Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Norton Virus

Does anyone on earth rely on Norton Anti-virus to keep their PC safe? I hope not. Unless the virus you have is the internet. My Norton anti-virus program that came standard with my Windows XP home edition did a great job of that. So well in fact, that I had to call my ISP and spend two days trouble shooting before they told me I should uninstall Norton and... WOW, problem solved.

Oh, if the virus is your email it will protect you from that too. In fact it'll make sure you can't sign in to any website that requires a sign in and password. It'll protect you from getting on AIM, paying your bills, and even blogging.

Not since jezzball has a standard computer component been so useless. But at least jezzball actually did what it was intended to do. I wonder how long Norton, as a company, would last if they sold their product independently in stores, instead of forcing it into our operating systems through a long term contract with Microsoft. I think it's time for Microsoft to dump Norton. And while they're at it, they could teach my operating system to not screw every site on the internet without a condom. And is it possible to get herpes from my keyboard?

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