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Norton Internet Security and XP Media Center
grueinthebox:
--- Quote from: RTSDaddy2 on October 29, 2005, 12:00:10 am ---Is it worth it to have it on my laptop for work as it eats up so much memory? I assume our school has a pretty good firewall, we're on an ethernet line, so I would think virus and anti-piracy/hack software would be in place.
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If you're talking about the campus network at a university, they tend to be the computing equivalent of a $2 whore. You'll want the protection there... Viruses and things tend to spread like wildfire. ;)
lcddream:
norton is not garbage.
you just need to goto personal firewall>configure>programs and turn off automatic program control(in 2005 may be slightly diff in other versions)
i run 2005 and have no problems whatsoever, basically anytime a progam tries to access the internet it alerts you and then you can set if it blocks once or always or permits once or always. this can always be changed later.
kinda like a frontend ...just because it doesn't work perfect out of the box doesn't mean its garbage..
grueinthebox:
--- Quote from: lcddream on October 30, 2005, 12:32:55 am ---norton is not garbage.
you just need to goto personal firewall>configure>programs and turn off automatic program control(in 2005 may be slightly diff in other versions)
i run 2005 and have no problems whatsoever, basically anytime a progam tries to access the internet it alerts you and then you can set if it blocks once or always or permits once or always. this can always be changed later.
kinda like a frontend ...just because it doesn't work perfect out of the box doesn't mean its garbage..
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Since at least the 2003 version, I have encountered a not-insubstantial number of PCs (both brand new out of the box and older machines) that would not be able to connect to the internet (with any program) with the Norton Firewall installed and in memory, even if the firewall is completely disabled. No amount of time spent reconfiguring the product would eliminate the problem - it had to be completely removed from memory or uninstalled.
I'm glad it works for you and you're happy with it, but my experience with it (vis-a-vis the thousands of computers I worked on when working as a tech) would suggest that the incidence of failure in the product is high enough to warrant passing it over for one of the other products out there (McAfee Personal Firewall or Zone Alarm would be my preferences) that do not have these problems.
I would also argue that a product meant for mass consumption (like an antivirus program or firewall), as opposed to specialty products (high end video editing software, a MAME frontend, etc) SHOULD work properly out of the box. The average computer user is doing good just to get through the installation process, and would be hard pressed to do any amount of configuration in something such as a firewall. Any configuration required to use a piece of software such as these needs to be done via a simple wizard as part of the install process. If you can't just install it and have it work, all you get is a bunch of frustrated soccer moms.
PrizLucky:
for a laptop on a unsecure network (like a university campus network) Win XP SP2 provides a nice little software firewall for you ... for free... built in... no hassles...
For a nice free anti-virus software.. i use AVG from Grisoft.. check http://HTTP://free.grisoft.com for a download.. it's good stuff..
Norton internet security came pre-installed on one of my computers, and I left it there for a while to check it out.. and heck, it came with 3-months free updates, so I figured "what the heck?".. it was working "ok" for a while, (aside from it being redundant, and eating memory).. then it started preventing me from accessing other computers on my network.. and then it started preventing me from accessing the admin panel on my router.. so i said "Phooey" and un-installed it for good...
bottom line, IMO, there are other alternatives, that are free, and less troublesome..
papaschtroumpf:
I like AVG but it can't seem to make the update process completely hidden. It always shows me an AVG window when it downloads new signatures (when the cab boots up usually). Is there a way to make AVG update completely silently?
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