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Symantec is better than anything MS can make.
I have been using Symnatec products for close to 10 yrs now and have never had any real problem unless the products life cycle ended and support no longer available. Upgrading has never been an issue.

I hear all the time how buggy, slow, crappy Symantec is. How you need a 512mb RAM just to use it. Seems to me that the ones complaining are people who did not configure it properly. IT DOES WORK!

I am running NIS 2006 on a 5 year old Dell with XP sp2 and 256 mb RAM and while it loads slowly it still works as advertised and more. I have run spyware infections, virus infections against it and it found and blocked every infection every time. Port stealthing works so well that I have yet to see an intrusion alert to say I'm being probed or scanned and I test this often.

Symantec does make good products the only problem I can see here is the the user who isn't savvy enough to use it.
Posted by: DragonBRockin   Posted on: 05/09/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Oh, Brother!  Yagotta B. Kidding | 05/08/06
Absolutely  Richard Flude | 05/08/06
Every dead competitor has said the same.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/08/06
I could say the same thing as Symantec, 'xcept I'm not in the security biz  HypnoToad72 | 05/08/06
Fix your firewall Symantec  jimk_z | 05/08/06
Again, MS will use bundling, and "good enough" to beat them.  DonnieBoy | 05/08/06
They aren't bundling anti-virus...  ju1ce | 05/09/06
Hehehe ... isn't it that setting the bar TOO LOW?  michael_t | 05/08/06
UNIX  toadlife | 05/09/06
The fact that you are wrong on all counts demonstrates  michael_t | 05/09/06
Already as secure (and more than) as UNIX....  DiminutiveBob | 05/09/06
UNIX is already MORE secure than any  michael_t | 05/09/06
Opppsss, here is another Linux/Appache site!  michael_t | 05/09/06
Even more detailed list of EAL evaluations  DiminutiveBob | 05/09/06
Right, right.... that's why these people you mention use Linux/Apache:  michael_t | 05/09/06
Probably because they don't host their own website...  Scrat | 05/10/06
I hear the same thing...........  bergmystr | 05/10/06
Yes, and no  Boot_Agnostic | 05/09/06
PS. Symantec has been around for years  Boot_Agnostic | 05/09/06
Ever heard of Netscape? happy (NT)  ju1ce | 05/09/06
MS was NOT responsibleq  Shelendrea | 05/09/06
Dude, coming from someone who can't view...  ju1ce | 05/09/06
Uh huh  Shelendrea | 05/09/06
Netscape doesn't go...  ju1ce | 05/09/06
By the way...  ju1ce | 05/09/06
as a matter of fact  Shelendrea | 05/09/06
Yes, at the university level  Boot_Agnostic | 05/09/06
The rot started before AOL came along.  flatliner | 05/12/06
Symantec is better than anything MS can make.  DragonBRockin | 05/09/06
I hope Symantec goes under...  ju1ce | 05/09/06
So, Juice you tell what is wrong, Now tell me  BXLE | 05/09/06
I gave you the solution...  ju1ce | 05/09/06
Oh and don't even get me started on Panda (NT)  ju1ce | 05/09/06
Where did I say it didnt load slow...  DragonBRockin | 05/09/06
One Care loads slowly TOO  billyw39@... | 06/07/06
Message has been deleted.  myfevertoy | 10/22/06
Symantec: Truer words were never spoken (NT)  JonathonDoe | 05/09/06
Symantec - keep dreaming  jobert48@... | 05/09/06
You have got to be kidding!  Shelendrea | 05/09/06
Wow. Such fervor. Such passion.  handydan918 | 05/10/06
I won't use microsoft security .  Shamsul Kamal | 05/09/06
Symantec's Expertise  JimSatterfieldW | 05/09/06
Strong Words from Desperate Mouths  jpr75_z | 05/09/06
Not so sure about that  Shelendrea | 05/09/06
Gong  lesterjpa | 05/10/06
Symantec Knows More ??????  donl@... | 05/10/06
marketing, marketing, marketing  dwest1947 | 05/10/06
Symantec losing ground not only against M$  PaulEhmig | 05/10/06
Competition in should be in end user service  releasedfire | 05/10/06
Symantec beats microsoft to death everytime  alanrbriggs | 05/11/06
If MS knew about security, there won't be need for addons!  myrealname | 05/11/06
Symantec = Innovation?  interested_amateur@... | 05/12/06

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