Re: Please help me with antivirus/firewall software

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From: Fred (fredhanson_at_att.net)
Date: 08/05/04 

Date: 5 Aug 2004 10:54:23 -0700

r-- Thanks for your comments. You suggest the easy way out. I was just
wondering whether, even if I don't use all the programs in a suite, I
might be better off with one company's programs. What I'm really
scared of is the mess I could make if I tried to clean out the
unwanted program and all its traces. It may not be elegant, but for
now I'm staying with the 2 different programs unless I hear that I can
change without messing up my whole computer.

Fred

"r" <r@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:<AEF5798B-902B-40B6-91A6-B4A046374E43@microsoft.com>...
> Fred,
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> You don’t need any “suites”, only antivirus and firewall (if you don’t have
> hardware firewall). Norton is a good antivirus, and McAfee is ok firewall. If
> they work for you, just renew the subscriptions.
>
> Good Luck!
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> "Fred" wrote:
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> > I recently bought a new computer with XP-home that was preloaded with
> > Norton Antivirus. I added McAfee Personal Firewall available from my
> > cable company.
> >
> > The "free" time on both of these is expiring soon, and I need help
> > getting a permanent set of programs in place. I looked at using both
> > the Internet Security programs from Norton and McAfee, but both
> > require extensive operations on deleting all relevant security
> > programs as well as dealing with registry entries.
> >
> > How likely is it to screw up these operations? Is it better simply to
> > renew the 2 programs I'm using--which seem to be doing their work just
> > fine--and forget about the other features that the suites offer? I
> > mean, I don't like spam but I've adjusted to it. I'd rather spend a
> > few seconds each day deleting spam than to spend hours cleaning up an
> > installation mess. Besides, the user reviews of both the Norton and
> > McAfee suites on CNET are really bad--and scary.
> >
> > I'd appreciate any comments on these issues.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >

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