anti virus
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winston
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anti virus
Seems that my Norton's program has been outdated beyond the usual updates and its time to either upgrade or go with a different program. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks Winston
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Jack Stoner
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- Location: Kansas City, MO
I don't know if there really is a choice. Either Norton or McAfee should work well.
However, I had McAfee and after I upgraded from Win98 to WinME I started having problems that Microsoft support told me were "known McAfee caused problems". I updated my software, through their on-line update facility to the latest version of McAfee and still had some of the same problems. I uninstalled McAfee and installed Norton Antivirus 2001 and all the problems that Microsoft identified as McAfee caused went away.
However, I had McAfee and after I upgraded from Win98 to WinME I started having problems that Microsoft support told me were "known McAfee caused problems". I updated my software, through their on-line update facility to the latest version of McAfee and still had some of the same problems. I uninstalled McAfee and installed Norton Antivirus 2001 and all the problems that Microsoft identified as McAfee caused went away.
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Everett Cox
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- Location: Marengo, OH, USA (deceased)
Winston -- I have been more than TOTALLY happy with TrendMicro's PC-CILLIN virus protection for several years. It has saved my butt twice, recovered it once, and kept it out of trouble on other occasions. I have tried some of the other well-known products and find PC-Cillin usually superior in all the areas about which we care.
http://www.antivirus.com/pc-cillin/products/
1. I've not found any virus not covered that other products handled.
2. Competitive price -- I paid $30 5 years ago and see they are STILL asking $29.95.
3. Moderate size and impact on your computer system.
4. Frequent and efficient updates - automatic if you wish. Along with meaningfull email'd alerts
5. Easy to use -- covers all the bases like MEMORY, BOOT SECTOR, INTERNET, EMAIL, WORD PROCESSING, FLOPPY/ZIP DISK, etc.
6. Support -- all there, including person to person (which I once needed AND got!).
Needless to say that I have NO interest in this software OTHER than to HIGHLY recommend using it. I've spent many hours trying to help other people who didn't. --Everett<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Everett Cox on 18 February 2001 at 10:26 AM.]</p></FONT>
http://www.antivirus.com/pc-cillin/products/
1. I've not found any virus not covered that other products handled.
2. Competitive price -- I paid $30 5 years ago and see they are STILL asking $29.95.
3. Moderate size and impact on your computer system.
4. Frequent and efficient updates - automatic if you wish. Along with meaningfull email'd alerts
5. Easy to use -- covers all the bases like MEMORY, BOOT SECTOR, INTERNET, EMAIL, WORD PROCESSING, FLOPPY/ZIP DISK, etc.
6. Support -- all there, including person to person (which I once needed AND got!).
Needless to say that I have NO interest in this software OTHER than to HIGHLY recommend using it. I've spent many hours trying to help other people who didn't. --Everett<FONT SIZE=1 COLOR="#8e236b"><p align=CENTER>[This message was edited by Everett Cox on 18 February 2001 at 10:26 AM.]</p></FONT>