Khepri said:
> peter osmar wrote:
>
>> have paid for Norton Internet security, that could not even prtect
>> itself.
>
> Truthfully, that's prbably to be expected. Every hacker/spammer/hijacker
> out there knows how popular Norton is and they write their garbage to
> infiltrate it. More people running Norton equals more hits for them. If
> you were using, say, AVG antivirus, and another companies spamware
> killer, and anothers firewall, you'd probably end up being more secure
> in the long run. The trick is the same...don't use what's advertised as
> "the best"..Best=popular=bad guy target. Like painting a bulleyes on
> your PC...:0
Sounds almost like you are promoting "Security through Obscurity".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_through_obscurity
I'm no big fan of Norton or McAfee. However, one advantage of using the big guys is
that if they are the main target of the hackers, they have (hopefully) found more
holes, bugs, security flaws, etc in their products as a result of prior hacking
activites.
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