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Old 10-04-2004, 11:18   #22
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Re: Norton Systemworks 2003 - Good or Evil?

Mmmmmmmm.... ok then..... it's pretty much what i thought


As far as the AV is concerned, i think we could argue which is best till the cows come home.... get milked.... and eventually carted off to the knackers yard I'm sure we all have stories about which software let through which virus, i personally switched to McAfee when Nortons let through 2 Yahas and a Trojan at the same time, even though it was automatically updating McAfee saved the day....... but at work MSBlaster on an individual pc (not the network) was only really removed by the Nortons stinger, the McAfee one appeared to be faking it

Anyone tried to run the Nortons AND McAfee AV at the same time? I know you're not really supposed to but i think Lord Nikon mentioned doing it with no problem a while ago

I suppose my concerns with the Systemworks software as a whole have been more or less answered.... well mentioned anyway
The one thing i used to use weekly, if not more often was the Disk Doctor bit.... my registry keys were being swapped and deleted at a regular rate and yes..... i let it fix the problems automatically
What can i say apart from quote Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot....


Quote:
I'M A GIRL........ I'M A GIRL....
So what can you expect

The advice seems to be..... as long as your AV is good..... leave well alone? I'm not a complete muppet as far as PCs are concerned but having to do lots of homework to find out what registry changes are needed or advisable are not in my life remit at the moment

Would perhaps installing Systemworks and only using it superficially, as in Ghost etc rather than using it to fix possible errors be a less problematic solution? And would using a another regcleaner/mechanic be safer in the long run?

OR!! how about my not doing anything about any of it unless i feel there's a problem to start with? Why mess with something that isn't broken?


Big thank you to all for posting your comments and......

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