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RoyGBiv

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Wed May-21-08 12:01 AM
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Annoying Software

Most of my "favs" are on there ...

http://reviews.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,1000001048,39419834-1,00.htm

I really like this gem:

Norton Antivirus
It's a little unfair to pick on Norton Antivirus and make it carry the sins of half the desktop malware industry — but only a little unfair. If ever a class of software deserved to be cast into the lower reaches of Hell and run on Satan's own desktop, it is this. Performance- sapping, space-hogging, noisy, irritating and prone to inducing just as many problems as they purport to solve, these horrible, ineffective, expensive lumps of digital thuggery keep entire platoons of support engineers in business and home users in tears. We know. We get the phone calls.

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trotsky

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Wed May-21-08 06:55 AM
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1. Absolutely agree with that list.

Norton's been the worst AV for years. And I echo their comments on Flash, Java, and Adobe Reader. All incredibly annoying.

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BlueJazz

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Wed May-21-08 08:21 PM
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4. Amen to that. I can't tell you how many hours I've spent getting all of..

Nort-fucks files out of a slow, non-working customers computer... :mad:

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hobbit709

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Wed May-21-08 08:00 AM
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2. I agree with that list

Especially the bundled software-what a pain to clean out, even with PC Decrapifier.

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charlie

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Wed May-21-08 03:41 PM
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3. Rogue's gallery, indeed

What's worse is that many of those would be on a list compiled 10 years ago. So much for efficiency through free market "magic."

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JPettus

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Sat May-24-08 02:22 AM
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5. Sounds like Windows in general

Which brings back the entire argument that Windows isn't really an OS, it's a huge, resource hogging virus. ;-)

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salvorhardin

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Sat May-24-08 12:43 PM
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6. Heh. Remember when?

Edited on Sat May-24-08 12:44 PM by salvorhardin

I remember when Norton Utilities was actually a useful collection of utilities, and not a bloated suck-monster. If Norton AV was any good it would actually remove itself from your computer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norton_Utilities

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RoyGBiv

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Sat May-24-08 01:18 PM
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7. I actually do ...

It was a good enough collection it was worth pira ... I mean borrowing ... from friends.

:-)

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