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From: Erik Richard Sørensen on 5 Feb 2010 16:42 nospam wrote: > Erik Richard Sørensen <NOSPAM(a)NOSPAM.dk> wrote: >> The only thing from today's Norton that's worth using on a >> Mac is the Norton Antivirus and nothing else - no firewall, no internet >> security! > > there is no reason for *anything* norton especially the anti-virus. Once again you make a complete fool out of yourself. - Infact there are lots of companies and educational institutions that do require privat computers/laptops used for work to have an antivirus application installed, if such a computer is to be connected to the local network. And once again - here the newest NAV is still the best on Mac as well as on any Windows based computer. Cheers, Erik Richard -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Erik Richard Sørensen, Member of ADC, <mac-manNOSP(a)Mstofanet.dk> NisusWriter - The Future In Multilingual Text Processing - www.nisus.com OpenOffice.org - The Modern Productivity Solution - www.openoffice.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
From: Jason Bourne on 5 Feb 2010 16:44 Jason Bourne wrote: > My ISP includes the Norton Security Suite as part if the monthly > subscription fee. > > Upsides/downsides to installing on my iMac 21.5, SL 10.6.2? Hmmmm, thanks guys. I'll definitely take a pass on Norton...
From: nospam on 5 Feb 2010 16:48 In article <4b6c90d5$0$8555$ba624c82(a)nntp06.dk.telia.net>, Erik Richard S�rensen <NOSPAM(a)NOSPAM.dk> wrote: > > Erik Richard S�rensen <NOSPAM(a)NOSPAM.dk> wrote: > >> The only thing from today's Norton that's worth using on a > >> Mac is the Norton Antivirus and nothing else - no firewall, no internet > >> security! > > > > there is no reason for *anything* norton especially the anti-virus. > > Once again you make a complete fool out of yourself. that's funny, from someone who gets so much wrong, so often. > - Infact there are > lots of companies and educational institutions that do require privat > computers/laptops used for work to have an antivirus application > installed, if such a computer is to be connected to the local network. that's a political issue, not a technical one. the original poster did not ask on behalf of a company that required anti-virus software, but rather for his own personal use, and for that, *nothing* is needed, especially norton. > And once again - here the newest NAV is still the best on Mac as well as > on any Windows based computer. if by 'best', you mean quickest to corrupt their system and cause the most pain to the user. some people do enjoy pain and maybe they also have an abundance of free time to reinstall and rebuild their system, so for them, it may indeed be the best, but for most people who want to be productive, stay the hell away from it.
From: Roger on 5 Feb 2010 16:47 In article <hkhrur$5ba$1(a)news.albasani.net>, Jason Bourne <jg(a)spy.net> wrote: > My ISP includes the Norton Security Suite as part if the monthly > subscription fee. > > Upsides/downsides to installing on my iMac 21.5, SL 10.6.2? Worse than pointless. Rog --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net ---
From: J.J. O'Shea on 5 Feb 2010 17:07
On Fri, 5 Feb 2010 16:42:45 -0500, Erik Richard S�rensen wrote (in article <4b6c90d5$0$8555$ba624c82(a)nntp06.dk.telia.net>): > > nospam wrote: >> Erik Richard S�rensen <NOSPAM(a)NOSPAM.dk> wrote: >>> The only thing from today's Norton that's worth using on a >>> Mac is the Norton Antivirus and nothing else - no firewall, no internet >>> security! >> >> there is no reason for *anything* norton especially the anti-virus. > > Once again you make a complete fool out of yourself. Oh, the irony. Have you plugged a thumb drive into a USB 1.1 port yet, laddie? > - Infact there are > lots of companies and educational institutions that do require privat > computers/laptops used for work to have an antivirus application > installed, if such a computer is to be connected to the local network. As the OP was talking about using Norton on a _private_ machine connected to his home broadband, this is relevant how? > And once again - here the newest NAV is still the best on Mac as well as > on any Windows based computer. No. NAV _used_ to be the best, a long time ago. A _very_ long time ago, back in the 1990s. It has long since fallen, and is now one of the worst systems available. Norton 2009 actually destroyed data. It was more dangerous than most live malware. Given the choice, if _I_ have to put A/V on a WinBox, I use AVG or even Microsoft Security Essentials, both of which are free, or Malwarebytes, which is semi-free... and all of which work much better than Norton. Do you know how _bad_ Norton has to be before _Microsoft_ A/V works better than it does? On a Mac, if I had to have A/V I'd use ClamXav. Again, unlike Norton, it won't eat your data. > > Cheers, Erik Richard > > -- email to oshea dot j dot j at gmail dot com. |