Jupiter said:
I think you miss the point.
Few if any suggest McAfee or Norton will not catch viruses.
The problem is the overhead they have.
Both use an extremely amount of resources compared to other products at
least as effective.
If you feel your computer needs a boost, remove McAfee and install one
of the recommended such as AVG Free or NOD32.
Cheaper than adding memory.
This really touches a nerve with me, too. Norton was - and is - an
excellent, virtually up-to-the-*hour* (on occasion) effective virus
stopper. But today, it's stuffed with other crapola. H-P is another one
of those companies, as is McAfee and dozens more any of us could name.
Everyone calls it "bloatware", and I think it's evolving as a problem
just as big as malware (and one could make an argument that it is
virtually "legalized malware"). A software company can offer their
software on a CD, and charge $xx for it. If they'd all put in an
introductory page that allows you to choose exactly what parts you want,
and what parts you *don't* want to load on your computer, they could
continue to charge $xx for it, and they'd still be happy with their
profit. The consumer would be happier than they are now, for the right
to *choose* whether they want the whole enchilada, or want to leave out
the "gingerbread" that mostly clogs and conflicts with - and slows down
- everything else. I do not think that's naive. I think it's common
sense. Tying together a chunk of bloatware that loads as one with the
main program just gets people angry and frustrated - not a good business
practice.
Tony
