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Installed new Norton. It says that next year Vista and all the others will be unsupported. Looks like being forced to buy new system each year again. Vista on the laptop and I have forgotten the syst...
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MIcrosoft is ending support.. I do not know if Norton is ending support.
The major issue is that nearlly every day a new vunerability is found in windows so Microsoft issues bandaids every "patch tuesday" I got over 20 of 'em last time. However I do not rely on MS to provide my security, I have 3rd party Anti Mal-ware and 3rd party Firewalls. (And no I won't tell you which ones)
I will say this.. When the first malware (A virus as I recall but that recall may be faulty) hit the net two companies were johnny on the spot with anti-virus software.. Norton and McAffey, others came shortly after. I went with someone else at that time (And never regretted it) F-Prot, which alas I can no longer use. (It does not support my current OS).
I often wondered if the commercial companies were "Seeding the market" by hiring folks to write virus programs.
Turns out.. I am told by one of my instructors.... One of them did.
Now my instructor personally knows the founder of the OTHER company and says he'd never do such a thing...(I have no reason to doubt him) but it is interesting.
This is one of the reasons I choose to use FREE anti-virus programs.
The major issue is that nearlly every day a new vunerability is found in windows so Microsoft issues bandaids every "patch tuesday" I got over 20 of 'em last time. However I do not rely on MS to provide my security, I have 3rd party Anti Mal-ware and 3rd party Firewalls. (And no I won't tell you which ones)
I will say this.. When the first malware (A virus as I recall but that recall may be faulty) hit the net two companies were johnny on the spot with anti-virus software.. Norton and McAffey, others came shortly after. I went with someone else at that time (And never regretted it) F-Prot, which alas I can no longer use. (It does not support my current OS).
I often wondered if the commercial companies were "Seeding the market" by hiring folks to write virus programs.
Turns out.. I am told by one of my instructors.... One of them did.
Now my instructor personally knows the founder of the OTHER company and says he'd never do such a thing...(I have no reason to doubt him) but it is interesting.
This is one of the reasons I choose to use FREE anti-virus programs.
