Re: So I've made the "switch"

["Roland Moore" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Boot up times often double after installing all of what Norton has to offer.
We still use the corporate edition and suffer from the slowdown. I think we
might change on the next upgrade cycle. I have heard a lot of folks using
NOD32 from ESET. If not only good virus protection but also performance
matters, it's one to consider.

"Matt Ion" <soundy106@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Sb9Vi.157637$1y4.44093@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Frank Olson wrote:
> > Matt Ion wrote:
> >> Frank Olson wrote:
> >>
> >>> my Symantec software (SystemWorks 2008)
> >>
> >> Well there's half your problem right there...
> >
> >
> > Really??
>
> I've never installed Symantec anything that didn't wreak havok with the
> system... Systemworks and Norton Internet Security are by far the worst.
>   The rare times they have installed "properly" (that is, without
> borking halfway through and leaving the system in such a state that the
> drive must be reformatted and Windows installed fresh), they've done
> little but bog things down by chewing up resources.