Re: Mcafee Or Norton On XP?

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From: Steve Winograd [MVP] (winograd_at_pobox.com)
Date: 08/01/04 

Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2004 04:55:47 -0600

In article <7b3601c47708$96b7ad00$a301280a@phx.gbl>, "Shawn"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>Mike
>
>I was referring to options primarily related to the
>firewall. I look at a firewall and anti-virus as a
>package, I don't see the point of having one without the
>other. I like to 'see' what is going on. Norton gave me
>a lot of options for looking at what is going on with my
>network. McAfee works great, but seems a little to
>general and automatic. I know that sounds funny, most
>people like automatic and hands-off. I prefer to get in
>there and configure things myself. Of course, I would
>probabaly have less problems if I quit tweaking things
>all the time...lol.
>
>I too I never gotten a virus since using McAfee, I can't
>say that for Norton; however I have never had any damage
>related to a virus from using either product.
>
>Shawn

I don't know of any ideal antivirus/firewall package. The closest
that I've seen is eTrust EZ Armor, which has eTrust EZ Antivirus (my
top choice) and a re-branded, slightly modified version of ZoneAlarm
firewall. However, I prefer to use eTrust EZ Antivirus and the actual
ZoneAlarm firewall, downloaded directly from ZoneAlarm. 

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