"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> writes:

> From: "nemo_outis" <abc@xyz.com>
>
> | Billy <Bob@BillyJoe.Bob's> wrote in news:woLuj.251$0o2.21@newsfe02.lga:
> |
> | ...
> | Norton is notorious for being bloatware, for slowing systems to a crawl,
> | for conflicting with other programs, and for putting down roots so deep
> | that it's a bitch to get rid of.
> |
> | There's only one Norton program worth having and running, and running only
> | once: Norton Removal Tool!
> |
> | Regards,
> |
> | PS Symantec has the Midas touch in reverse; everything they touch turns to
> | shit. They buy up good small companies with good programs, digest those
> | programs, and like all digested matter, it becomes shit. They have no
> | ideas of their own but their marketing folks insists on issuing regular
> | releases to stay in the public eye and make money - but the useless
> | features only add to the bloat.
> |
> | Long ago the Norton Utilities really were useful - before Symantec ruined
> | them. Long ago Ghost was excellent - before it became a gutted and
> | rebranded version of drive image. Long ago...
>
> The corporate products are *much* better then the retail products.
> Symantec Ghost (corp.) is the only Symantec product I swear by and not swear at.
>
> Unfortunately the corporate vs. retail product concept is the same
> for McAfee/NAI.

This is my experience as well. SAV is relatively unannoying. NAV,
on the other hand, is horrendous.

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Todd H.
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