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Malke,
I don't know which is more productive, forget protection and keep data off
computer archive or suffer pains of trying to set up defences.
I went to F-Prot site download F-Prot for trial. Saved it to disc, then
tried executing the fp-win-trial.exe, message came up, 'not a valid WIN32
application'
This is after doing a couple of scans with Sysclean, removing 2 Virus first
time and 5 second time and THEN failing to install NIS2005 from CD and
trialware.
I must confess to Norton/Symantec not EVER working for me including NIS2003.
I suppose considering price of USD29 for 5 machines would be worth trying if
it won't be in vain.
Are there any settings that I might have which cause probs ?
Your advice please.
Regards Dhanna 28.5.05
"Malke" wrote:
> Mike Fields wrote:
>
> >
> > "Malke" <invalid@not-real.com> wrote in message
> > news:uAILmNlYFHA.980@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> >> Segovia wrote:
> >>
> >> > Malke wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> You will have a hard time finding any techs (including me) who
> >> >> recommend Norton products any more.
> >> >
> >> > I'm curious as to why that is. I don't have any loyalty to Norton
> >> > or anything else, but merely curious why it seems to have fallen
> >> > from favor with most IT types (including you).
> >> >
> >> Most of us in the tech business have seen nothing but troubles with
> >> Norton products over the last few years. The last good one, IMO, was
> >> NAV 2003. The software is too big, too bloated, too invasive, and
> >> puts too many hooks into the system. When NAV or NIS is running well,
> >> then things are OK (if the computer has enough processor power and
> >> RAM to handle the slowdown), but when those Norton programs break, it
> >> is difficult to fix them. They don't uninstall cleanly either. I used
> >> NAV and other Norton programs from the DOS days to NAV2003, but no
> >> longer.
> >>
> >> Malke
> >> --
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> >> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
> >
> > OK, I too have had issues with Norton, but which ones do people
> > favor (antivirus chiefly) ?? I currently have NAV 2003 on three
> > machines in the house, but am looking at switching to another
> > anti-virus for them. What do people (who are used to this sort
> > of thing) prefer for anti-virus. We use McAfee at work, but I was
> > not happy with their install a while back.
> >
> > mikey
>
> That's such a personal preference it's hard to give you a specific
> answer. You can download some trial versions of different av's to see
> which you like best. Just make sure to uninstall the previous programs
> first. I use F-Prot on all my Windows machines and I like it a lot. It
> is very reasonably priced, does a good job, has very frequent updates,
> and is easy on system resources.
>
>
http://www.f-prot.com
>
> There are lots of other av's, though.
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>