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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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