Guest philp Posted September 1, 2006 CID Share Posted September 1, 2006 If you don't believe AOL IS spyware, just read this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted September 1, 2006 CID Share Posted September 1, 2006 that is pretty intersting.. not a huge suprise.. AOL just went free as their company continues to lose users and pretty go from the #1 ISP to not even existing. So the development time isnt going to be spend on the project anymore.. to pay for this.. why not install a bunch of crap from other companies.. Their tool bar isnt anything really new.. Symantec has been installing crap on the tool bar ever since I stopped using Norton.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted September 1, 2006 CID Share Posted September 1, 2006 Nice find philp Never used it, but always wondered what was up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted September 1, 2006 CID Share Posted September 1, 2006 nice find philp i always knew it was spyware thats why i never used it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shug7272 Posted September 1, 2006 CID Share Posted September 1, 2006 Good read philip, and yea Im with swimmer, how the hell did norton go from so good to so bad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted September 1, 2006 CID Share Posted September 1, 2006 how the hell did norton go from so good to so bad? they became greedy and only care about how much money they could make from the software. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest philp Posted September 1, 2006 CID Share Posted September 1, 2006 they became greedy and only care about how much money they could make from the software. Absolutely. I had NAV 2003 and it was pretty decent. After I "upgraded" to NAV 2004, I would get pop-up windows telling me which virus it allowed through. I haven't used Norton since the middle of '04. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWO Posted September 1, 2006 CID Share Posted September 1, 2006 What about NIS 2006 ? What are pit falls ? Should I dump it out the window ( pun intended ) ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest philp Posted September 1, 2006 CID Share Posted September 1, 2006 I have lost faith in all Norton products. But maybe someone else has had better luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwstegeman Posted September 1, 2006 CID Share Posted September 1, 2006 As a geek (programming since 1974) I have ALWAYS disliked AOL. Nice find! I use AVAST anti-virus (download is on PCWORLD.COM) on all my machines and have never had a problem with it. I tried to upgrade Symantec System Works 2006 last March and it totally hosed my machine. Norton just gets worse and worse. Paul S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest philp Posted September 1, 2006 CID Share Posted September 1, 2006 As a geek (programming since 1974) I have ALWAYS disliked AOL. Nice find! I use AVAST anti-virus (download is on PCWORLD.COM) on all my machines and have never had a problem with it. I tried to upgrade Symantec System Works 2006 last March and it totally hosed my machine. Norton just gets worse and worse. Paul S First off, welcome to TMN!! I've heard a lot of good things about Avast. I have PC-Cillin Internet Security on my laptop right now. Would the 2 conflict with each other? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roco Posted September 1, 2006 CID Share Posted September 1, 2006 My neighbour was very happy with AOL, and their monthly Disks , although he doesn't own a computer, they made excelant bird scareres for his runner bean patch mind you AOL scares me anyway nearly as much as Norton Go back to a blue screen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwstegeman Posted September 1, 2006 CID Share Posted September 1, 2006 Philip, Having more than 1 anti-virus loaded on a machine is always risky. I would wait until your PC-Cillan subscription expires before changing, or remove it before loading Avast. Often having 2 antiviruses loaded will cause registry problems. PaulS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roco Posted September 1, 2006 CID Share Posted September 1, 2006 First off, welcome to TMN!! I've heard a lot of good things about Avast. I have PC-Cillin Internet Security on my laptop right now. Would the 2 conflict with each other? I have seen it done , but all the antivirus vender's say don't , for my pennies worth (UK) AVG works for me and many others , I tried Avast , but I did not give it enough time I guess, and went back to AVG , I totally agree with pwstegeman , in not running 2 anti-virus appli's. Hi wellcome to the forum pwstegeman , Feb 2006 ?, com'on post some more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted September 1, 2006 CID Share Posted September 1, 2006 If you don't believe AOL IS spyware, just read this Good read philip, and yea Im with swimmer, how the hell did norton go from so good to so bad? Just curious shug, have you been taking lessons from Reso in getting off track? AOL right into Norton? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted September 2, 2006 CID Share Posted September 2, 2006 From what I heard since like 2001 Symantec has been reusing the same code base for every release.. pretty simular to what MS does with windows.. I think 2006 was a brand new code base. I will never go back to Norton stuff.. there is just no reason to.. Unless you are doing enterprise stuff.. Those products are pretty damn good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shug7272 Posted September 2, 2006 CID Share Posted September 2, 2006 Just curious shug, have you been taking lessons from Reso in getting off track? AOL right into Norton? Kiss ma ass... :cussing: By the way did you notice that Swimmers hot ass is the first one to bring up Symantic. :flipa: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted September 2, 2006 CID Share Posted September 2, 2006 No I guess I missed that damned thing. Which way did it go? And it would be hard to miss shug! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shug7272 Posted September 2, 2006 CID Share Posted September 2, 2006 No I guess I missed that damned thing. Which way did it go? And it would be hard to miss shug! :haha: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest philp Posted September 2, 2006 CID Share Posted September 2, 2006 Philip, Having more than 1 anti-virus loaded on a machine is always risky. I would wait until your PC-Cillan subscription expires before changing, or remove it before loading Avast. Often having 2 antiviruses loaded will cause registry problems. PaulS I I had heard that but wasn't sure if it was just, perhaps, 2 certain names that had conflicts (NAV vs McAfee, for instance). Thanks for the info!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest philp Posted September 2, 2006 CID Share Posted September 2, 2006 I will never go back to Norton stuff.. there is just no reason to.. Unless you are doing enterprise stuff.. Those products are pretty **** good... I think that's where Symantec is putting all there time, effort and knowledge. The home stuff just doesn't cut it anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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