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| Thread ID: 122566 | 2011-12-30 10:37:00 | Funniest thing happened yesterday | wainuitech (129) | PC World Chat |
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| 1251280 | 2011-12-31 01:48:00 | Last time a shop offered me a copy of Nortons (for free) I had the satisfaction of telling them to give it someone they didn't like. | nerd89 (14761) | ||
| 1251281 | 2011-12-31 02:19:00 | Someone trying to steal a copy of NIS? That's really sad. I wouldn't even bother... In fact, you couldn't pay me to take it. Fixed that for you... |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 1251282 | 2011-12-31 08:30:00 | :clapIs it possible that Nortons is that good that it picked up a virus in the security system even before it was taken out of the box. :D :banana | Bobh (5192) | ||
| 1251283 | 2011-12-31 08:50:00 | I suppose even Nortons could catch a virus occasionally, although I think it is optimised to catch dorks, and, it must be confessed, it is quite good at that. (At least Ms. WT and the store security system tried to stop the Nortons being released into the wild.) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1251284 | 2011-12-31 18:46:00 | So you're all mocking the guy. When I have seen people do that in those places, I just go and tell them I'm a tech and it's not a good product and tell them the alternatives. | pctek (84) | ||
| 1251285 | 2011-12-31 21:46:00 | I haven't used Nortons for years, and I won't. But from the reviews and tests I read it seems it actually performs pretty well these days. My biggest complaint when I did use it was the way it refused to uninstall itself completely and always left bits behind. Anyway are you guys sure it's still crap and you are not just hanging on to opinions based on older versions ? Not having a go, I'm honestly interested if anyone has tried it in the last 6 months and judged it still crap. As for the security alarm, Am I the only one who's ever been tempted to stick one of those magnetic strips in someones pocket when they weren't looking..... |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1251286 | 2011-12-31 23:25:00 | I haven't used Nortons for years, and I won't. But from the reviews and tests I read it seems it actually performs pretty well these days. My biggest complaint when I did use it was the way it refused to uninstall itself completely and always left bits behind. Anyway are you guys sure it's still crap and you are not just hanging on to opinions based on older versions ? Not having a go, I'm honestly interested if anyone has tried it in the last 6 months and judged it still crap. I haven't used it for years either. I used to think it was the bees-knees until I "saw the light" Sure the reviews all say it's good... but the reviews have always said it was good. That's one of the reasons why I bought the damn thing like an idiot. I haven't used the latest version and I don't want to. I did try a Beta version of v2009 or something, but it was horrible - very Vista-style "user-friendly" bullcrap. It insisted on outright deleting anything it thought suspicious, without asking, and IIRC I couldn't find any option to change that behavior (Probably hidden under the piles of "user-friendliness") Anyway, I sure won't even bother considering it as it stands - In fact I haven't considered any paid security software since I got Comodo for free. Defense+ is one of the best things I have ever used - not for the faint-hearted though! |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1251287 | 2012-01-01 00:48:00 | As for the security alarm, Am I the only one who's ever been tempted to stick one of those magnetic strips in someones pocket when they weren't looking..... They use RFID tags these days. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
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