pdp1@EARTHLINK.NET on fri 21 jan 05
Hi Steve, John, all...
Norton seems liable to do really nasty little things that
can disable critical Computer functions or programs, if it
is loosed into a Windows98 - Outlook Express environment.
I know I am not the only boy or girl to find this out...
Phil
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Slatin" <
> John --
>
> Jumping in late on this one, but IIRC, there used to
> be a try-ware version of Norton (downloadable from the
> Symantec site) that did this. Perhaps there was some
> confusion, after trying, over whether this was the
> free or at-cost version? I've used Norton, McAfee,
> Panda, PC-Cillin and a few others. All have deleted
> viruses, once found.
>
> For those interested -- Norton's updates download
> smoothest, McAfee was free with my ISP but a tad
> clumsier than Norton, Panda was nice and had some
> potentially valuable protections the others lack, but
> interfered with some (poorly written, poorly behaved)
> software I later got rid of, so I might go back, and
> PC-Cillin was second best at just about everything, so
> is worth a look for anyone who needs a new system.
>
> McAfee's anti-spam program is efficient, but slows
> down your computer, Ella only works with Outlook,
> SpamNet had errors -- false positives and negatives
> both, IHateSpam was smooth and fast, but false
> positives were a problem for me, and Spamnix only
> worked on Eudora so I didn't try it. As always, YMMV.
>
> Anti-virus programs are a more mature technology, and
> more of them are of acceptable quality overall than
> anti-spam programs. As long as you're using something
> and practicing reasonable precautions in computing any
> of them will provide good protection.
>
> -- Steve
Gail Phillips on fri 21 jan 05
For example, Phil? I haven't witnessed it, and I am constantly working on everybody's Win98 dinosaur.
- Gail
>
>
> Norton seems liable to do really nasty little things that
> can disable critical Computer functions or programs, if it
> is loosed into a Windows98 - Outlook Express environment.
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