[Quix]

Wonderful! I have all those and Spy Hunter as well. Spy Hunter gets a lot those others all seem to miss.

How do you have Norton and Zone Alarm set? I have Zone Alarm Professional, I think and Norton System Works 2006. I think the problem the last several days was Norton fighting with Zone Alarm because somehow, inadvertantly both Firewalls got turned on together as near as I can tell.

Norton ended up corrupted anyway and took major efforts of many hours to get it uninstalled. Haven't reinstalled it yet.

The major symptom was hitting a few keys or doing even just one action and the computer taking at least 30 seconds and often 3-5 minutes before it would catch up and allow more actions. Uninstalling Norton seems to have about 75-85% fixed that but not totally.

Much appreciate your reply. Thanks big. Nice to know I have some good software. Thought so but this problem these few days has been maddening.

[Gamecock]

***How do you have Norton and Zone Alarm set? I have Zone Alarm Professional, I think and Norton System Works 2006.***



Again, I have the free version of Zone Alarm. I have it set for:
Program control: Low
Internet Zone Security: Medium
Trusted Zone Security: Medium

My anti-virus is set at the default setting.

I have decided to use the same criteria for my computer settings that I use in my clinical practice: a risk/benefit ratio. Do the benefits of certain settings outweigh the risks of the same? From a clinical perspective, do I want to fry someone's liver to clear a mild case of acne? From a computer perspective: do I like not being able to access certain functions to the degree it paralyzes what I want my computer to do?

FWIW, I have heard some horror stories from friends about Norton System Works.