I often hear people complain about Norton or others causing problems and slowing up machines and all other manner of supposed problems but most are overstated or mythical. yes, good protection will put a resource overhead on your computer and the surprise is what exactly? These days we are not struggling for extra performance or extra resources. I run an i7 desktop with 16Gb RAM. I get bemused when the CPU usage hits double figures.
My point is quite simple: if it is good and worthwhile, pay for it. If it is not then dont. And if it is free than you will no doubt value it accordingly. Its hardly an original philosophy. -----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Sytze de Boer Sent: Saturday, 8 February 2014 9:17 AM To: profox Subject: Re: Microsoft Security Essentials Geoff, I'm sorry but I disagree with you, for a simple reason. I am not at all convinced the *free* software is inferior to the *paid* software. In my business I used to detest the free software because I made nothing when selling/installing it (apart from maybe my time) But when I added up my time for all the problems with the *not free* Kaspersky or Norton, I changed my mind. I also think it is erroneous to compare AV software simply on the basis of "how many virusses did it catch". They should add criteria such as How much did it slow down your pc and How often did it destroy/damage your dbf files or cdx files, and especially this one, How often did it case file/record locking on the network. Yes, my MS Essentials may let in an extra virus. (Not that it ever has) But if it did, the time to kill/remove that virus far outweighs the disadvantages of some of the others. On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Geoff Flight <data...@adam.com.au> wrote: > It is a little amusing to hear people complaining about free software. > Personally, I think that if you own a computer then you should own > (and pay > for) quality protection. You wouldn't buy a car and put third-rate > free tyres on it (or you shouldn't at least). Buy quality anti-virus > and stop complaining. One of the side-effects of the internet has been > the belief that nobody should now pay for anything like software or > movies etc but can reserve the right to complain about them. > > in this century, computer protection is essential so why do we think > that protection should be free> > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/000401cf246b$4568a420$d039ec60$@com.au ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
