OMG, now Microsoft wants to sell us an AV program to combat their security prone OS :-)

[NFS4]

More money for MS

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=5429092

 

[her209]

Lube anyone?

 

[FoBoT]

that way we only have to write one check

symantec is probably scared

 

[toant103]

more competition.

 

[Ameesh]

well all these years youve been giving norton money for their virus software that combats the viruses they create which do you consider a wrost rapage?

 

[m2kewl]

yeah right, like i'll put all my eggs in one basket....

 

[bmacd]

this is like buying condoms from the people who invented AIDS, or something crazy like that!

-=bmacd=-

 

[Shawn]

repost

 

[Linux23]

hey, MS gotta make money too.

 

[DannyBoy]

Originally posted by: Linux23
hey, MS gotta make money too.

:roll:

 

[gsaldivar]

Originally posted by: toant103
more competition.

 

[DannyBoy]

oo oo wait, "Nash said that Microsoft said that it would sell its anti-virus program as a separate product from Windows, rather than including it in Windows."

Looks like you might be writing more than one cheque FoBoT...

I'd rather stay with Symantec TBH :roll:

 

[paruhd0x]

Norton Anti-Virus is such a resource hog... I really hope MS comes up with something that doesn't slow your system so much.

 

[Ender]

Wow... so Microsoft offers its own AV program. What's wrong with that? They just want to branch out into a new industry they find potential profit in just like any other company would.

 

[DannyBoy]

Originally posted by: paruhd0x
Norton Anti-Virus is such a resource hog... I really hope MS comes up with something that doesn't slow your system so much.

...and let me guess, you're running NAV2004 on a P2 400 with 128meg ram?

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: DannyBoy

Originally posted by: paruhd0x
Norton Anti-Virus is such a resource hog... I really hope MS comes up with something that doesn't slow your system so much.

...and let me guess, you're running NAV2004 on a P2 400 with 128meg ram?

I run it on an Athlon 64 3200+ w/2GB of PC3200 and I have no complaints

 

[mAdD INDIAN]

Originally posted by: DannyBoy

Originally posted by: paruhd0x
Norton Anti-Virus is such a resource hog... I really hope MS comes up with something that doesn't slow your system so much.

...and let me guess, you're running NAV2004 on a P2 400 with 128meg ram?

close....P2-450Mhz with 256mb ram.

 

[yhelothar]

resource hog for me.
I'm running an AthlonXP 3200+ with 1GB DDR400...
It seeks my hard drives VERY often, and I use two 160GB Maxtors

 

[gunblade]

But still the point is more competition will make the product better for the consumer in general.

Norton AV line is not bad but their corporation edition line is light-year better, tho.

I had always used norton AV and then I tried downloaded a corporate edition to see what the praise about. It was way better in resources usage and the simple interface.

After that, I don't use norton AV until they get their 2004 consumer line to the corporatoin level three year ago.

 

[paruhd0x]

Originally posted by: mAdD INDIAN

Originally posted by: DannyBoy

Originally posted by: paruhd0x
Norton Anti-Virus is such a resource hog... I really hope MS comes up with something that doesn't slow your system so much.

...and let me guess, you're running NAV2004 on a P2 400 with 128meg ram?

close....P2-450Mhz with 256mb ram.

In case you didn't notice my sig...


3000MHz Rig

And yes NAV2004 is a resource hog. Have you ever tried to do anything HD intensive with it running? Performance is rediculous.

 

[sygyzy]

Originally posted by: DannyBoy
oo oo wait, "Nash said that Microsoft said that it would sell its anti-virus program as a separate product from Windows, rather than including it in Windows."

Looks like you might be writing more than one cheque FoBoT...

I'd rather stay with Symantec TBH :roll:

His point was that if you ordered everything from one company, you'd write ONE check.

 

[Stark]

if NAV actually stopped any of the viruses and spyware that hits computers these days, I might feel bad for them.

like I said in the thread yesterday, I'll buy the MS version and give it a shot. It can't be worse than McAfee.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: paruhd0x

Originally posted by: mAdD INDIAN

Originally posted by: DannyBoy

Originally posted by: paruhd0x
Norton Anti-Virus is such a resource hog... I really hope MS comes up with something that doesn't slow your system so much.

...and let me guess, you're running NAV2004 on a P2 400 with 128meg ram?

close....P2-450Mhz with 256mb ram.

In case you didn't notice my sig...


3000MHz Rig

And yes NAV2004 is a resource hog. Have you ever tried to do anything HD intensive with it running? Performance is rediculous.

I've never had a problem with NAV Auto Protect slowing me down, and I have my computer set to run a daily scan at 7:00AM in the morning when I'm not using it (still in bed).

But even if I am up that early and I use the computer while NAV scan is running, it doesn't slow me down one bit. I can run my TV tuner, surf and do whatever and my PC doesn't skip a beat. Than again, I do have a 74GB Raptor.

 

[Kadarin]

Originally posted by: paruhd0x
Norton Anti-Virus is such a resource hog... I really hope MS comes up with something that doesn't slow your system so much.

LMAO! Yeah, like Microsoft is really capable of doing that!

"A computer without Microsoft is like a dog without a brick tied to its head." - unknown

/troll

 

[DannyBoy]

Originally posted by: NFS4

Originally posted by: paruhd0x

Originally posted by: mAdD INDIAN

Originally posted by: DannyBoy

Originally posted by: paruhd0x
Norton Anti-Virus is such a resource hog... I really hope MS comes up with something that doesn't slow your system so much.

...and let me guess, you're running NAV2004 on a P2 400 with 128meg ram?

close....P2-450Mhz with 256mb ram.

In case you didn't notice my sig...


3000MHz Rig

And yes NAV2004 is a resource hog. Have you ever tried to do anything HD intensive with it running? Performance is rediculous.

I've never had a problem with NAV Auto Protect slowing me down, and I have my computer set to run a daily scan at 7:00AM in the morning when I'm not using it (still in bed).

But even if I am up that early and I use the computer while NAV scan is running, it doesn't slow me down one bit. I can run my TV tuner, surf and do whatever and my PC doesn't skip a beat. Than again, I do have a 74GB Raptor.

I'm running on a laptop with an 8mb cache 7200 drive and don't have a problem either, and on my desktop w/diamMax 9 8mb 7200 it runs fine