[Ham-Computers] Firewall & AntiVirus Packages

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

Jim,

It's currently sort of a middle burner issue, behind NAVSHIPS 900,116 and our 
standby generator.  But here shortly it will no doubt go front burner when 
the first machine reports subscription expiration.  However, I have no interest 
in McAfee.  I've used Norton for decades and at least it is a devil I know.  
The only near term decision is whether to install NIS 2005 and pay the renewal 
or switch to EZArmor which I'm paying for whether I use it or not.

In a message dated 7/24/2006 11:51:46 PM Central Daylight Time, 
hro5-2 at cox.net writes: 
> Hi Robert: Maybe I should let this thread expire, but here are a couple 
> more comments.
> The July issue of PC World has an article on security suites on page 100. 
> Norton has moved to #1, with McAfee #2.  If this issue is still the current 
> issue; go to the library and read the article. When the new issue arrives, 
> this one will be available for checkout, and will be gone for months - at 
> least that is what occurs at my local libraries.  The article mentions 
> pricey McAfee phone support at $3.00/minute, but chat and email support are 
> free.  I like chat support, because I can save what was said and done 
> should I have another problem in the future.
> 
> My comments on Dell vs McAfee are a little misleading. You must get a 
> security suite, and two or three were available, but Symantec was listed in 
> a different area than the others where it could be overlooked.  If you 
> asked for nothing (as I attempted), a short subscription version of McAfee 
> will be provided.
> 

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