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Jared Moya
September 15th, 2006, 12:29 PM
Came across a cool link with a flow chart detailing how diffrent programs slow down Windows OS.

Has everything from Norton to uTorrent on it.

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h187/soulxtc/results_graph.gif

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h187/soulxtc/table2.jpg

NOTE: the control time is 75 seconds....for startup.
Auggie2k
September 15th, 2006, 12:54 PM
I wan't to punch Norton right in the executable :P
the great one
September 15th, 2006, 01:23 PM
Unfreakin believable!.
origin
September 15th, 2006, 04:21 PM
thats a awesome post i knew norton was a piece of *hit thanks!

l8
Jared Moya
September 15th, 2006, 04:39 PM
thats a awesome post i knew norton was a piece of *hit thanks!

l8

Yah isnt it crazy? Talk about wrapping its arms around your HDD.
evilmegaman
September 15th, 2006, 05:49 PM
but it's still impossible to convince people of its crappiness... *sigh*
Jared Moya
September 15th, 2006, 07:25 PM
but it's still impossible to convince people of its crappiness... *sigh*

Its usually people buying a PC for the first time and it comes pre-installed......the name "security suite" makes them feel safe.
Lord_of_the_Dense
September 15th, 2006, 11:17 PM
Nope...just idiots like me whom its been reliable for for many years. Then again, I did "buy" the PC for the first time, but that was only the latest (ka-ching!). The rest were hand-me-downs or hand-me-overs. But I always maintained and updated Norton.

Security Suite, Smecurity suite...
evilmegaman
September 15th, 2006, 11:44 PM
I have never had a reason for virus protection.. It just slows down the computer!

All I have to do is never open exe files from unknown sources. And voila no problemo :D I have never had any sort of malware besides spyware so I just use spybot search and destroy sometimes.


I have a general feeling that if you get more than one virus in your lifetime, you shouldn't be allowed to touch a computer..


Flame away folks, I stand by my feelings. Viruses are made by lamers for lamers :P

btw if this post is out of line... I will allow someone else to step in and tell me :P
infoseeker
September 16th, 2006, 04:50 AM
Its usually people buying a PC for the first time and it comes pre-installed......the name "security suite" makes them feel safe.

POOR Consumer