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Comment Re:Waaambulance. (Score 1) 324

I just spent about 8 hours tracking down why a PC was suddenly and inexplicably "soooooo sloooowww" to boot, load and give control back to the user. Turned out it was Sunbelt Security's Vipre. Specifically SBS updates not deleting themselves around the months of September AND October. They'd (the def. updates) filled the users computer with 100's of thousands of files to the tune of 95GB. Yes, that's 95GB. Although Sunbelt minimized the issue on their support forums they posted no solution to the fact that Windows couldn't enumerate the files to delete them. You can be sure that I'll never ever recommend that product to anyone. Corporate or personal, paid for or free. Not because it ain't so bad but because of their lack of integrity in admitting the extent of the problem and posting a real solution for all to see.

Comment Re:No need to fuss (Score 1) 324

Re: Their enterprise AV (Symantec branded) is outstanding. It is not outstanding at all. In fact it is far from it. Not only does it take countless professional hours reading forums, calling Symantec, troubleshooting the "should", and those kinds of added costs to an already out-of-date application but at the end of it all, it just doesn't work anyway! Geez, just put Malwarebytes ($25.00 a lifetime) onto each client computer. That, coupled with the best security defense "user education", you've got the best deal out there. Symantec Corporate. What a ripoff for the last decade. You don't fill-in those user-satisfaction surveys too do you? Like they listen to what users want!!

Comment Re:Wait a minute.... (Score 1) 324

Again, what a stupid, thoughtless and false comment about security "should" be a part of the O/S. Clearly all O/S's include security as a consideration. Clearly some do a better job than others. To me it's like buying a house. Linux ain't the prettiest house but I can probably bullshit to my spouse that we don't need ADT! Microsoft ain't the securest house but I can always buy additional protection if I'm a stupid user.

Comment Re:No need to fuss (Score 1) 324

Bullshit! I'm using Forefront on my Exchange 2010 server and paying nothing! Also as far as high-end corporate AV goes - what a joke. Let the clients take care of themselves. It's 10,000 per cent more efficient and cost-effective with the myriad of choices out there. After all, that's why they're called "personal computers". Geddit!

Comment Re:Correct me if I'm wrong (Score 1) 324

No. Total and absolute security should not be the purpose of the O/S itself. Where on earth did you get that idea? Some buy ADT as an addition to house deadbolts and Schlage locks. Some buy automobile anti-theft devices as an addition to electrolocks or whatever. I'm not even going to bother telling you what the purpose of an O/S is. What a dumb comment.

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