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Opinions Please on Norton Heather 09-09-2005
Posted by Heather on September 9, 2005, 8:57 pm
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I shouldn't even have to ask, but my tech is building me a new computer at
the moment and thought he was doing me a favour by putting Norton 2005 on
it. I am really hedging on that.

I am using WinME which Norton does not work with at all......plus the fact
that I dumped Norton some 5 years ago after getting 3 viruses because I had
a defective copy.

I have used EZ Trust ever since.......but is there some good reason for
putting Norton on my new XP machine? None that I know of, but thought I had
better ask. Perhaps I will see if he has Nod.

I am so excited about this coz I am picking out all the hardware with the
help of my MVP buddies and *Willy the Wonder Tech*......grin. I never ever
thought I would have to make so many damned decisions......on ditzy stuff
like case colour (got black & silver)......hey, got to get with it!!
Wireless keyboard and mouse, or regular......and so on.

But I know from being on this group for eons that Norton is one SOB to
remove......and I recall it seems to have a lot of Live Update problems. So
any info would be appreciated.

Cheers.....Heather

PS......Art, it really isn't all that expensive. Willy is doing a super job
for me. I do have my own copy of XP Home, so that saves on cost. Not
getting a new monitor or router at this point. Willy said to hold off until
I needed or wanted them. Took me 5 years to find this man.....he is so
damned honest......not to mention extremely good.




Posted by Donny Broome on September 9, 2005, 9:19 pm
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Norton is OK, but it's really no better than the free version of AVG.

http://free.grisoft.com/


--
--------------------------------------------------
Donny Broome
donny AT broomeman DOT com
Kill Spyware! Visit:
http://www.broomeman.com/spyware/
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>I shouldn't even have to ask, but my tech is building me a new computer at
> the moment and thought he was doing me a favour by putting Norton 2005 on
> it. I am really hedging on that.
>
> I am using WinME which Norton does not work with at all......plus the fact
> that I dumped Norton some 5 years ago after getting 3 viruses because I
> had
> a defective copy.
>
> I have used EZ Trust ever since.......but is there some good reason for
> putting Norton on my new XP machine? None that I know of, but thought I
> had
> better ask. Perhaps I will see if he has Nod.
>
> I am so excited about this coz I am picking out all the hardware with the
> help of my MVP buddies and *Willy the Wonder Tech*......grin. I never
> ever
> thought I would have to make so many damned decisions......on ditzy stuff
> like case colour (got black & silver)......hey, got to get with it!!
> Wireless keyboard and mouse, or regular......and so on.
>
> But I know from being on this group for eons that Norton is one SOB to
> remove......and I recall it seems to have a lot of Live Update problems.
> So
> any info would be appreciated.
>
> Cheers.....Heather
>
> PS......Art, it really isn't all that expensive. Willy is doing a super
> job
> for me. I do have my own copy of XP Home, so that saves on cost. Not
> getting a new monitor or router at this point. Willy said to hold off
> until
> I needed or wanted them. Took me 5 years to find this man.....he is so
> damned honest......not to mention extremely good.
>
>




Posted by Heather on September 9, 2005, 10:31 pm
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Oddly enough, that is what Willy uses in his shop to clean up computers.
(G) And AdAware. Me....I prefer EZ Trust. But AVG is what I usually
recommend to newbies.

Cheers.....Heather
> Norton is OK, but it's really no better than the free version of AVG.
>
> http://free.grisoft.com/
>
>
> --
> --------------------------------------------------
> Donny Broome
> donny AT broomeman DOT com
> Kill Spyware! Visit:
> http://www.broomeman.com/spyware/
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >I shouldn't even have to ask, but my tech is building me a new computer
at
> > the moment and thought he was doing me a favour by putting Norton 2005
on
> > it. I am really hedging on that.
> >
> > I am using WinME which Norton does not work with at all......plus the
fact
> > that I dumped Norton some 5 years ago after getting 3 viruses because I
> > had
> > a defective copy.
> >
> > I have used EZ Trust ever since.......but is there some good reason for
> > putting Norton on my new XP machine? None that I know of, but thought I
> > had
> > better ask. Perhaps I will see if he has Nod.
> >
> > I am so excited about this coz I am picking out all the hardware with
the
> > help of my MVP buddies and *Willy the Wonder Tech*......grin. I never
> > ever
> > thought I would have to make so many damned decisions......on ditzy
stuff
> > like case colour (got black & silver)......hey, got to get with it!!
> > Wireless keyboard and mouse, or regular......and so on.
> >
> > But I know from being on this group for eons that Norton is one SOB to
> > remove......and I recall it seems to have a lot of Live Update problems.
> > So
> > any info would be appreciated.
> >
> > Cheers.....Heather
> >
> > PS......Art, it really isn't all that expensive. Willy is doing a super
> > job
> > for me. I do have my own copy of XP Home, so that saves on cost. Not
> > getting a new monitor or router at this point. Willy said to hold off
> > until
> > I needed or wanted them. Took me 5 years to find this man.....he is so
> > damned honest......not to mention extremely good.
> >
> >
>
>




Posted by Buffalo on September 10, 2005, 3:12 pm
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> Norton is OK, but it's really no better than the free version of AVG.

Well Donny, why don't you look here and see how poorly AVG really performs and
how good Norton does.

http://www.av-comparatives.org/





Posted by Charlie on September 9, 2005, 10:02 pm
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>I shouldn't even have to ask,

No kidding Heather. You have been one of the most vocal and ardent Norton
bashers for years. Your troll attempts are pathetically transparent.

However one might want to use NAV since it has one of the very highest
detection rates ever of any AV product. Also for those that constantly cite
"resource hog" "slows my machine to a crawl" etc I have yet to see any
bonafide AV review that verifies this. BTW the ICSA uses NAV on their own
in house machines.

I have never seen any "slowdown" on my PC's over the past DECADE using
Norton products.
Thanks for the nice Usenet message.

--

Charlie






>I shouldn't even have to ask, but my tech is building me a new computer at
> the moment and thought he was doing me a favour by putting Norton 2005 on
> it. I am really hedging on that.
>
> I am using WinME which Norton does not work with at all......plus the fact
> that I dumped Norton some 5 years ago after getting 3 viruses because I
> had
> a defective copy.
>
> I have used EZ Trust ever since.......but is there some good reason for
> putting Norton on my new XP machine? None that I know of, but thought I
> had
> better ask. Perhaps I will see if he has Nod.
>
> I am so excited about this coz I am picking out all the hardware with the
> help of my MVP buddies and *Willy the Wonder Tech*......grin. I never
> ever
> thought I would have to make so many damned decisions......on ditzy stuff
> like case colour (got black & silver)......hey, got to get with it!!
> Wireless keyboard and mouse, or regular......and so on.
>
> But I know from being on this group for eons that Norton is one SOB to
> remove......and I recall it seems to have a lot of Live Update problems.
> So
> any info would be appreciated.
>
> Cheers.....Heather
>
> PS......Art, it really isn't all that expensive. Willy is doing a super
> job
> for me. I do have my own copy of XP Home, so that saves on cost. Not
> getting a new monitor or router at this point. Willy said to hold off
> until
> I needed or wanted them. Took me 5 years to find this man.....he is so
> damned honest......not to mention extremely good.
>
>




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