Michael -

From your email address I gather you are using Comcast as your ISP. When I
was a Comcast customer they offered McAfee products at no charge and I was
happy with them. Certainly worth a try at that price.

Jerry


On 12/19/06, Michael Lanspa <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> A little history.  We've been having significant annoyances with
> Symantec's Norton Internet Security (NIS) for years.  However, it has caused
> several major corruptions that forced us to "clean slate" our hard drive and
> lose everything.  The latest "event" was just before Thanksgiving, when the
> "Norton GoBack" boot procedure insidiously inserted itself deep into our
> hard drive into a partition where it couldn't be removed and wouldn't allow
> a normal boot-up.  Result: Dell expert techs couldn't remove it so had to
> send us a brand new hard drive (free, bless 'em).  And recently I discovered
> that I can't run a virus scan any more with Symantec's little NIS jewel
> because of a program called WinFax Pro, a Symantec product that "appeared"
> in my hard drive, and which Symantec has stopped supporting, so they can't
> help me with it.  So I've decided to do the software equivalent of tying a
> Symant cinder block around Symantec's ankles and throwing it and Norton off
> the nearest high bridge.
> My question is can anyone recommend a reliable Internet
> Security/Anti-Virus-Spam package?  I was thinking of McAfee, but haven't
> used it in years.  I've heard that most "all in one" packages, like McAfee
> and Norton have a tendency to configure your system to conform to their
> specs, and as such, could cause problems.
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Mike Lanspa
>

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