[chirp_users] [OT] Re: Problems with Norton etc.

[David Wilson]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.digitaltrends.com/computing/decrypt-one-box-rule/amp/


David

On Jan 29, 2018 8:05 AM, "Chuck Hast" <kp4djt at gmail.com> wrote:

> Amen brother
>
> Norton, McAfee, etc, all = Trojan
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 2:53 AM, Dave B via chirp_users <
> chirp_users at intrepid.danplanet.com> wrote:
>
>> Quite honestly, I'm amazed anyone still thinks running Norton AV is an
>> acceptable solution to a perceived problem.
>>
>> It itself is riddled with inconsistencies and other funnies, plus has a
>> hair trigger for false positives.  "Not seen by many users" is NOT a good
>> metric to judge if something is bad or not.
>>
>> Windows own Windows Defender, in conjunction with whatever "Security
>> Essentials" is now called is more than adequate for 90+% of users, and the
>> price is right.
>>
>> Coupled with the use of "uBlock Origin" in your web browsers, to block
>> the obnoxious nasties in on-line add's, and you'll have a slick fast and
>> more than safe enough system.   (Heck, that is even in the MS app store
>> now, as well as Chrome's webstore.)
>>
>> The single best AV tool, is common sense...   Never, and I mean NEVER
>> *NEVER*  Click on a popup you didn't expect*, or go to a site or
>> download something *YOU DID NOT YOURSELF ASK OR GO LOOKING FOR*!
>>
>> And Never EVER respond to anything in unsolicited (spam) email's, however
>> attractive the proposition may look.
>>
>> (* Not even any 'X' close button, that only confirms that they've found a
>> human, and may not even remove the popup.   Back out of that
>> website/restart the browser and find another with what you want.)
>>
>> Norton AV used to be good, it's now just more bloat-ware, with
>> questionable practices, and not in truth a particularly good user
>> experience.
>>
>> As above, the best AV tool, is the wet stuff between your ears.   As in
>> all life, if something appears to be too good to be true, it probably is
>> bad for you, your PC, and/or your bank account!
>>
>> 73.
>>
>> Dave G0WBX.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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