[MacDV] Re: Mac Maintence

Ken Poppers kpoppers at comcast.net
Sun Mar 21 18:39:55 PST 2004


I have used Norton Internet Security without a hitch for a couple of 
years, but lately it has become a real pain.  I've been thinking of 
switching to another anti-virus/firewall program(s) but I don't know 
what to get.  I know that OS X has a firewall, but I like redundancies.

On Mar 21, 2004, at 5:56 PM, K wrote:

> Ian Tucker wrote:
>
>> Having had a bad experience with Nortons System Works early this year 
>>  I have wondered about alternatives.    I have noted from various 
>> inputs that others have also had difficulties.
>> For those that may be interested,  I thought it might be worth 
>> quoting from the final summary:-
>>
>> Sorry this is Off Subject, but I would hate others to go through my 
>> experience
>
> Ian,
> Not to worry...Your thoughtfulness is appreciated here.. Norton 6.0 
> absolutely ruined my system last summer but DW 3 was able to restore 
> it .  I have been thinking of getting Norton AV but am still scared of 
> possible problems with it...I have been able to find MacFormat at the 
> Barnes & Noble bookstore about 1 month behind...costs around $16 US 
> there...
> Regards and thanks again...
> Mike K
>
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