Re: SP3 problem: note for Shenan Stanley

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Bob wrote:
Thank you for your input, everything worked fine. It was not
Windows that put that bogus SP3 on my machine, it was a trojan. I
found nothing pertaining to it in Control Panel, add or remove. I
downloaded both programs, and ran them, they cleaned up the
machine, and brought Norton back. I gather from your message that
you do not like Norton. Can you tell me what program you use in
place of Norton?

First - please do not change the subject line of your posting. For those
who follow threads, it can be very confusing and perhpas they would miss the
changed subjec-lines all together. The subject is how many things keep a
conversation together, keep them ina single thread. When you change it - it
breaks that connection for some and if they had their application following
along the conversation for them - it may not be marked and you may never
hear from them again.

In any case...

It's not Norton I do not like (although it is more bloated and uses more
resources than many other applications to do the same thing - resources you
might want to use elsewhere and there have been many products of theirs that
have been difficult for some people to remove and maintain the full
functionality of their machines in the past) - it's any all-in-one suite.
You take a company that does something well and decides they can do
everything related to security and the product you usually end up with lacks
in one or more of the other facets of security and it also complicates
things beyond most people's comprehension. Security should be simple and
elegant - if you over-complicate - most people will not keep it up properly,
etc.

In any case- yes - I suggest you use the Windows Firewall, a home NAT router
(hardware) if you have cable/dsl/other high-speed Internet and something
like Avira AntiVirus or AVG AntiVirus or Avast! AntiVirus (free - all of
them) or if you are willing to put down a little money - eSet NOD32
AntiVirus is a fantastic AV product. Notice - I only specifiy AntiVirus.

If you are concerned about malware infesting your machine on top of
viruses/trojans - I have found the full MalwareBytes product (the free is
great for cleanup) to be pretty on-top-of-things when it comes to that.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
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