RE: Windows Installer

Spending tons of hours cleaning up completely updated PCs with Norton
Internet Security on them could be part of it. It's the same senario every
time. Someone buys a new PC with Norton on it (the full version not the trial
version). Within a month or two the PC gets attacked by trojans that Norton
cannot remove. The user has to call Dell, HP, etc to find out what to do to
get rid of viruses, trojans, etc. that Norton found but cannot remove.
Without fail, the user is guided through a reinstallation, losing all their
data. The next month, the same exact thing happens.

I just did a clean install on a PC on Thursday for one of my managers. I
updated XP Pro, Norton, Spybot, SpywareBlaster, Microsoft AntiSpyware, etc.
Today the user told me that Norton found a trojan and was unable to
quarantine or remove it. So now it just has to sit there until there are so
many unremovable trojans that the PC needs to be rebuilt again. I have seen
this many times. Of course, you may not have these problems mentioned but
every Norton user I know has constant problems and eventually switches to
another brand of protection.

We use Symantec Corporate AV on our network and it is nothing but problems.
Constant attacks. Its always a crisis for two weeks after a virus is
released. I forgot to mention trying to get a disabled Norton/Symantec
product off of an attacked PC. Good luck trying to remove it or LiveUpdate
even with their uninstaller. I've never seen so many error messages.

McAfee may have some issues but I never get viruses, trojans or other
attacks on my home PC. And yes, obviously XP has more holes in it than swiss
cheese but if McAfee prevents attacks and from my experience Norton does not,
I'll stick with McAfee until that changes.
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That's just like my opinion, Man........


"Neil UK" wrote:

> Having Norton Internet Security running successfully on three laptops, I am
> interested to see your negative approach. I would like to know what you find
> bad about it.
.

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