Deja Q
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Fri Aug-15-03 06:29 PM
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I, a self-proclaimed socialist, have something to admit: |
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Edited on Fri Aug-15-03 06:29 PM by HypnoToad
I would rather buy Norton Internet Security 2003 than use freeware AVG and plain-old Zone Alarm for my virus and firewall protection.
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Comments, anyone?
edit: spelling :eyes:
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derrald
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Fri Aug-15-03 06:31 PM
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I had way too many problems with Norton's after a while, so I just bought the full version of AVG - trust me, I think it's a much better investment.
But of course, each pc is different.
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Fri Aug-15-03 06:46 PM
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Both my real XP boxes, my vmware XP session (which I recently deleted and won't be reinstalling), and my vmware Win2k session seem to run Norton just fine. Especially the firewall which catches EVERYTHING thrown its way. (From what I remember reading, I think ZoneAlarm Pro is a bit superior in how it closes unused ports by default, but Norton certainly does the job of keeping people out well enough, and that's what counts. It's mega-easy to configure, too.)
And as I use kazaa on occasion, Norton does merrily intercept any goofy excuse of a virus embedded in transmitted files. It's quite slick.
My only complaint is that norton's subscription service denies older versions of their program (2 years I gather). But as I've encountered mime virii which passed through mcafee 4.5.1 version yet get caught by 7.0.0, I think it's fair they exclude people after 2 years. So it's really not a complaint... :eyes: It's weird I'd use Mcafee as an example to justify Norton's marketing tactic, but it's still the truth.
What sort of problems did you run into, maybe I just haven't noticed?
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