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Re: Killing Off Antivirus

sl — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:55:01 -0000

alternatively... use linux

Re: Killing Off Antivirus

charlie — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:44:49 -0000

Ubuntu is a great alternative without having to buy a mac. it can be customizes to look like a Windows or Mac computer too.

Re: Killing Off Antivirus

chrisnixon — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 09:51:36 -0000

Ahhh Orlandin. Thanks for popping by and not really reading the post. I gave three solutions for PC users. I'm a PC user for goodness sake. The problem, as you so completely ignored, is how difficult it is to uninstall the software.

Re: Killing Off Antivirus

Orlandin — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 23:21:59 -0000

For Christ sake, why is it that every time someone has a gripe about a Windows based machine it has to end with "buy a Mac"? Guess what, Norton is just as big of a pain on a Mac. People are writing virus for Macs. It is not the God system. It doesn't even have 9% of the computer market share (http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/...)
Uninstall the program, find something better, and move on. If that is the least of your problems; consider yourself lucky.

Re: Killing Off Antivirus

Russ G — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:13:01 -0000

I agree completely as I had Norton 360 on one of my PC's and it was an absolute pain to remove and I hadn't realized how slow the PC had become until it was gone! Plus 360 is sold as a simple user friendly solution that does it all for you with little knowledge required and in that read....we load it all on for you, configure it automatically then make it impossible to remove unless you know what your doing!

Re: Killing Off Antivirus

jonbeckett — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:09:33 -0000

Excellent post - and I agree with you. I have recently looked at Kaspersky and was horrified by the performance hit the PC took. I ended up installing Avira as a "good enough" solution.

I have seen a machine pre-installed with Norton where it could not be removed before. Not nice.

Re: Killing Off Antivirus

chrisnixon — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:39:57 -0000

...and Norton are definitely not the only culprits!

Re: Killing Off Antivirus

chrisnixon — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:39:01 -0000

What is worrying is this is sold as a benefit for your PC. These companies are taking advatage of people's ignorance of the problem.

Re: Killing Off Antivirus

Tate — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 18:27:36 -0000

It took me forever to get Norton off my laptop. I had the same problem.

Re: Killing Off Antivirus

shane — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:54:21 -0000

agree 100%. The most common thing I see are users installing (or buying a computer with it preinstalled) Norton Antivirus thinking that it will "protect" them and then complain that their computer is slow.