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AntiVirus Warning It is a sad day when the antivirus software messes up your computer more than the @#$& virus you got in yesterday's email. The more complex antivirus software gets, the more it becomes like a virus itself. In honor of my recent discovery of a new problem with my antivirus program, here are a few pitfalls of popular (and not so popular) programs:
1. "Norton Crash Guard crashes my computer."
This is the first problem I noticed with Symantec's popular suite of computer protective software. Norton Crash Guard immediately forced my brother's new Compaq computer even with errors that would normally just shut down the program involved. (That was just the worse case.)
On other computers, loading Crash Guard slowed down the computer so much I felt compelled to take it off.
2. "Norton AntiVirus is keeping me from accessing the internet."
When I first installed Norton AntiVirus, I had to call our internet service provider AND Eudora in order to access email again. It turns out the program tries to route all email through their server to check for viruses. You have to go into your preferences and reset them in a way that will work with your internet service provider.
I'm not the only one, either! I recently received a message from a direct mail guru who said he was offline for almost 12 hours because he loaded Norton AntiVirus to delete a virus he inadvertently picked up from an email message.
Grooming Your DogDogs take care of some of their grooming needs on their own, but still ..... 3. "Norton Systemworks is slowing down my computer."
My Dad recently took a computer in because it was having some problem |
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