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    Symantec, Mcafee to pay $750,000

    Discussion in 'Security and Anti-Virus Software' started by coolguy, Jun 11, 2009.

  1. coolguy

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  2. Silas Awaketh

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    Awesome! I hope it further deters people from buying their products.
     
    Silas Awaketh, Jun 11, 2009
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  3. McGrady

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    Lol. To bad those are the products that come pre-installed on OEM machines. :rolleyes:
     
    McGrady, Jun 11, 2009
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    Unless the news makes it all the way to Fox, CNN, ABC, etc... No one will know about it--Mainstream consumers that is.
     
    4451235, Jun 11, 2009
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    Do they ONLY come pre-installed on the OEM machines? :rolleyes:
     
    Silas Awaketh, Jun 11, 2009
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    having McAfeee or Norton installed on any system is a crime! They will cripple any system down to a huge slow down. Especially McAfee OMG

    funny enough, my organization uses McAfee in alll their systems, which are 3 GHz. desktops, believe me I feel like im sitting on a 1 GHz. system due to that POs McAfee Virus Scan :rolleyes:
     
    MaXimus, Jun 11, 2009
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    Ok, but who's getting that princely sum? No doubt it's mostly going to go to the lawyers involved, and maybe $10 gift certificates will be sent to all of the affected users. :rolleyes:
     
    Shyster1, Jun 11, 2009
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    I have Norton AV 2009 in my laptop and it performs fine. I wonder how the customers didn't know about auto credit card authorization upon subscription expiration, which they clearly state when buying the product.
     
    coolguy, Jun 11, 2009
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    Have you tried any Norton 2009 product? They are far better than the previous versions.
     
    coolguy, Jun 11, 2009
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    nis2009 rocks i used to be a norton hater but the new 2009 lineup changed a lot..
     
    zfactor, Jun 11, 2009
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    I also heard that NortonIS 2009 was a great AV! Low resources and Powerful!
    Mcfee is good as well but I wonder why a lot of people said that it is a resource hog. I don't feed any it eat up my resources, especially Mcfee 2009.
    ESET NOD 32, of course the lightest and lowest resources and strong AV compared to others except VIPRE!
    VIPRE is well-known as lightest AV.

    However, these antivirus is paid version.
    I stick with the GREATEST FREE AV now, Avira Antivir Personal 9.
    I hope more people would stick with FREE version. So, the price for those paid version drop.
     
    DarkSilver, Jun 11, 2009
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  12. darrickmartin

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    don't bother, they probably won't listen
     
    darrickmartin, Jun 11, 2009
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    Symantec and McAfee get what they deserve, pretty good news to me.

    Mmm, I'd like to reserve a table at Symantec's, have a McAfee Expresso cup ready for my arrival, sir.
     
    Aeris, Jun 12, 2009
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  14. Cin'

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    Wowsa....That's not so good when this stuff happens.. :(
    At least, there was this settlement ~ maybe in the future both will think twice on choosing this type of business practice with their customers.


    Cin ;) :)
     
    Cin', Jun 14, 2009
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