"Tom Brown" <Nospam@nospam.net> wrote in message
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>I would like to ask that an MVP weigh in on Gary's constant advice to
>remove
> Norton. Norton is one of the most popular (and possibly the biggest)
> antivirus program in the world and I wonder why he thinks that will cure
> all
> evils. Is it true? Is Norton not useable with Vista?
>
> I don't use Norton on my Vista machine (my wife uses it with no problems
> on
> XP) so I don't know. But, if it is not compatible, or is problematic with
> Vista then that fact should be widely broadcast. If it is a legitimate
> product to use with Visa, then someone should say so.
>
> So, I guess my quesiton is. ..... is anyone able to use Norton AV without
> problems on Vista? Many of us would appreciate hearing from you so we can
> get an idea about what the facts are.
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" <gary@NoMail.invalid> wrote in message
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>> Chances are, the Windows Mail problem will go away after you uninstall
>> Norton.
>>
>> "Window Mail DEP message" <Window Mail DEP
>> message@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>>> My Windows Mail stops working when a certain message is trying to be
>>> deleted.
>>> It is telling me that the Data Prevention Protection has closed the
>>> program.
>>> I've run Nortons 360 so I don't think it's a virus.
It's good advice.
Norton and McAfee are not compatible with Windows Mail. They also slow down
Windows itself and cause other problems. I refuse customers who won't give
them up.
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