Why I Prefer McAffee !!!
Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2003 9:16 am
1) Something in the system shuts down Norton at what is perceived as random times. Probably something on the internet getting through that does it. This goes unnoticed until the thoughts "Hey, there's no Norton in my system tray!" How long it's been absent before that's discovered may have been enough to let in a few viruses or more -- and it has.
2) Two of the PCs I build this summer I returned [major parts like motherboard and bare-bones assemblies] because they were defective, as in the driver software would not load propperly or not at all. Scanning with Norton on another machine revealed absolutely nothing, so it Had to be the hardware, just HAD to be the hardware.
3) Approximately something just under 50 of my regular backup CDs were infested with several types of virulent viruses, etc. This was discovered when one of the new machines started shutting down again at the strangest of times.
Just to try something different, I picked up a copy of MacAffee's full suite at the local computer rip-off store and was absolutely horrified to discover what existed on those CDs as outlined in 3) above.
MacAffee also caught the culprit of 2) above when I tested, on a hunch, the driver CD I forgot to return with the hardware, and THAT CD, FROM THE DISTRIBUTOR, WAS LOADED!!!
When there was a severe rash of viruses going around on the IUKF mailings, I caught a Klez. Actual several varieties of Klez from one person in particular. I know this because I traced this one back through the list of CDs to an earlier time.
Fortunately for my friends in email-land, I don't resave old mailing lists when I rebuild a PC, rather keep old stuff stored off.
But Norton, yoo hoo -- NORTON -- NEVER NIXED NONE of the above.
I put my money where my mouth is and am remaining in the secure camp of the McAffee.
In my leisure as I reconstruct my backup system weeding out those viruses and Trojan horses, one-at-the-time, I wonder why I hadn't previously considered McAffee before. Probably because the name Norton is a trustes household name in PC-land. Just don't ask I'f I'm enjoying my leisure time as I do my internet and email thing on a 300MHz laptop with a low-resolution video card until I get this mess all cleaned up! Just don't ask.
Remember. The word is pronounced Mac'-Uh-Fee!.
2) Two of the PCs I build this summer I returned [major parts like motherboard and bare-bones assemblies] because they were defective, as in the driver software would not load propperly or not at all. Scanning with Norton on another machine revealed absolutely nothing, so it Had to be the hardware, just HAD to be the hardware.
3) Approximately something just under 50 of my regular backup CDs were infested with several types of virulent viruses, etc. This was discovered when one of the new machines started shutting down again at the strangest of times.
Just to try something different, I picked up a copy of MacAffee's full suite at the local computer rip-off store and was absolutely horrified to discover what existed on those CDs as outlined in 3) above.
MacAffee also caught the culprit of 2) above when I tested, on a hunch, the driver CD I forgot to return with the hardware, and THAT CD, FROM THE DISTRIBUTOR, WAS LOADED!!!
When there was a severe rash of viruses going around on the IUKF mailings, I caught a Klez. Actual several varieties of Klez from one person in particular. I know this because I traced this one back through the list of CDs to an earlier time.
Fortunately for my friends in email-land, I don't resave old mailing lists when I rebuild a PC, rather keep old stuff stored off.
But Norton, yoo hoo -- NORTON -- NEVER NIXED NONE of the above.
I put my money where my mouth is and am remaining in the secure camp of the McAffee.
In my leisure as I reconstruct my backup system weeding out those viruses and Trojan horses, one-at-the-time, I wonder why I hadn't previously considered McAffee before. Probably because the name Norton is a trustes household name in PC-land. Just don't ask I'f I'm enjoying my leisure time as I do my internet and email thing on a 300MHz laptop with a low-resolution video card until I get this mess all cleaned up! Just don't ask.
Remember. The word is pronounced Mac'-Uh-Fee!.