Re: How do I get rid of Norton?

Spybot and Ad-Aware (at least the free version) do not launch any processes or
background programs. Generally, I advise people to run them when they see
strange symptoms on their computers. As a result, they do not use system
memory on an on-going basis, but they also do not intervene in real-time to
thwart the Trojans, adbots or whatever.

Although I have no empirical measurements to back up an assertion, I would claim
that the combo of AVG and ZoneAlarm (EXCELLENT software! The best firewall!)
would hog less memory than the Norton security package.

Because people are still quarreling about the definitions of spyware, adbots,
trojans and other malware, the effectiveness of different packages varies in the
ability to detect and remove the junk. No matter what, running two or more
software packages seems to have better results than relying on one.

After my recent escapades in removing Norton Anti-Virus, I can assure everyone
that it really gets its little hooks onto the soft underbelly of Windows, namely
the registry and the SYSTEM32 folder. It does not uninstall easily... Ben Myers

On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 06:49:00 GMT, Nicholas Andrade <SDNick484@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

>NoNoBadDog! wrote:
>
>> And I would argue equally strongly your assertion that Norton products are
>> Resource hogs.
>> They are not. On a healthy system, they have no impact on system
>> performance. A quick review of the Processes tab under Task Manager will
>> prove to anyone with Norton install that it does not take up any more
>> resources than any other application (of any kind).
>>
>> Bobby
>>
>Well since Norton isn't exactlly free but the alternatives previously
>mentioned are, why don't you install them and post your results (I'll
>set up a web server to host your screen shots if you fon't have web space).
>
>My guess is that maybe AVG, ZoneAlarm, SpyBot & Ad-Aware all running
>simultaneously may be close to Norton running a scan, but in normal use
>(just the AVG & ZoneAlarm running residently) will be significantly less
>than all of Norton's resident processes. Feel free to prove me wrong
>(I'd check myself but I don't exactly feel like paying for Norton).

.

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