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By: Clean up that new PC at Bill Bennett

Clean up that new PC at Bill Bennett — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 05:36:55 +0000

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Get Free Norton Anti Virus and Internet Security 2010 with license key — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:05:03 +0000

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Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:45:47 +0000

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By: Bill Bennett

Bill Bennett — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 07:51:07 +0000

@Glen – Unlike many rival products, Microsoft Security Essentials doesn’t block known malware sites, this worries me.

By: Glen

Glen — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 10:00:48 +0000

Bill, what reasoning and proof do you offer for “doesn’t offer the best protection”? Considering that MSE does not use the OneLiveCare engine but the Forefront engine.

By: Bill Bennett

Bill Bennett — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:03:47 +0000

Yes. It’s a delicious irony the company behind Clippy and all the millions of features in Word and Excel has finally discovered the “less is more” mantra. I look forward to Microsoft Writing Essentials and Microsoft Spreadsheet Essentials, even Microsoft operating system essentials.

Now there’s a thought.

By: Thomas Beagle

Thomas Beagle — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:59:42 +0000

Pretty well anything has to be better than the Norton products – they’re big, ugly and tend to cause system problems for those who use them. More to the point, they’re packed with useless features (such as complex firewalls) that have to keep on announcing themselves to you (with notifications) so that you know they’re doing something to justify the money you spent.

Most Windows users just need a simple firewall (as is built into Windows) and one anti-malware package. I’ve been giving AVG to people ( http://free.avg.com is the fastest way to find it) but I’m definitely interested in the Microsoft product, not least because it’s not trying to do too much.

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Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:21:29 +0000

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