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So, Comcast decided that McAfee was not good enough for their costumers and this year decided to make the big switch over to Norton. Being a sucker for a well known brand name, at first I was excited by this new switch. I mean sure, McAfee has a whole football stadium named after them (at least they did last time I checked) but Norton has been synonymous with top of the line computer security for as long as I can remember.
And, to get it for free?
Well hot doggy! Sign me up brother.
After a bit of a hassle getting uninstalling McAfee and getting Norton to believe that I was indeed a Comcast costumer in good standing, I soon had my sweet new suite up and running on both my Desktop and laptop. So far everything has been good, and I notice that my computer does not lag as much during routine scans as it did with McAfee.
This minimal suckage of processor power comes as a pleasant surprise to me, since the last time I had Norton, my computer seemed to move like it was 1999 all over again (oh wait a minute 1999 was the last time I had Norton).
But,
As I continue to use Norton, I am starting to realize why Software.com knocked Norton down a few knocks due to its over abundance of false positives. Sometimes it does seem to act like an excited dog who wants to bark at everything it sees. I do not know how many times now that I have been suckered by a red flag, only to realize that it is no big deal.
Also, the other thing hat I do not like about it is that Norton keeps pestering me to use all of its tools. Since I really do not do too much online shopping at the moment, I do not feel the urge to fill out the secure log in thingie. I also like to use a different backup software and wish it would quit trying to get me to use theirs.
Also, Also
Why does everyone and their uncle want to install their own toolbar to my Firefox Browser? I just hate it when one manages to sneak on.
But I guess, its hard to bitch too much. After all it was free.
Sort of.
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