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Old 02-02-2008   #3 (permalink)
Joe
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Re: All just marketing fluff or is it really that good?

Well, my windows score is above 4- but you might like to check a large
forum dedicated to the program at
http://forums.microsoft.com/windowso....aspx?siteid=2 for views
by others.

The program has its problems but all AV suite programs do.

Joe

"Richard Thompson" <richard@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Ok, i've always believed that if something seems too good to be true it
> generally is too good to be true.
>
> After reading about OneCare and trying out the free online web scanner I
> was pleasantly surprised. I would like to know, from the people out there
> running Vista with scores of below 4 on their performance rating system,
> what OneCare does to their systems?
>
> Traditionally antivirus has had a major affect on system performance
> especially when combined with spyware detection, adware detection,
> firewall, etc. Now that said obviously Microsoft know how their OS works
> and would have developed something which is good for their OS, but I want
> to know what the community says AND is it really worth the 38 quid the
> vendors want for it?
>
> Kind regards
> Richard
>
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