Sunday morning to you GC,
I have Zone Alarm . . . finally got Norton uninstalled. I have Spy Sweeper and Spy Hunter. Hunter and Zone Alarm seem to catch most. I think MS's Beta got uninstalled somehow when I was downloading their new thing which I aborted.
Am in the middle of getting over Norton somehow fighting with Zone Alarm and locking things up. Could only do one action and wait minutes for the system to catch up. Horrid. Uninstalling Norton has helped 95%.
My question for the esteemed GC . . . What mix of such programs do you use. I want Norton's Utilties and GOBACK and maybe their antivirus. But I don't think their antispyware is as good as the other's.
Your views?
I used Norton products, Virus, Systemworks with GoBack and their Internet Security package that included a firewall. I don't remember the specifics but there actually was a conflict with Systemworks and my W2000 of some sort and I had to turn off the utility portion and only used GoBack. When it came time to update or resubscribe, I chose to update. I could not uninstall the program. They have since recognized the problem and have a clean-up program for those who cannot accomplish a complete uninstall. It screwed my computer up so bad I finally had to hire it rebuilt. I ditched Norton entirely and changed from W2000 Pro to XP Pro. I used the GoBack many times because I know only enough to be dangerous and I needed it. Hated to get rid of it but XP is just as effective. That and cooling my exploration and experimentation. Good Luck. I now have a firewall called F-Secure provided by my cable provider at no cost which includes all the others virus control, anti-spam, etc. It seems to work pretty good. I haven't had any problems. Good Luck and the folks here are especially helpful and knowledgible if you overlook remarks to change to mac and other silly stuff. My thanks to them for help in the past.