McFück McAfee!
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Invasive doesn't begin to describe this contagion! Despairingly trying to get DHCP working on my new laptop - wired and wireless are down - and I find a glimmer of hope in the MS KB 928233: Windows Vista cannot obtain an IP address from certain routers or from certain non-Microsoft DHCP servers. Rushing in where other fear to tread, I find I can't even modify registry values as admin, :mad: so I immediately suspect McAfck and turn off all their services bar one, for which the stop option is greyed out, even for admin, and set them all, except that one, to manual start. I add the recommended key, which doesn't help, so I reckon maybe a restart. After the restart, I once again can't edit registry values, and I find all but one McFugee service is still on manual start, but they are nearly all started! :mad: :mad: :mad: That POS is the first out-of-box piece of software to see it's arse. The Acer stuff seems quite well behaved.
The conceptual Reversing process occurs every time someone looks at someone else’s code. But, it also occurs when a developer looks at his or her own code several days after it was written. - Elliot Chikofsky, Executive Secretary, IEEE Technical Council on Software Engineering
I hate their software with a passion. It is awful and completely useless and what's worse is that it works against you.:mad:
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Invasive doesn't begin to describe this contagion! Despairingly trying to get DHCP working on my new laptop - wired and wireless are down - and I find a glimmer of hope in the MS KB 928233: Windows Vista cannot obtain an IP address from certain routers or from certain non-Microsoft DHCP servers. Rushing in where other fear to tread, I find I can't even modify registry values as admin, :mad: so I immediately suspect McAfck and turn off all their services bar one, for which the stop option is greyed out, even for admin, and set them all, except that one, to manual start. I add the recommended key, which doesn't help, so I reckon maybe a restart. After the restart, I once again can't edit registry values, and I find all but one McFugee service is still on manual start, but they are nearly all started! :mad: :mad: :mad: That POS is the first out-of-box piece of software to see it's arse. The Acer stuff seems quite well behaved.
The conceptual Reversing process occurs every time someone looks at someone else’s code. But, it also occurs when a developer looks at his or her own code several days after it was written. - Elliot Chikofsky, Executive Secretary, IEEE Technical Council on Software Engineering
Ouch. Norton is a steaming POS but at least it's easy to uninstall in normal circumstances.
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall
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Ouch. Norton is a steaming POS but at least it's easy to uninstall in normal circumstances.
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall
Funny enough, the actual uninstall was easy. Select all the components to uninstall, i.e. every component, and click Go. Controlling the mother was a different story.
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Funny enough, the actual uninstall was easy. Select all the components to uninstall, i.e. every component, and click Go. Controlling the mother was a different story.
The only way it (and norton) can be controlled is to provide them with a shotgun to suck-start. :rolleyes:
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall
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Invasive doesn't begin to describe this contagion! Despairingly trying to get DHCP working on my new laptop - wired and wireless are down - and I find a glimmer of hope in the MS KB 928233: Windows Vista cannot obtain an IP address from certain routers or from certain non-Microsoft DHCP servers. Rushing in where other fear to tread, I find I can't even modify registry values as admin, :mad: so I immediately suspect McAfck and turn off all their services bar one, for which the stop option is greyed out, even for admin, and set them all, except that one, to manual start. I add the recommended key, which doesn't help, so I reckon maybe a restart. After the restart, I once again can't edit registry values, and I find all but one McFugee service is still on manual start, but they are nearly all started! :mad: :mad: :mad: That POS is the first out-of-box piece of software to see it's arse. The Acer stuff seems quite well behaved.
The conceptual Reversing process occurs every time someone looks at someone else’s code. But, it also occurs when a developer looks at his or her own code several days after it was written. - Elliot Chikofsky, Executive Secretary, IEEE Technical Council on Software Engineering
Been there, done that, got the straitjacket. Our glorious morons in corporate I.T. forced McAfee on us. It's supposed real-time virus scanning reduced the speed of our build machine to a crawl. Apparently anything that writes .EXE files is suspicious :rolleyes:. Fortunately, McAfee is pretty stupid. I told it that the exclusion list for real-time scanning was
C:\andE:\and all subdirectories.Software Zen:
delete this;
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Invasive doesn't begin to describe this contagion! Despairingly trying to get DHCP working on my new laptop - wired and wireless are down - and I find a glimmer of hope in the MS KB 928233: Windows Vista cannot obtain an IP address from certain routers or from certain non-Microsoft DHCP servers. Rushing in where other fear to tread, I find I can't even modify registry values as admin, :mad: so I immediately suspect McAfck and turn off all their services bar one, for which the stop option is greyed out, even for admin, and set them all, except that one, to manual start. I add the recommended key, which doesn't help, so I reckon maybe a restart. After the restart, I once again can't edit registry values, and I find all but one McFugee service is still on manual start, but they are nearly all started! :mad: :mad: :mad: That POS is the first out-of-box piece of software to see it's arse. The Acer stuff seems quite well behaved.
The conceptual Reversing process occurs every time someone looks at someone else’s code. But, it also occurs when a developer looks at his or her own code several days after it was written. - Elliot Chikofsky, Executive Secretary, IEEE Technical Council on Software Engineering
Wow - swearing by umlaut; what an impressive way to bypass the censors.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
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Been there, done that, got the straitjacket. Our glorious morons in corporate I.T. forced McAfee on us. It's supposed real-time virus scanning reduced the speed of our build machine to a crawl. Apparently anything that writes .EXE files is suspicious :rolleyes:. Fortunately, McAfee is pretty stupid. I told it that the exclusion list for real-time scanning was
C:\andE:\and all subdirectories.Software Zen:
delete this;
Fold With Us![^]Gary R. Wheeler wrote:
I told it that the exclusion list for real-time scanning was C:\ and E:\ and all subdirectories.
Exactly, that is how I control the beast. Watch out though, when ever they push an update, it seems to purge the exclusion list. I have noticed my exclusion list wiped out several times.
Yusuf
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Wow - swearing by umlaut; what an impressive way to bypass the censors.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
I prefer the embedded fucking <nobr> tag, myself.
Software Zen:
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I prefer the embedded fucking <nobr> tag, myself.
Software Zen:
delete this;
Fold With Us![^]Fuck me! There's a fucking censor! Well, I'll be fucked! I've fucking wasted my fucking time with these cunt censoring my fucking shit manually and now I fucking find I didn't fucking have to because the fuckers have an auto-fucking-matic fucking censor! incidentally (and a note to Chris) the plural of the c-word isn't censored (as I nearly found out to my embarrassment when typing this!)
___________________________________________ .\\axxx (That's an 'M')
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Fuck me! There's a fucking censor! Well, I'll be fucked! I've fucking wasted my fucking time with these cunt censoring my fucking shit manually and now I fucking find I didn't fucking have to because the fuckers have an auto-fucking-matic fucking censor! incidentally (and a note to Chris) the plural of the c-word isn't censored (as I nearly found out to my embarrassment when typing this!)
___________________________________________ .\\axxx (That's an 'M')
Maxxx_ wrote:
the plural of the c-word isn't censored
Ha! OpenVMS has a list of words that you're not allowed to use for passwords, it includes the usual suspects, but not the C-word! I assume it's too offensive to require someone to add to the list.
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I prefer the embedded fucking <nobr> tag, myself.
Software Zen:
delete this;
Fold With Us![^]Gary R. Wheeler wrote:
ed fucking
Nice! Ta.
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Gary R. Wheeler wrote:
ed fucking
Nice! Ta.
Why do I get the feeling I've unleashed a monster upon the world :sigh: ...
Software Zen:
delete this;
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Invasive doesn't begin to describe this contagion! Despairingly trying to get DHCP working on my new laptop - wired and wireless are down - and I find a glimmer of hope in the MS KB 928233: Windows Vista cannot obtain an IP address from certain routers or from certain non-Microsoft DHCP servers. Rushing in where other fear to tread, I find I can't even modify registry values as admin, :mad: so I immediately suspect McAfck and turn off all their services bar one, for which the stop option is greyed out, even for admin, and set them all, except that one, to manual start. I add the recommended key, which doesn't help, so I reckon maybe a restart. After the restart, I once again can't edit registry values, and I find all but one McFugee service is still on manual start, but they are nearly all started! :mad: :mad: :mad: That POS is the first out-of-box piece of software to see it's arse. The Acer stuff seems quite well behaved.
The conceptual Reversing process occurs every time someone looks at someone else’s code. But, it also occurs when a developer looks at his or her own code several days after it was written. - Elliot Chikofsky, Executive Secretary, IEEE Technical Council on Software Engineering
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Ah, that reminds me - I need to try the Win7 AVG. MS lists four recommended a/v vendors for Win7: Norton, McAfee, Kasperski, and AVG, so that already narrows the choice down to between only the latter two. My colleague, and their blurb, tell me Kasperski is a bit intrusive.
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Ah, that reminds me - I need to try the Win7 AVG. MS lists four recommended a/v vendors for Win7: Norton, McAfee, Kasperski, and AVG, so that already narrows the choice down to between only the latter two. My colleague, and their blurb, tell me Kasperski is a bit intrusive.
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Wow - swearing by umlaut; what an impressive way to bypass the censors.
"WPF has many lovers. It's a veritable porn star!" - Josh Smith
As Braveheart once said, "You can take our freedom but you'll never take our Hobnobs!" - Martin Hughes.
Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
Wow - swearing by umlaut; what an impressive way to bypass the censors.
So appropriate given the subject matter too. :)
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