Re: Removed Norton

Jerkwad: Some people like AVG.


"Elendil" <elendil.faithful@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Glad you removed Norton but PLEASE tell me you're not using the paid
version
| of AVG? If you're paying for AVG check out the Anti-Virus products on the
| Company page of my website: www.stopmalware.tk I recommend buying NOD32,
| Kaspersky, or McAfee if you're currently paying for AVG. Also, you didn't
| mention using any anti-spyware programs so go to the Downloads page of my
| website and visit the anti-spyware section. A-Squared, Ad-Aware SE, and
| Spybot are highly recommend for your PC and every computer in my house has
| at least those three.
|
| Good Luck with Securing your PC and Defeating Malware!
|
|
| "Sensitive New Age Thug" <SensitiveNewAgeThug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| wrote in message
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| >I have always depended on Norton Internet Security (version 2004) which
| > shipped with my Sony Vaio laptop. I've paid for annual subscription
| > renewals,
| > and updated regularly. Being primarily a Macintosh user, I didn't do a
lot
| > of
| > homework. I though my computer was clean and secure. I had installed all
| > the
| > Windows patches and upgrades as soon as they were released.
| >
| > Recently an MVP on this forum advised me to trash Norton and use other
| > stuff
| > instead. It sounded like an ordeal, but it seemed necessary. I just want
| > to
| > report it wasn't too hard and my computer performs quite a lot better,
at
| > least on certain tasks.
| >
| > I'm now using AVG for virus protection, several different adware and
| > spyware
| > scanning apps, and peerGuardian 2, plus the native Windows firewall.
They
| > are
| > all pretty easy to use.
| >
| > Oh yeah, and firefox whenever possible, and I send and receive email on
my
| > Macintosh. I guess I'm reasonably safe and secure.
| >
| > I'm happy to report that my machine checks out clean and secure with all
| > the
| > new malware protection apps. So I guess Norton did its job after all.
| > Nevertheless, having removed it, I'm glad it's gone.
| >
| > Norton has a downloadable Remove Norton Completely tool on its website.
It
| > worked fine, no problem. On the other hand, it's really annoying that
| > Norton
| > can't be easily uninstalled like other apps.
| >
| > I thought someone might be interested. Thanks for all the help on this
| > forum.
| >
| > Tim
|
|


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