Unsticking Yourself From Your Security Application

Ant writes "In Scott Dunn's Windows Secrets, he describes his informal tests of well-known computer security vendors when it comes to subscriptions and renewals. These days, most antivirus and other security products come with a subscription to update your virus definitions. He also explains ways to opt-out, users' comments, etc. Seen in EGeezer's Broadband/DSL Reports security forum thread. Always read those end user license agreements (EULAs)."

Comments

Re:But why do we need these in the first place?

[Kryptonian Jor-El]

Windows Firewall? never had a virus? you're obviously not a fan of pr0n.

Re:But why do we need these in the first place?

[Andrew Kismet]

Parent: I'm surprised you found someone that's willing to sit there that long and listen to someone drone on about it...

GP: ...a retired history teacher...

Re:But why do we need these in the first place?

[iminplaya]

Abusing yourself with a mountain bike is much more fun than abusing yourself with Nortons. There's just no adrenalin rush in watching a computer slowly sink into the morass. On the other hand your nephew will pay the price by the time he turns 60 and all those old injuries come back to haunt him. Hehehe.

Re:But why do we need these in the first place?

[enrgeeman]

Probably very little. I just uninstalled Norton from a Dell for a church friend the other day.