Mike Leone on 26 Jan 2008 09:31:35 -0800 |
Eric wrote: > jeff wrote: >> Mike Leone wrote: >>> Really? I never had Norton or McAfee trigger on anything from >>> SysInternals ... >>> ___ >> Symantec corporate tried to eat them frequently. I have to give >> Symantec credit - it tried to eat a whole lot of my admin utils. >> >> Unfortunately they've developed Windows Syndrome, in that the AV has >> become fat and bloated, slowing down everything it touches. We're >> keeping it for desktops and moving elsewhere for servers. Getting rid >> of it on the desktop is going to be PAINFUL. >> >> I have been using AVG on Win boxes lately. Doesn't slow them down. >> > > I've had a similar experience with Norton/Symantec Internet Security. > Occasionally it goes "crazy" and becomes a total resource hog slowing the > computer to a crawl. Uninstalling is the only solution I've found. Same for > Macafee. I'll believe that; I've seen the same. But that is different from "Symantec corporate tried to eat them frequently". Or is to me, anyway. I take that to me that Symantec Corporate stopped them from executing, saying they were a virus. I've never seen it do *that*, not to those programs, anyway. ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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