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On 4/22/2010 6:39 PM, Adam Maas wrote:
On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 5:31 PM, Charles Robinsoncharl...@visi.com wrote:
On Apr 22, 2010, at 16:29, P. J. Alling wrote:
On 4/22/2010 3:25 PM, mike wilson wrote:
On 23/04/2010, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:
To paraphrase Yogi Berra; If Peter Norton were alive today, this would kill
him.
He isn't?
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On Apr 23, 2010, at 10:39 AM, Adam Maas wrote:
Norton IS a virus, and more destructive than most. I do have to
applaud Symantec though, it's not just anybody who can make a business
model of getting people to pay good money to have their data mangled
and computers rendered inoperative.
What security software do folks suggest?
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From: P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:50:54
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Subject: Re: OT Bug hits XP machines - of interest to network managers
On 4/22/2010 6:39 PM, Adam Maas wrote
. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:50:54
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Subject: Re: OT Bug hits XP machines - of interest to network managers
On 4/22/2010 6:39 PM, Adam Maas wrote:
On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 5:31 PM, Charles Robinsoncharl...@visi.com wrote
From: drd1...@gmail.com
What security software do folks suggest?
Not so much a suggestion as my experience ...
I used Norton up until I retired from the military in 2007 and no longer
had access to the DoD servers for updated virus definitions. Had it set
to automatically do its thing at
On 4/23/2010 3:42 AM, Rob Studdert wrote:
On 23/04/2010, P. J. Allingwebstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:
To paraphrase Yogi Berra; If Peter Norton were alive today, this would kill
him.
He isn't?
With Yogi that was kind of the point, it doesn't matter.
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On 4/23/2010 9:41 AM, drd1...@gmail.com wrote:
What security software do folks suggest?
-Original Message-
From: P. J. Allingwebstertwenty...@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:50:54
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/2010 9:41 AM, drd1...@gmail.com wrote:
What security software do folks suggest?
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From: P. J. Allingwebstertwenty...@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:50:54
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Subject: Re: OT Bug hits XP machines - of interest to network managers
One of the problems with Norton is that it's a bitch to get rid of
everything it leaves on your system when you uninstall it. Symantec
made available a removal tool to get rid of all the little bits and
pieces after you do a conventional uninstall. But...you need to (1),
know that bits and
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 6:58 AM, David Mann dm...@bluemoon.net.nz wrote:
On Apr 23, 2010, at 10:39 AM, Adam Maas wrote:
Norton IS a virus, and more destructive than most. I do have to
applaud Symantec though, it's not just anybody who can make a business
model of getting people to pay good
AVG here as well (and I've run Avast in the past with success) , the
MS firewall along with a hardware firewall for that side of things.
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Paul Sorenson
allarou...@earthlink.net wrote:
I've had good luck, too, with AVG on a desktop and two laptops and Avast on
From: Paul Sorenson
One of the problems with Norton is that it's a bitch to get rid of
everything it leaves on your system when you uninstall it. Symantec
made available a removal tool to get rid of all the little bits and
pieces after you do a conventional uninstall. But...you need to (1),
From: Adam Maas
MS actually provides software that does something other than wreck
your system. Ain't anywhere near perfect, but it's quite usable for
most people. Symantec sells some prety good stuff, but the only thing
they sell with the Norton name on it that isn't actively destructive
is
DoD mandated Micro$oft Word, but I'd have to actively FIGHT
the auto-formating features to create a training outline that
met Army Standards for the document. I'd turn auto-format
functions off, and with every new paragraph Word would turn
them back on. Not only turn them back on for the
On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 3:29 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote:
The problems with Word are twofold: first, it suffers hugely from an excess
of 'features' which people don't need and will never use, and second, people
never actually learn to use it, treating it as a typewriter.
The
The problems with Word are twofold: first, it suffers
hugely from an
excess of 'features' which people don't need and will never
use, and
second, people never actually learn to use it, treating it
as a typewriter.
The corollary to number 2, which I keep running into, is that
You can find it here...
http://tinyurl.com/qv7hrk*
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*On 4/23/2010 1:13 PM, John Sessoms wrote:
From: Paul Sorenson
One of the problems with Norton is that it's a bitch to get rid of
everything it leaves on your system when you uninstall it. Symantec
made available a removal tool to get
From: Bob W
DoD mandated Micro$oft Word, but I'd have to actively FIGHT
the auto-formating features to create a training outline that
met Army Standards for the document. I'd turn auto-format
functions off, and with every new paragraph Word would turn
them back on. Not only turn them back
Works great except for one thing ... a typewriter is exactly
what I wanted and needed. Unfortunately, I was required to
use Word instead.
If someone says you have to use a hammer it's silly to try and use it like a
screwdriver, even if that's what you wanted.
Bob
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On 24/04/2010, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:
I've been using Avast on two of my machines and AVG on my laptop. I've had
no problems so far, knock silicon. Both seem to be fast, lightweight and
except for AVAST which when the Virus database is updated announces it
loudly over
Have you tried WordPad? It's in your Accessories folder. BTW, I
really liked Professional Write, too.
-p
On 4/23/2010 6:12 PM, John Sessoms wrote:
The free mini-WP Windows Write that came in 3.1 and maybe 95 was
almost as good ... basically Notepad with user definable tab stops
fonts and
From: Bob W
orks great except for one thing ... a typewriter is exactly
what I wanted and needed. Unfortunately, I was required to
use Word instead.
If someone says you have to use a hammer it's silly to try and use it like a
screwdriver, even if that's what you wanted.
Try to envision
From: Paul Sorenson
Have you tried WordPad? It's in your Accessories folder. BTW, I
really liked Professional Write, too.
-p
On 4/23/2010 6:12 PM, John Sessoms wrote:
The free mini-WP Windows Write that came in 3.1 and maybe 95
was almost as good ... basically Notepad with user definable
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2010/4/22 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/
It was the hottest subject of conversation at work today. Half
schadenfreude, half gallows humor...
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On 4/22/2010 3:25 PM, mike wilson wrote:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/
Then I'm really pleased I didn't buy McAfee.
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On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 5:29 PM, P. J. Alling
webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:
On 4/22/2010 3:25 PM, mike wilson wrote:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/
Then I'm really pleased I didn't buy McAfee.
I did, but i have not used my PC for the last
On Apr 22, 2010, at 16:29, P. J. Alling wrote:
On 4/22/2010 3:25 PM, mike wilson wrote:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/
Then I'm really pleased I didn't buy McAfee.
Stay the hell away from Symantec's bloatware, too - if you want your machine
On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 5:31 PM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote:
On Apr 22, 2010, at 16:29, P. J. Alling wrote:
On 4/22/2010 3:25 PM, mike wilson wrote:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/
Then I'm really pleased I didn't buy McAfee.
Stay
From: mike wilson
http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/21/mcafee-update--shutting-down-xp-machines/
I've been noticing some sites stuttering today ... won't scroll, moving
down the page only in fits and starts. Wonder if that's related?
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