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Bruce Hagen
Flightless Bird
"Al Smith" <invalid@address.com> wrote in message
news:Cb62n.59171$Db2.53847@edtnps83...
> Bruce Hagen wrote:
>>
>> "Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>> news:7qpm35FcctU1@mid.individual.net...
>>> Is there any history of Norton's Anti Virus product
>>> http://www.antivirusware.com/norton-antivirus/ interfering with Win7.
>>> I
>>> may decide to use that. I read the somewhat detailed thread on anti
>>> virus products on here recently and will also consider those.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> Personally, I would not have anything made by Norton, (Symantec), or
>> McAfee on any machine of mine. They are both resource hogs, (Norton
>> being the worst), and don't do anything better than some free AV
>> programs. I got this machine last October and the first thing I did was
>> to remove the Norton free trial and then run the removal tool to get
>> all
>> the crap off the machine.
>>
>> Download and run the Norton Removal Tool:
>> http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039
>>
>> I am using MSE, but all of these are free and do just as good a job as
>> Norton, without being intrusive.
>>
>> AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition
>> http://free.grisoft.com/ww.download?prd=afe
>>
>> Do a custom installation and opt out of e-mail scanning.
>>
>> Avast:
>> http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html
>>
>> In the case of Avast, choose Custom Installation and under Resident
>> Protection, uncheck: Internet Mail and Outlook/Exchange.
>>
>> Microsoft Security Essentials:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/default.aspx
>>
>> (No e-mail scanning to worry about)
>
>
> Good advice. I also turn off automatic updates. Just one more annoyance
> that I don't need. I usually update my lists manually when I need to do
> a scan on a particular downloaded file.
>
> -Al-
Almost ditto. I'm set to notify, but not install.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA
news:Cb62n.59171$Db2.53847@edtnps83...
> Bruce Hagen wrote:
>>
>> "Emrys Davies" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
>> news:7qpm35FcctU1@mid.individual.net...
>>> Is there any history of Norton's Anti Virus product
>>> http://www.antivirusware.com/norton-antivirus/ interfering with Win7.
>>> I
>>> may decide to use that. I read the somewhat detailed thread on anti
>>> virus products on here recently and will also consider those.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> Personally, I would not have anything made by Norton, (Symantec), or
>> McAfee on any machine of mine. They are both resource hogs, (Norton
>> being the worst), and don't do anything better than some free AV
>> programs. I got this machine last October and the first thing I did was
>> to remove the Norton free trial and then run the removal tool to get
>> all
>> the crap off the machine.
>>
>> Download and run the Norton Removal Tool:
>> http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/2005033108162039
>>
>> I am using MSE, but all of these are free and do just as good a job as
>> Norton, without being intrusive.
>>
>> AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition
>> http://free.grisoft.com/ww.download?prd=afe
>>
>> Do a custom installation and opt out of e-mail scanning.
>>
>> Avast:
>> http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html
>>
>> In the case of Avast, choose Custom Installation and under Resident
>> Protection, uncheck: Internet Mail and Outlook/Exchange.
>>
>> Microsoft Security Essentials:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/default.aspx
>>
>> (No e-mail scanning to worry about)
>
>
> Good advice. I also turn off automatic updates. Just one more annoyance
> that I don't need. I usually update my lists manually when I need to do
> a scan on a particular downloaded file.
>
> -Al-
Almost ditto. I'm set to notify, but not install.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP [Mail]
Imperial Beach, CA