Pages Tagged “Symantec”

Tech Tips

WGA False Positive Experience The time Windows mistakenly told me I was running a pirated copy…because Norton Internet Security had blocked its validation attempt.

Symantec Issues
Last week I received a message offering a 30% discount on Norton Internet Security 2006. It claimed to be from Symantec, but the email address was at digitalriver.com, and all the links—including the ones that claimed to be at symantec.com—went to bluehornet.com. Now 5 minutes of research turns up the facts that Symantec does work […]
(Feb 2006)
Setting up Windows
We finally replaced our 4-year-old Windows Me computer with a new Dell (I’d had enough of building computers a few weeks ago) and it arrived yesterday. Katie had already asked me to upgrade her Mac while she made pizza for an office party. I had planned to finish installing Tiger first, but once you get past […]
(May 2005)
Insecurity updates
Last month I finally got around to installing antivirus software on the one Windows computer we have at home. While I’ve found Norton Anti-Virus has worked well on my system at work, I ended up choosing McAfee Internet Security Suite for two reasons: (1) unlike Symantec, they don’t use a product activation scheme, and (2) […]
(Feb 2004)