-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Antivirus
- From: Disastar <disastar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:01:45 -0500
Those complaints don't really surprise me. Although I have never used CA
personally, I have never really considered to use it because it has never
been too far up on the review charts. Its not known for that great of
protection or usability. There actually are some advantages to it like its
security suite covers all security concerns and I'm pretty sure it prompts
for user interaction as little as possible.
All of my experience using CA is from PC's that were infected so I agree
with the reviews that show its protection is not the best. Parts of it are
very hard to uninstall also. I could not figure out how to uninstall the
parental control without the parental control password. OK, so that is good
for protection of your PC, but this guy bought the laptop used and didn't
know the password. lol
-----Original Message-----
From: pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:pctechtalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tim Schoon
Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 7:58 PM
To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Antivirus
My mother and I are now ready to purchase an antivirus suite to replace
McAfee, which we are sick of using since it did not protect my PC at all
(got to 40-some percent scanned then crashed, even after updates). We were
going to go with CA Antivirus, but now I'm extremely hesitant to purchase
it.
I found this: http://tinyurl.com/aact43 - it has a 5-user license, which
works great for us. But look at the reviews at the bottom. Are these
legitimate issues with CA Antivirus, or are these people unfamiliar with
what they're doing? We're protecting a PC with Vista Ultimate SP1 32-bit and
one with WinXP Home SP3 (my old PC seems to have died so we hooked up my
mom's very slow - 256 MB RAM - PC). Before we toss out the money for this
product, will this work or are there better options? My mother can't afford
to spend $50-60 for a suite that isn't worth the price due to her
disability. What is the best product for us to purchase to protect both of
our machines?
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Tim
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