Comments on: Giving up on Norton http://walt.lishost.org/2007/01/giving-up-on-norton/ The library voice of the radical middle Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:39:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Brad K. http://walt.lishost.org/2007/01/giving-up-on-norton/#comment-24461 Brad K. Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:05:05 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=464#comment-24461 I faced the same thing. My Norton SystemWorks subscription ran out in November. and they hounded the heck out of me. This seems such an obvious PR disaster for Norton -- why would any company let a product cause so very much ill will for them? I made the mistake of renewing. Not only are the delays annoying, but Norton insists on hounding me several times an hour if I am not logged in, so they can check to see if my license is current. Again, they really do go out of their way to irritate current customers. Thanks for the encouraging report on ZoneAlarm. I faced the same thing. My Norton SystemWorks subscription ran out in November. and they hounded the heck out of me. This seems such an obvious PR disaster for Norton — why would any company let a product cause so very much ill will for them?

I made the mistake of renewing. Not only are the delays annoying, but Norton insists on hounding me several times an hour if I am not logged in, so they can check to see if my license is current. Again, they really do go out of their way to irritate current customers.

Thanks for the encouraging report on ZoneAlarm.

]]> By: walt http://walt.lishost.org/2007/01/giving-up-on-norton/#comment-24460 walt Mon, 15 Jan 2007 20:03:16 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=464#comment-24460 Shirl, But MacAfee VirusScan presumably doesn't include either a software firewall (ZoneAlarm's classic strength) or spyware defenses. XP's own firewall is inbound-only, making it considerably suboptimal. Shirl, But MacAfee VirusScan presumably doesn’t include either a software firewall (ZoneAlarm’s classic strength) or spyware defenses. XP’s own firewall is inbound-only, making it considerably suboptimal.

]]> By: Shirl Kennedy http://walt.lishost.org/2007/01/giving-up-on-norton/#comment-24459 Shirl Kennedy Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:52:32 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=464#comment-24459 I'm basically a Mac person, but recently bought a new Win XP PC because my son wanted one in the house. This thing came with Norton Security installed (90 day subscription), and drove me absolutely crazy with its warnings, alerts, etc., when I was getting the machine set up on our network. I tried turning off various components, but they turned themselves back on again every time the machine was rebooted. Phooey. I refuse to cede control of my own machine to Symantec/Norton or anyone else. I uninstalled it and replaced it with the much simpler MacAfee VirusScan. Life is much better. I don't run AV software on either of my Macs, although they are firewalled out the whazoo... Open Source option of choice --highly rated -- is <a href="http://www.clamav.net/" rel="nofollow">Clam AV</a>. Also has a <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/clamwin/" rel="nofollow">Windows front end</a>. I’m basically a Mac person, but recently bought a new Win XP PC because my son wanted one in the house. This thing came with Norton Security installed (90 day subscription), and drove me absolutely crazy with its warnings, alerts, etc., when I was getting the machine set up on our network. I tried turning off various components, but they turned themselves back on again every time the machine was rebooted.

Phooey. I refuse to cede control of my own machine to Symantec/Norton or anyone else.

I uninstalled it and replaced it with the much simpler MacAfee VirusScan. Life is much better.

I don’t run AV software on either of my Macs, although they are firewalled out the whazoo… Open Source option of choice –highly rated — is Clam AV. Also has a Windows front end.

]]> By: Christopher Harris http://walt.lishost.org/2007/01/giving-up-on-norton/#comment-24457 Christopher Harris Mon, 15 Jan 2007 18:04:20 +0000 http://walt.lishost.org/?p=464#comment-24457 Walt, I have been using the firewall part of Zone Alarm for quite a few years now. I have stuck it out with Norton's only because my work has an enterprise subscription with free home use. I look forward to hearing about your experiences and will strongly consider the smaller price increase to a full Zone Alarm subscription since I am already paying for the firewall. Walt,

I have been using the firewall part of Zone Alarm for quite a few years now. I have stuck it out with Norton’s only because my work has an enterprise subscription with free home use. I look forward to hearing about your experiences and will strongly consider the smaller price increase to a full Zone Alarm subscription since I am already paying for the firewall.

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