many hooks into the system. When NAV or NIS is running well, then
    > things are OK (if the computer has enough processor power and RAM to
    > handle the slowdown), but when those Norton programs break, it is
    > difficult to fix them. They don't uninstall cleanly either. I used NAV
    > and other Norton programs from the DOS days to NAV2003, but no longer.
    >
    > Malke
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    OK, I too have had issues with Norton, but which ones do people
    favor (antivirus chiefly) ?? I currently have NAV 2003 on three
    machines in the house, but am looking at switching to another
    anti-virus for them. What do people (who are used to this sort
    of thing) prefer for anti-virus. We use McAfee at work, but I was
    not happy with their install a while back.

    mikey

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