Re: Worst AV Experiences

From: SuperGumby [SBS MVP] (not_at_your.nellie)
Date: 05/25/04 

Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 09:15:43 +1000

which version Dave? I have a client at the moment whose performance seems to
be being heavily impacted by NIS 2004 (well, NAV actually, I've had to
disable the IS side of things).

In the past my dislike of NAV (since it became Symantec NAV, previous to
that it was fine) has been slight, Jan whom I work with hates it with a
vengence.

I got so fed up with Innoculan from both a performance and a support angle
that I simply no longer consider CA products. One of their Sydney offices is
a 'stone's throw' from my home, I've been tempted. 

-- 
I'd rather be happy than right anyway.
Slartibartfast.
"Dave Nickason [SBS MVP]" <gwdibble@NOSPAM.frontiernet.net> wrote in message
news:%23FBcwbqQEHA.2644@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> I'd never use a Norton product after some bad experiences in the early
days
> of win95.  However, my Dad uses it successfully, and he clicks every
pop-up
> and runs every file he gets in the e-mail.  The fact that his computer
still
> runs is a testament to either Norton AV or some exceptionally good luck
> (probably both).
>
> That said, I recently spent about 10 hours troubleshooting a user's XP
Home
> laptop for a problem that turned out to be Norton.  (Computer froze solid
> about 1-3 minutes after boot, except in safe mode).  Unfortunately for me,
> he had some minor Windows errors that misdirected me from the real
problem,
> which disappeared upon uninstalling Norton.
>
>
> "Steve Foster [SBS MVP]" <steve.foster@picamar.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:xn0dipd1wmqag000@msnews.microsoft.com...
> > Given that there's no consensus on "the best" AV solution for SBS, I
> > wonder if there's any chance of one on "the worst"... :)
> >
> > Personally, I find Norton to be the pits (heck, it won't let you
> > install/uninstall it from safe mode, for goodness' sake), closely
> > followed by McAffee.
> >
> > -- 
> > Steve Foster [SBS MVP]
> > ---------------------------------------
> > MVPs do not work for Microsoft. Please reply only to the newsgroups.
>
>

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