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My solution at present is to have 2 computers. One with all my important and
proprietary information on it. The other with my e-mail and Internet
workings on it. If someone breaks into computer number 2 they can read these
posts, windows files or maybe an odd demo but that's about it. Also a zip
drive can slow down an invader if the disk is not inserted:-)
Prosper
----- Original Message -----
From: Dennis Holverstott <dennis@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: Omega List <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 9:25 PM
Subject: McAfee - version 4 sux
> More on the ongoing security struggle....
>
> My computer came with NT and McAfee 3 preinstalled. I never had a
> problem with 3. It just quietly ran in the background and didn't seem to
> affect performance at all. Problem is they quit posting updated virus
> definitions for 3 at the end of the year so I finally installed 4 to get
> new definitions. Well, it's a dawg. I have some TS4 indicators I run
> every night that write to files with fileappend. They take 3-4 times as>
long to run with McAfee 4 running. Booting takes a lot longer and
> shutting down programs is sluggish. Disabling McAfee brings the
speed
> back to normal.
>
> I dunno, maybe it's another one of those conflict things like I had with
> ZoneAlarm and Sygate Manager. I've got a P3-450, 320MB, with ZoneAlarm
> and Sygate services running. The readme says how much better the
> protection is with 4 than 3. They incorporated Dr. Solomon technology.
> But, if I have to leave it disabled most of the time, it ain't doing
> dick to protect me.
>
> --
> Dennis
>
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