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 > Curious about the people moderating your messages? Visit our staff web site: http://freepctech.com/staff.shtml