[PC] Oh, hell with it.

[jon_chaisson]

I give up. Norton 360, you were great. I had no problems with you. You were less intrusive, never acted up, and only scanned when I told you to.

Norton 360 v4? Not so much with the love. I'm pretty sure you're the culprit for my PC acting up as of late. Please note on my last PC posting, I mentioned that the drive worked fine when I ran the software disc for the wireless adapter. Once I uploaded you? BANG. Problems with the drive again.

You're fired, I'm getting a refund.


I'll stay with the old Norton 360 for the next few days. I think I have a few weeks' subscription left.


In the meantime...I admit defeat.

Table's open--give me suggestions for the best PC protection (non-Mac) (and if you say "buy a Mac" I will personally come over there and kick you) that does the following:

--isn't a power hog
--does a decent job of protecting
--doesn't do all sorts of stupid conflicting
--Likes Windows 7


Sure, I'm asking a lot, but I'm looking for ideas here. I'm open for anything at this point.

Comments

[queenoftheskies.livejournal.com]

You know, I've suspected that Norton didn't like my laptop, which has become slow as Christmas because Norton interferes with everything. However, I never had trouble with it on anything else.

I have McAfee on my newest PC, which runs Windows 7, and I have no trouble whatsoever.

[joncwriter.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was contemplating McAfee again. And if Emm hadn't already put it on 3 PCs already, I coulda got it for free! :p

[queenoftheskies.livejournal.com]

Mine came for free with my Dell. Otherwise, I probably wouldn't have tried it, but I'm totally satisfied and would recommend it with Windows 7.

[joncwriter.livejournal.com]

Same thing with my Norton when I got this Gateway. The more I think about it, the more I'm pretty sure version 4 was the culprit.

Mind you, I'm doing this as a not-quite-last-ditch effort to figure out why my PC is acting stupid, and I really want it to be because of Norton. I don't want to have to send the tower off to be fixed, even if it is under warranty, because I'd be out my PC for a good couple of weeks. Sure, we have a few laptops hanging around that I could use on the interim, but I want to exhaust all my options before doing that.

[mekkasimian.livejournal.com]

HARDWARE FIREWALL (PLUS OS SOFTWARE FIREWALL)
FIREFOX
THUNDERBIRD (OR STRAIGHT GMAIL)

NOT NEED SOFTWARE FOR "PROTECTING" PC IF NOTHING BAD GET ON PC TO BEGIN WITH!

=M=

and if you say "buy a Mac" I will personally come over there and kick you

[chaoticmoth.livejournal.com]

But it is so tempting to say it...
Unless I try real hard....
You might get upset though....

All I can do is bite my tounge...

Maybe I can hold out....
A little bit longer...
Counting down to posting this.....

Re: and if you say "buy a Mac" I will personally come over there and kick you

[joncwriter.livejournal.com]

Hmm. Pity our next flight east has a stopover in Minneapolis and not Atlanta...else I'd have the temptation to get my punting practice in. ;)

Re: and if you say "buy a Mac" I will personally come over there and kick you

[chaoticmoth.livejournal.com]

You said nothing about inferring, hinting, or presenting in a way that could be interpreted. :)

Re: and if you say "buy a Mac" I will personally come over there and kick you

[joncwriter.livejournal.com]

Which is why I termed it "practice" and not the actual thing. ;)

[head58.livejournal.com]

I dumped Norton and MacAfee for AVG Free Antivirus a while back. I use the Windows firewall and I run AdAware and Spybot about once a week. So far so good!

[joncwriter.livejournal.com]

Free is always good. Maybe I'll give those a try--considering that you and I are downloading fiends at times that I don't have to lock myself into a year-long subscription, that might make sense.