Norton Anti Virus Question

Pu-239 · Post by **Pu-239** » 2002-11-06 11:11pm

the only viruses I'm really concerned about are the ones that do serious damage, like Win32.cih, which reflashes your flash bios, making the computer useless. This I almost got from a disk a friend of my sister's gave me.

Pu-239 · Post by **Pu-239** » 2002-11-06 11:13pm

I won't be driving anytime soon. Poor hand eye coordination, plus ADHD

Enlightenment · Post by **Enlightenment** » 2002-11-07 08:06pm

Darth Wong wrote:Grisoft AVG Antivirus is free. Forget Norton and McAfee.

Seconded. It's what I use here and it works just fine.

Norton's pay-for-updates scheme is nothing but a ripoff. Just say no to rental software.

Post by **Colonel Olrik** » 2002-11-07 08:14pm

Darth Wong wrote:Grisoft AVG Antivirus is free. Forget Norton and McAfee.

I would also recomend mine, the H+BEDV Antivir Antivirus. Free and I'm quite content with it. It has even stopped infections.

download from here

punkgothhippie · Post by **punkgothhippie** » 2002-11-07 09:59pm

if you ask me norton anti-virus is a fluke...waste of time money so on and so forth i would prefer my own detection program any day but since i don't have one on my laptop i also use norton anti-virus my desk top doesn't get viruses this pos gets em often but then again this lap top deserves to go to hell so hey everyone is happy

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2002-11-08 10:46am

All I can say is that I've been using Norton 2002 (previous ones didn't work with XP), then I updated to Norton 2003. I want to note that it wasn't worth the downl... 50 bucks, because it's 99% identical to 2002, except for a few different drawings in the menu.

Norton AV has NO serials. If you uninstall it (maybe clean a bit of the registry) and reinstall it, you get ANOTHER YEAR of free LiveUpdate. Is it illegal? Why? What law says I can't delete stuff from my registry?

In fact it should be illegal to allow updating only if you pay extra.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2002-11-08 10:57am

You agreed to the license which IIRC stayed you would receive one (1) free year of use from LiveUpdate. As such it is technically illegal to circumvent that, but I seriously doubt Symantec gives a damn (else they'd try harder).

I much prefered NAV Corporate Edition (my previous university used it) over the retail editions (much cleaner GUI).

I'm currently using GriSoft AVG though.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2002-11-08 11:19am

No, I didn't agree. In fact I used the window handlers to change the text in the "agree" button, to "not agree but still want to use the software". I do it with all license agreements.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2002-11-08 12:03pm

That wouldn't fly in court and you know it. By using a piece of software you've implicitly agreed to the EULA.

EmperorChrostas the Cruel · Post by **EmperorChrostas the Cruel** » 2002-11-08 10:11pm

Pu-239:

I got the idea from your post. Granted, you did not directly say you were using the school's computer, but you mentioned the school's system, and in the very next scentance, said you turn off the virus software, because it's too slow. If you do not see how this is a clear implication, but not a direct statement, your command of the english language is a poor one. Making a logical inferance from a clear implication, is not the same as jumping to a conclusion, based on nothing.

Sorry about the harsh words, as they are clearly undeserved.

In a blaltent attempt to weasel into a better moral position, I must say that you did admit to being lazy, and said what the fuck.

My mother teaches at a middle school, and every semester, someone does what a unjustly accused you of doing, with the predictable results.