Norton Anti Virus [modified]
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I am in a bad mood. So it is probably not a good idea to crab about stuff. But here it goes. Norton came with my laptop and works. But the live update (2 radio button 1 checkbox dialog app. very simple) offers you to renew subsc. or remind in x days, or forget about it. None of the options work. Tabbing does not work. So you accidentally click on renew. Don't remind me for 15 days does not work so in 10 minutes the app comes up and steals focus from anything and asks you again. I know I can get rid of the stupid sh**t. But If Norton can not make a 3 button app, that acts better than this? Then how do you trust them to fight the spam, virii, etc. Or is thist just bad intentions? If so how do you figth these morons? yalcin -- modified at 9:49 Wednesday 5th September, 2007
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I am in a bad mood. So it is probably not a good idea to crab about stuff. But here it goes. Norton came with my laptop and works. But the live update (2 radio button 1 checkbox dialog app. very simple) offers you to renew subsc. or remind in x days, or forget about it. None of the options work. Tabbing does not work. So you accidentally click on renew. Don't remind me for 15 days does not work so in 10 minutes the app comes up and steals focus from anything and asks you again. I know I can get rid of the stupid sh**t. But If Norton can not make a 3 button app, that acts better than this? Then how do you trust them to fight the spam, virii, etc. Or is thist just bad intentions? If so how do you figth these morons? yalcin -- modified at 9:49 Wednesday 5th September, 2007
Teashirt2 wrote:
how do you figth these morons?
Simple - you vote with your feet. Dialogs are not Norton's main weakness - CPU usage and memory hogging are. I've lost count of how many people have told me "my computer's acting really slow and takes aaaaaages to boot up" - I go "have you got Norton installed?" and they all say yes. :rolleyes: Well here's your problem folks. Uninstalling the beast (they don't make it easy either) will soon perk your PC back up again. Try Nod32 @ www.eset.com for AV that actually works, and works fast. Ultra low CPU and memory usage, you won't even know it's there. I recommend it to all my mates.
Cheers [Đзмөň]
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Teashirt2 wrote:
how do you figth these morons?
Simple - you vote with your feet. Dialogs are not Norton's main weakness - CPU usage and memory hogging are. I've lost count of how many people have told me "my computer's acting really slow and takes aaaaaages to boot up" - I go "have you got Norton installed?" and they all say yes. :rolleyes: Well here's your problem folks. Uninstalling the beast (they don't make it easy either) will soon perk your PC back up again. Try Nod32 @ www.eset.com for AV that actually works, and works fast. Ultra low CPU and memory usage, you won't even know it's there. I recommend it to all my mates.
Cheers [Đзмөň]
[d3m0n] wrote:
CPU usage and memory hogging
The most cruel beast for the desktop. :mad: Security must be unobtrusive and should be helping to streamline the processes without hindering the normal flow. But these days, I apprehend that these '
safe-running-underground' processes are turning into 'is-it-an-underworld-process'? :confused: :)Vasudevan Deepak Kumar Personal Homepage Tech Gossips
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I am in a bad mood. So it is probably not a good idea to crab about stuff. But here it goes. Norton came with my laptop and works. But the live update (2 radio button 1 checkbox dialog app. very simple) offers you to renew subsc. or remind in x days, or forget about it. None of the options work. Tabbing does not work. So you accidentally click on renew. Don't remind me for 15 days does not work so in 10 minutes the app comes up and steals focus from anything and asks you again. I know I can get rid of the stupid sh**t. But If Norton can not make a 3 button app, that acts better than this? Then how do you trust them to fight the spam, virii, etc. Or is thist just bad intentions? If so how do you figth these morons? yalcin -- modified at 9:49 Wednesday 5th September, 2007
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I am in a bad mood. So it is probably not a good idea to crab about stuff. But here it goes. Norton came with my laptop and works. But the live update (2 radio button 1 checkbox dialog app. very simple) offers you to renew subsc. or remind in x days, or forget about it. None of the options work. Tabbing does not work. So you accidentally click on renew. Don't remind me for 15 days does not work so in 10 minutes the app comes up and steals focus from anything and asks you again. I know I can get rid of the stupid sh**t. But If Norton can not make a 3 button app, that acts better than this? Then how do you trust them to fight the spam, virii, etc. Or is thist just bad intentions? If so how do you figth these morons? yalcin -- modified at 9:49 Wednesday 5th September, 2007
Teashirt2 wrote:
Norton came with my laptop and works.
Sorry, if that were true the universe would implode.
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I am in a bad mood. So it is probably not a good idea to crab about stuff. But here it goes. Norton came with my laptop and works. But the live update (2 radio button 1 checkbox dialog app. very simple) offers you to renew subsc. or remind in x days, or forget about it. None of the options work. Tabbing does not work. So you accidentally click on renew. Don't remind me for 15 days does not work so in 10 minutes the app comes up and steals focus from anything and asks you again. I know I can get rid of the stupid sh**t. But If Norton can not make a 3 button app, that acts better than this? Then how do you trust them to fight the spam, virii, etc. Or is thist just bad intentions? If so how do you figth these morons? yalcin -- modified at 9:49 Wednesday 5th September, 2007
Their code is buggy. Symevent.sys causes a lot of BSODs. It was so bad we had to get rid of it from our company network and use McAffee instead. So, quite simple, Norton is crap. Utter total crap.
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I am in a bad mood. So it is probably not a good idea to crab about stuff. But here it goes. Norton came with my laptop and works. But the live update (2 radio button 1 checkbox dialog app. very simple) offers you to renew subsc. or remind in x days, or forget about it. None of the options work. Tabbing does not work. So you accidentally click on renew. Don't remind me for 15 days does not work so in 10 minutes the app comes up and steals focus from anything and asks you again. I know I can get rid of the stupid sh**t. But If Norton can not make a 3 button app, that acts better than this? Then how do you trust them to fight the spam, virii, etc. Or is thist just bad intentions? If so how do you figth these morons? yalcin -- modified at 9:49 Wednesday 5th September, 2007
I've been using Symantec's AV (which may be different than Norton's AV) for years and it has yet to act up. My PC boots up in seconds, too. I guess mileage varies by user.
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I am in a bad mood. So it is probably not a good idea to crab about stuff. But here it goes. Norton came with my laptop and works. But the live update (2 radio button 1 checkbox dialog app. very simple) offers you to renew subsc. or remind in x days, or forget about it. None of the options work. Tabbing does not work. So you accidentally click on renew. Don't remind me for 15 days does not work so in 10 minutes the app comes up and steals focus from anything and asks you again. I know I can get rid of the stupid sh**t. But If Norton can not make a 3 button app, that acts better than this? Then how do you trust them to fight the spam, virii, etc. Or is thist just bad intentions? If so how do you figth these morons? yalcin -- modified at 9:49 Wednesday 5th September, 2007
Norton's Firewall was causing my friend's laptop to take over five minutes to start printing any documents. Rich