<div dir="ltr"><div>Amen brother</div><div><br></div>Norton, McAfee, etc, all = Trojan<div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 2:53 AM, Dave B via chirp_users <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com" target="_blank">chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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Quite honestly, I'm amazed anyone still thinks running Norton AV is
an acceptable solution to a perceived problem.<br>
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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.<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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.)<br>
<br>
The single best AV tool, is common sense... Never, and I mean
NEVER <b>NEVER</b> Click on a popup you didn't expect*, or go to a
site or download something <b>YOU DID NOT YOURSELF ASK OR GO
LOOKING FOR</b>!<br>
<br>
And Never EVER respond to anything in unsolicited (spam) email's,
however attractive the proposition may look.<br>
<br>
(* 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.)<br>
<br>
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.<br>
<br>
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!<br>
<br>
73.<br>
<br>
Dave G0WBX.<br>
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