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Old June 12th 05, 04:11 AM
Paul
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I've been using and maintaining norton antivirus products for years now and
I am yet to have an issue with any of them...

Mind you these are with the corporate and enterprise editions not the home
editions

"Scott M." wrote in message
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"Derek Sowa" wrote in message
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You will have a hard time finding a
tech (including me) who will recommend Norton products any more.


Reasons being? Please explain...


Read the other posts in this thread. That's your answer.





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Old June 12th 05, 04:34 AM
Scott M.
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I think this thread is focusing on the home product line.


"Paul" wrote in message
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I've been using and maintaining norton antivirus products for years now
and I am yet to have an issue with any of them...

Mind you these are with the corporate and enterprise editions not the home
editions

"Scott M." wrote in message
...

"Derek Sowa" wrote in message
...
You will have a hard time finding a
tech (including me) who will recommend Norton products any more.

Reasons being? Please explain...


Read the other posts in this thread. That's your answer.







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Old June 12th 05, 07:29 AM
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whoops! - my mistake......

"Scott M." wrote in message
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I think this thread is focusing on the home product line.


"Paul" wrote in message
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Old June 13th 05, 08:13 PM
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figaro wrote:
I will soon be getting a computer and for the first time have XP home. Been
using ME. I have always had Norton Utilities and Antivirus. I mostly used
utilities to defrag, scan disc etc. Looking at the XP web site it looks like
there are plenty of maintenance tools that come with it so I wonder if the
Norton utilities are worth it. I do like having the Anti-virus that warns me
when one is coming in the email. Does XP have a feature that will do this
and update virus definitions each day? Any program better and if so why?
What about the firewall that you can get with service pack 2. Is that all I
need?


Hi,
I've just gotten rid of Norton AV. I wouldn't recomend it. It slows down
your system. A very bloated program, as is McAfee (even worse). Zone
alarm, F-secure, AVG (free) and PC-cillin are all better. Zone alarm can
also come as Internet security, i.e. with Firewall.
I would recommend you get an external firewall if you use internet a
lot, also get a antispyware (Spybot, Adaware or can also try Miscrosoft
anti-spyware, I hear it's quite good - all free).
There is no MS XP antivirus package yet, although one will available ~
christmas.
Xp firewall is OK, but It will only stop inbound traffic, therefore no
good if you get worm, trojan etc.
If it were me I would get a firewall + AV software. Although you may
also have these from your ISP, or if you have a router oyu may have a
hardware firewall.
Know this is a lot to absorb. Hope goes well.
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Old December 5th 05, 07:00 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
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"figaro" wrote:

I will soon be getting a computer and for the first time have XP home. Been
using ME. I have always had Norton Utilities and Antivirus. I mostly used
utilities to defrag, scan disc etc. Looking at the XP web site it looks like
there are plenty of maintenance tools that come with it so I wonder if the
Norton utilities are worth it. I do like having the Anti-virus that warns me
when one is coming in the email. Does XP have a feature that will do this
and update virus definitions each day? Any program better and if so why?
What about the firewall that you can get with service pack 2. Is that all I
need?



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Old December 5th 05, 09:59 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
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Norton AV is a good product; there are others that are also good, read
some reviews if interested. There are some good AV's that are free too.

Norton SystemWorks is a total waste - it includes AV, which is just about
the only thing in it that is of value. The included utilities are archaic
and of no value - in fact I've known folks that uses 'em and totally hose
their systems. not recommended any more.

Norton Security Suite is good; there are others that are also good,
ZoneAlarm's Suite is considered very good. These suites tend to have
large feature sets, you need to review them carefully to find the one that
does what most concerns you. Some are great firewalls, w/ ok parental
controls; others have great parental controls. you have to do your
research to find the right product for you. PC Mag is a good starting
point, check your local library or neighbohood geek!

And there are free alternatives to many of the components within the
suites. but having the "whole tomato" wrapped in a nice integrated
interface has its benefits.
 




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