Instead of Norton

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As for the bloat ware on computers...
Some of those companies pay the computer manufacturers to install
trial versions.
One of the reasons being the user will learn to use that specific
product and purchase later.
They are making an investment for future sales.

As to your opt in/out idea.
I have heard similar before and think it far better than what we have
now with most major OEMs.
Giving the customer an option would probably cut the value to the
product manufacturer.
A net result may be a price increase to the customer since the program
manufacturers are now willing to pay less.
 
Looked into this a little further this morning and now have a question for
you.
both Avast free and Avg free sound like good virus protection but neither
advertises that they catch spyware which is something McAfee does claim. Am
I missing something? Would I need a different program for this?
SG
 
shakey said:
Looked into this a little further this morning and now have a question for
you.
both Avast free and Avg free sound like good virus protection but neither
advertises that they catch spyware which is something McAfee does claim. Am
I missing something? Would I need a different program for this?
SG
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Yes, in fact, the MVP's here recommend a minimum of two anti-spyware
programs. The two most commonly mentioned are AdAware and SpyBot, both
of which are free. One can catch what the other misses, and vice-versa.
And I wouldn't bet the farm on McAfee's ability to catch much spyware.
You should have a good anti-virus program and a couple of anti-spyware
programs, too. Two different things.

Tony
 
Do you have a farm to lose Tony?


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Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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Tony- I was questioning the ability to stop spyware,loggers,and such from
getting in to the computer. Of course I routinely run programs, previously
mentioned, to remove any that might get in.
SG
 
shakey said:
Tony- I was questioning the ability to stop spyware,loggers,and such
from getting in to the computer. Of course I routinely run programs,
previously mentioned, to remove any that might get in.
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As I mentioned to Mike in another post, SpywareBlaster prevents spyware:

http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

And as Gerry mentioned elsewhere, a Hosts file can do the same:

http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

or http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/

or http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/index.html

And as I mentioned elsewhere, the best program, seriously, is the one
that resides in your head. Don't visit dodgy Web sites (e.g., ones that
promise to deliver free MP3s, porn, etc.). Don't open attachments unless
you are expecting them, and you *still* may want to scan them first. If
you come across a pop-up that urges you to download software to "fix"
your PC, don't do it! (Then again, often this behavior can mean you
already have spyware...)

Further reading:

http://forums.spybot.info/showthread.php?t=279

http://www.claymania.com/safe-hex.html
 
shakey said:
Tony- I was questioning the ability to stop spyware,loggers,and such from
getting in to the computer. Of course I routinely run programs, previously
mentioned, to remove any that might get in.
SG
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Cool. Sorry for any misunderstanding on my part.

Tony
 
Windows Defender is OK but I always have doubts about composite
solutions like One Care.

Norton buys up market leaders and then does no further development work
on the product. A few years down the line drops the product from the
product range. WinFax Pro is the latest casualty. My guess is Partition
Magic will be the next. It also produces disasters like Crashguard.

A good motto. Keep things simple and do them well.

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Regards.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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I have a friend who works for Symantec and I remember him laughing
when he told me they developed a program that actually crashes the
computer, which of course was CrashGaurd.
 
Wow! All of this info has been very helpful. My Norton recently expired and I
took my computer in for an uprade. They installed Norton 2007 but it would
not actvate. I was told not to use Norton use AVG. I was concerned of
spyware and whateverware as well. I have Fix-It-Utilies,which they
uninstalled and I put back in. I do not install the Antivirus part. I just
use mostly the utilies and for spyware. For whatever reason my easy update
won't work. It says it needs to be authenticted. Tried to solve this issue
but can't. There is something wrong but what. They could not figure it out
either. At least now I can make an informed decision for protection that I
can update whilst I continue my quest to solve the other issues. Thanks
 
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