I bought one of the Dell laptops Walmart had on their Black Friday Ad
(a really nice unit) and we set it up when we got home to get updates
and register it. (It is being put away until graduation) It had
Norton on it fresh from the factory and one of the first things I
instructed my wife to do was remove it. Put Avast on it.
Came with 2 GB ram, Home Premium and a DVD/CD burner.
Stewart
At 09:55 AM 11/30/2007, you wrote:
Not much of a point, really. The question posted was how come so many
people use NAV if it's such a poor product. My post pointed out that people
use the stuff the PC comes shipped with whether it's the best solution or
not. NAV is shipped preinstalled on lots of PCs unless you custom-order it
like through Dell's order process and specify the AV -- if any -- that you
really want. If like most computer buyers you pick one up at Costco or
Staples, NAV is installed and it probably runs when you fire up the PC.
Most computer users are not as sophisticated as members of this list;
they've heard that they need AV software and the PC came with it already
installed, so they just use it. Down the road they may come to regret that.
The product has developed a bad reputation recently, especially the security
bundle -- AV plus firewall plus adware removal.
Smoking, overeating, and not wearing seat belts are CHOICES that consumers
are (mostly) free to make. Receiving a PC with AOL or NAV already installed
is not a choice most computer buyers make. It's the path of least
resistance. And that's my theory for why millions use NAV. If it didn't
work that way, Norton/Symantec, McAfee, et al would not kick back to the
manufacturers to preinstall their software, would they?
-Mike
Rev. Stewart A. Marshall
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Prince of Peace www.princeofpeaceozark.org
Ozark, AL SL 82
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