On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 11:51 -0700, "Paul McNett" <[email protected]> wrote: > 1) why is such all-encompassing real-time AV software required in the > first place?
I wouldn't say that it actually is required for XP SP3 and Windows 7, but your average user sees all these TV news reports about malware threats, half-understands the AV advertising and throws whatever seems to be winning the features arms-race at the time at the problem. > > 2) if it takes away from the user experience, why is it installed on new > PC's by default? > C'mon, remember the days when a new Dell was loaded with every piece of crap shovelware going? Did all that add to the user experience? Norton obviously do very sweet deals for manufacturers. -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** 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.
