I kicked Norton to the curb years ago. McAfee soon followed it. For the past few years, I've used Emsisoft's Anti-malware; it has a smaller footprint and doesn't slow the system. I haven't had any trouble with the systems in this house. Some people, who shall remain nameless, would disable McAfee & Norton because they slowed their surfing experience. Nothing like having to clean a system that shouldn't have needed it.
I'm so pleased with it that I use the mobile version for my Android. Good luck! Yonnie On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 4:40 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2/28/2018 00:37, mike wilson wrote: >>> >>> On 28 February 2018 at 04:34 John <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> On 2/27/2018 14:28, John Francis wrote: >>>> >>>> On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 02:04:12PM -0500, John wrote: >>>>> >>>>> My new laptop just arrived. I finally broke down and ordered a >>>>> refurbished HP Elitebook from Newegg. Intel i5, 16GB RAM, 512GB >>>>> SSD, DVD??RW, Windoze7 PRO 64-bit. >>>>> >>>>> Replaces my 11 year old Toshiba. I expect I'll finally be able >>>>> to run Photoshop CS6 Extended on a laptop. >>>> >>>> >>>> This might be a good time to reconsider your position on Windows >>>> 10. You've got two years left before Microsoft drop all support >>>> for W7. That means there won't even be any security updates after >>>> Jan 2020. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> F*** 'em. I'll figure out how to install Linux ... or maybe turn >>> it into a Hackintosh. >> >> >> UBUNTU is an easy install. Download the file and write it to a DVD - >> maybe a memory stick by now, shove it in the machine and follow >> instructions. Automatically installs Firefox and Thunderbird. >> (Windows) problems fixed, permanently. >> > > For now I'm sticking with Windoze7, at least until Micro$oft murders it. > > But, yes, most likely Ubuntu when my paranoia level at the lack of > security updates after Jan 2020. > > I am pretty much removing ALL of the pre-installed "software" to make > room for the programs *I* use. The trial versions of Word Perfect and > Quatro Pro are going bye-bye; so is "BullGuard". > > Open Office, here I come. > > Antivirus software? How does Windoze Defender compare to aftermarket > products? > > None of the reviews (PC Magazine, PC World, TopTen) even list it. But > I'm not sure how much faith I can put in them, because some of them > rate Norton highest (and the others recommend it highly). > > My previous experience with Norton is why I'm using AVG currently. > Recently AVG has begun exhibiting the same behavior that pissed me off > against Norton. > > Definitely not going with Kaspersky. Maybe Bitdefender or Avast? > > Or is Windoze Defender good enough? > > > > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
