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"Loek"

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Nov 12, 2007, 4:20 PM

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If I give you "ccSvcHst.exe error", what's your answer going to be?
Second, do you also agree that it (Norton Anti-Virus 2007 specifically)
slows down your machine?

Thanks in advance. They at Symantec know nothing if they even dare to
answer. At least not in The Netherlands.

Loek




"Iain Smith"

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Nov 12, 2007, 4:50 PM

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"Loek" <justask@me.nl> wrote in message
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> If I give you "ccSvcHst.exe error", what's your answer going to be?

Loek, go here http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=137085
and see if that helps. Smile

Iain




Dudley Henriques

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Posted on:
Nov 12, 2007, 4:55 PM

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Loek wrote:
> If I give you "ccSvcHst.exe error", what's your answer going to be?
> Second, do you also agree that it (Norton Anti-Virus 2007 specifically)
> slows down your machine?
>
> Thanks in advance. They at Symantec know nothing if they even dare to
> answer. At least not in The Netherlands.
>
> Loek
>
>
What I've run into with Norton and McAfee both is that they each are
extremely registry invasive and cause issues with systems using Flight
Simulator.

Keeping in mind that this is my own personal experience, I must also say
that in my dealings with people in the sim community, the sides are
split between those who absolutely hate these two AV programs and those
who have no issues at all (Typical among so many I might add)

It's just like everything else thrown out here on Usenet for a poll.
You'll get those who swear by something and those who swear at it Smile
My personal feeling is that I will never again have either Norton or
McAfee installed on any PC that I use for a flight simulator.
DH


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Dudley Henriques



notspecified

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Vernon Balbert

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Nov 12, 2007, 5:14 PM

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On 11/12/2007 2:03 PM, notspecified went clickity clack on the keyboard
and produced this interesting bit of text:
> In article <Q4WdnfcOVqBFVqXanZ2dnUVZ_qSonZ2d@rcn.net>, dhenriques@rcn.com says...
>> Loek wrote:
>>> If I give you "ccSvcHst.exe error", what's your answer going to be?
>>> Second, do you also agree that it (Norton Anti-Virus 2007 specifically)
>>> slows down your machine?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance. They at Symantec know nothing if they even dare to
>>> answer. At least not in The Netherlands.
>>>
>>> Loek
>>>
>>>
>> What I've run into with Norton and McAfee both is that they each are
>> extremely registry invasive and cause issues with systems using Flight
>> Simulator.
>>
>> Keeping in mind that this is my own personal experience, I must also say
>> that in my dealings with people in the sim community, the sides are
>> split between those who absolutely hate these two AV programs and those
>> who have no issues at all (Typical among so many I might add)
>>
>> It's just like everything else thrown out here on Usenet for a poll.
>> You'll get those who swear by something and those who swear at it Smile
>> My personal feeling is that I will never again have either Norton or
>> McAfee installed on any PC that I use for a flight simulator.
>> DH
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> Norton bogged down my system, as did the latest Zonealarm Suite which I took off my system months
> before my subscription was up. I have finally settled on NOD32 for using the least resources on my
> system. I tried it free for 30-days and just plunked down the cash for it this week. I use
> Zonealarm Free version for firewall and the two programs work well together.

I use AVG-Free for my AV program. Not invasive and doesn't bog down the
system. I don't use a firewall program on my system since I have a
router that does the job. It saves resources on my machine. It's
almost worth the price alone, even if I didn't have networked computers.

--
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spacesuit. On July 19th, 1999, a naked Chuck Norris re-entered the
earth's atmosphere, streaking over 14 states and reaching a temperature
of 3000 degrees. An embarrassed NASA publicly claimed it was a meteor,
and still owes him a beer.



"Oskar Wagner"

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Posted on:
Nov 12, 2007, 5:17 PM

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Wise words Dudley! Smile) Nevertheless I'm one of the guys that never had any
problems with McAfee for the last 8 years. But still I intend to have my new
machine (hopefully next spring) absolutely "clean" for performance reasons.
The only oddity in that respect is the use of the McAfeeSecurityCenter: I
haven't found a way so far to shut it down !!! Obviously you need to
deinstall it inorder to prevent it from starting at booting - a funny
perspective - or am I too dumb to see another solution?
--
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"Dudley Henriques" <dhenriques@rcn.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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>
> It's just like everything else thrown out here on Usenet for a poll.
> You'll get those who swear by something and those who swear at it Smile
> My personal feeling is that I will never again have either Norton or
> McAfee installed on any PC that I use for a flight simulator.
> --
> Dudley Henriques




Dudley Henriques

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Posted on:
Nov 12, 2007, 5:43 PM

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Oskar Wagner wrote:
> Wise words Dudley! Smile) Nevertheless I'm one of the guys that never had any
> problems with McAfee for the last 8 years. But still I intend to have my new
> machine (hopefully next spring) absolutely "clean" for performance reasons.
> The only oddity in that respect is the use of the McAfeeSecurityCenter: I
> haven't found a way so far to shut it down !!! Obviously you need to
> deinstall it inorder to prevent it from starting at booting - a funny
> perspective - or am I too dumb to see another solution?
Hi Oskar;

Well, you're not dumb unless we're both dumb together Smile I have yet to
figure out exactly what and why McAfee and Norton do what they do.
My solution for the simulator might not be the optimum solution for
everyone but it's worked very well for me.
I simply bought an IMac that I use for all my on line work including
Usenet. I have an AV program on it but it's really not needed at all on
the Mac.
I've devoted my high end gaming PC totally to the simulator (FS9
actually) and keep it off line completely. I'm sticking with XP/SP2 with
no updates and no other software installed but the basic OS. I've
optimized my personal sim enjoyment and minimized any hassles all around.
I realize that for many people, a two system setup might be a hardship,
and what I've been recommending to people who ask me about AV is to use
NOD32 or AVG, or even Computer Associates EZAntiVirus; none of which
seem to be registry invasive and seem to work quite well without all the
deep invasion some complain about with the more "complete" AV suites.
Hope you've been well.
Dudley


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"Loek"

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Posted on:
Nov 12, 2007, 6:37 PM

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Thanks Iain,

I've already seen that one. That forum convinced me I was not the only one
looking for answers.

Loek

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>
> "Loek" <justask@me.nl> wrote in message
> news:4738c36c$0$14930$a9266ab1@news.buzzardnews.com...
>> If I give you "ccSvcHst.exe error", what's your answer going to be?
>
> Loek, go here http://www.cybertechhelp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=137085
> and see if that helps. Smile
>
> Iain
>




"Loek"

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justask@me.nl
Posted on:
Nov 12, 2007, 6:46 PM

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What I have learned so far (partially confirmed here) is that Norton may be
really up-to-date, but it's a hit on your performance. However, you are the
first one I hear complaining about McAfee, Dudley. I had no problems until
my upgrade to Norton Anti-Virus 2007 from 2006. Strange!

AVG up till now is the piece of free software mentioned to me most when
looking for any alternative. But I really want to know more about this
error. And why Norton remains so quiet!? I've paid enough for
it!..........Poofs..

Loek

"Loek" <justask@me.nl> schreef in bericht
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> If I give you "ccSvcHst.exe error", what's your answer going to be?
> Second, do you also agree that it (Norton Anti-Virus 2007 specifically)
> slows down your machine?
>
> Thanks in advance. They at Symantec know nothing if they even dare to
> answer. At least not in The Netherlands.
>
> Loek
>




Marcel Kuijper

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zoepetier@hotmail.com
Posted on:
Nov 13, 2007, 6:30 AM

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"Oskar Wagner" wrote:

> Wise words Dudley! Smile) Nevertheless I'm one of the guys that never had any
> problems with McAfee for the last 8 years.

Aha!
I always wondered who you guys were! Smile)

I started out with McAfee some 8 or 9 years ago, loving the feel of
security and
paying for the update. Then one day there was a post on a local
internet security
forum that McAfee let some trojans through while Norton caught them.
I did the test and it was right. The trojan was somehow downloaded,
but luckily
still dormant.

I downloaded the trial version of the then latest Norton and during
the first scan it
caught the trojan.

At first I thought it was a clever marketing scam run by Norton, but
even some of
the freeware virusscanners caught that trojan.

I needed no more convincing and discarded McAfee faster than you can
say MD-11.

Norton has been my safety net for some time now, but lately I've been
experimenting
with some of the freeware progs, like AVG, because I'm sick and tired
of Norton's
extremely high prices. (at least I think they're high!)

I've been using AVG for a few months now, installed Norton and ran the
scan...nada!
AVG seems to do the job real well!

So it's bye bye to Norton Antivirus as soon as it expires.


Marcel




"Iain Smith"

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Posted on:
Nov 13, 2007, 7:07 AM

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"Marcel Kuijper" <zoepetier@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> So it's bye bye to Norton Antivirus as soon as it expires.
>

I'm thinking the same way Marcel because I agree with you that Norton prices
are too high. Luckily, for the past two renewals I've found an upgrade disc
through one of Amazons traders at half price but how long will that go on?
However, I must say that Norton IS2007 does seem to be less of a resource
hog, which is what one or two PC mags said a few months ago.

Iain




Gregory

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Posted on:
Nov 13, 2007, 7:08 AM

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On Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:03:17 -0500, notspecified
<notspecified@nospam.com> brought the following to our attention:

>In article <Q4WdnfcOVqBFVqXanZ2dnUVZ_qSonZ2d@rcn.net>, dhenriques@rcn.com says...
>> Loek wrote:
>> > If I give you "ccSvcHst.exe error", what's your answer going to be?
>> > Second, do you also agree that it (Norton Anti-Virus 2007 specifically)
>> > slows down your machine?
>> >
>> > Thanks in advance. They at Symantec know nothing if they even dare to
>> > answer. At least not in The Netherlands.
>> >
>> > Loek
>> >
>> >
>> What I've run into with Norton and McAfee both is that they each are
>> extremely registry invasive and cause issues with systems using Flight
>> Simulator.
>>
>> Keeping in mind that this is my own personal experience, I must also say
>> that in my dealings with people in the sim community, the sides are
>> split between those who absolutely hate these two AV programs and those
>> who have no issues at all (Typical among so many I might add)
>>
>> It's just like everything else thrown out here on Usenet for a poll.
>> You'll get those who swear by something and those who swear at it Smile
>> My personal feeling is that I will never again have either Norton or
>> McAfee installed on any PC that I use for a flight simulator.
>> DH
>>
>
>
>Norton bogged down my system, as did the latest Zonealarm Suite which I took off my system months
>before my subscription was up. I have finally settled on NOD32 for using the least resources on my
>system. I tried it free for 30-days and just plunked down the cash for it this week. I use
>Zonealarm Free version for firewall and the two programs work well together.


That Norton stuff is really invasive and every day, it seems, one is
running `update Norton.´ Normally I wouldn't do this but, here's some
advise from uncle Greg. Ditch the Norton suite and even the AV soft-
ware and add an inexpensive NAT device such as this one:
http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=394596

Always practice safe internetworking, keep others and the kids off
the LAN, and run your tried and true applications* with confidence.

-G



* don't be installing every kool new thing out there!!




"Iain Smith"

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Posted on:
Nov 13, 2007, 7:12 AM

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"Loek" <justask@me.nl> wrote in message
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> I had no problems until my upgrade to Norton Anti-Virus 2007 from 2006.
> Strange!
>
Loek, I assume that when you upgraded you removed 2006 first? I ask because
when upgrading from 2005 to 2006 I just installed the later one on top of
2005 as I thought being an "upgrade" that was what you did. I then had
problems, particularly with LiveUpdate. Then I read on the Symantec site
that removal, using their tool, was necessary. Since doing that no problems!
Smile

Iain




"Ed Medlin"

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Posted on:
Nov 13, 2007, 7:21 AM

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> What I've run into with Norton and McAfee both is that they each are
> extremely registry invasive and cause issues with systems using Flight
> Simulator.
>
> Keeping in mind that this is my own personal experience, I must also say
> that in my dealings with people in the sim community, the sides are split
> between those who absolutely hate these two AV programs and those who have
> no issues at all (Typical among so many I might add)
>
> It's just like everything else thrown out here on Usenet for a poll.
> You'll get those who swear by something and those who swear at it Smile
> My personal feeling is that I will never again have either Norton or
> McAfee installed on any PC that I use for a flight simulator.
> DH
>
>
> --
> Dudley Henriques

I use AVG Free Edition and have no issues at all and it works very well. I
cannot even count the times I have spent hours cleaning the registry of
Norton and McAfee products that folks want uninstalled. I run two hardware
firewalls so I don't worry much about that part. I have one family network
and one business network both with their own HW firewalls, plus the main
router that feeds both.

Ed




"Loek"

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Posted on:
Nov 13, 2007, 7:42 AM

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Good point Iain,

I did both. First installation "on top of" and then installation of 2007
after removing everything called Norton and Symantec, including all other
Norton traces in the registry manually after having used the Norton tool.
The first thing popping up after al that work and re-installation of the
2007 version was the error mentioned earlier at shutdown..... grrrrrrrrr.

What bothers me most is the absolute inability to write or talk to somebody
from Symantec about this. And no mention of this problem on their website
either. So much for their service...

Loek

"Iain Smith" <iainsmithdotrugbyatbtinternetdotcom> schreef in bericht
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>
> "Loek" <justask@me.nl> wrote in message
> news:4738e59f$0$14950$a9266ab1@news.buzzardnews.com...
>> I had no problems until my upgrade to Norton Anti-Virus 2007 from 2006.
>> Strange!
>>
> Loek, I assume that when you upgraded you removed 2006 first? I ask
> because when upgrading from 2005 to 2006 I just installed the later one on
> top of 2005 as I thought being an "upgrade" that was what you did. I then
> had problems, particularly with LiveUpdate. Then I read on the Symantec
> site that removal, using their tool, was necessary. Since doing that no
> problems! Smile
>
> Iain
>




"Loek"

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Posted on:
Nov 13, 2007, 7:49 AM

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Hi Marcel,

So did you notice any improvement in performance after your switchover to
AVG?

Loek

"Marcel Kuijper" <zoepetier@hotmail.com> schreef in bericht
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> "Oskar Wagner" wrote:
>
>> Wise words Dudley! Smile) Nevertheless I'm one of the guys that never had
>> any
>> problems with McAfee for the last 8 years.
>
> Aha!
> I always wondered who you guys were! Smile)
>
> I started out with McAfee some 8 or 9 years ago, loving the feel of
> security and
> paying for the update. Then one day there was a post on a local
> internet security
> forum that McAfee let some trojans through while Norton caught them.
> I did the test and it was right. The trojan was somehow downloaded,
> but luckily
> still dormant.
>
> I downloaded the trial version of the then latest Norton and during
> the first scan it
> caught the trojan.
>
> At first I thought it was a clever marketing scam run by Norton, but
> even some of
> the freeware virusscanners caught that trojan.
>
> I needed no more convincing and discarded McAfee faster than you can
> say MD-11.
>
> Norton has been my safety net for some time now, but lately I've been
> experimenting
> with some of the freeware progs, like AVG, because I'm sick and tired
> of Norton's
> extremely high prices. (at least I think they're high!)
>
> I've been using AVG for a few months now, installed Norton and ran the
> scan...nada!
> AVG seems to do the job real well!
>
> So it's bye bye to Norton Antivirus as soon as it expires.
>
>
> Marcel
>




Marcel Kuijper

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Posted on:
Nov 13, 2007, 5:26 PM

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"Iain Smith" wrote:

> I'm thinking the same way Marcel because I agree with you that Norton
> prices are too high.

Don't get me wrong, because it does the job very well.
It's just that it works the same way as the free AVG, which ofcourse makes
a big difference. And AVG doesn't mind on how many computers you install
it. NIS is slightly pickier in that respect. You can buy NIS, install it on
a bunch of computers (make sure you have enough e-mail aliases) and run the
updates, but once the day arrives for a renewal, that's when NIS calls a
halt. Then it's back to the store and everything starts all over again.


> However, I must say that Norton IS2007 does seem to be less of a resource
> hog, which is what one or two PC mags said a few months ago.

Less of a resource hog than McAfee you mean?
I never really payed attention to that when I switched from McAfee to
Norton, which is odd because back then I ran everything off a Compaq
DeskPro PII-333 and that was a machine that fought off lots of programs.

Damn! After all these years I *STILL* hate that computer!! Smile

I can't believe any manufacturer would deliberately write a piece of the
boot sector onto the harddrive. Result: formatting the drive is a big
mistake!

--

Marcel (HC153VE)
"Attention fans: if you drive a late Seventies orange-brown convertible
with big, fuzzy dice hanging from the mirror: it's time to get a new car."



Marcel Kuijper

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Posted on:
Nov 13, 2007, 5:28 PM

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"Loek" wrote:

> So did you notice any improvement in performance after your switchover to
> AVG?

The cold boot-up is a lot quicker without NIS in the way.
AVG seems to wait until the computer is completely booted up before running
any checks whatsoever.
I like that.

That's all I've noticed so far.

--

Marcel (HC153VE)
"Attention! This just in: Those weren't really hotdogs you just ate."



"John Ward"

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jrmward@tpg.com.au
Posted on:
Nov 14, 2007, 2:14 AM

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Hi Marcel,

Just be happy with AVG Free, and ZoneAlarm, Free, mate.

I paid for all the others, to try them, and they offer nothing extra,
and they don't interfere with the Sim'....

Regards,
John Ward
"Marcel Kuijper" <zoepetier@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Oskar Wagner" wrote:
>
>> Wise words Dudley! Smile) Nevertheless I'm one of the guys that never had
>> any
>> problems with McAfee for the last 8 years.
>
> Aha!
> I always wondered who you guys were! Smile)
>
> I started out with McAfee some 8 or 9 years ago, loving the feel of
> security and
> paying for the update. Then one day there was a post on a local
> internet security
> forum that McAfee let some trojans through while Norton caught them.
> I did the test and it was right. The trojan was somehow downloaded,
> but luckily
> still dormant.
>
> I downloaded the trial version of the then latest Norton and during
> the first scan it
> caught the trojan.
>
> At first I thought it was a clever marketing scam run by Norton, but
> even some of
> the freeware virusscanners caught that trojan.
>
> I needed no more convincing and discarded McAfee faster than you can
> say MD-11.
>
> Norton has been my safety net for some time now, but lately I've been
> experimenting
> with some of the freeware progs, like AVG, because I'm sick and tired
> of Norton's
> extremely high prices. (at least I think they're high!)
>
> I've been using AVG for a few months now, installed Norton and ran the
> scan...nada!
> AVG seems to do the job real well!
>
> So it's bye bye to Norton Antivirus as soon as it expires.
>
>
> Marcel
>




"Slap"

Usenet Poster
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Posted on:
Nov 14, 2007, 3:54 AM

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"Marcel Kuijper" <zoepetier_nothing_here@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Loek" wrote:
>
>> So did you notice any improvement in performance after your switchover to
>> AVG?
>
> The cold boot-up is a lot quicker without NIS in the way.
> AVG seems to wait until the computer is completely booted up before
> running
> any checks whatsoever.
> I like that.
>
> That's all I've noticed so far.
>

I like Avast. Has a manual Boot Check in that if you ask it to it will do a
scan prior to Windows starting up. It is also free. Doesn't seem to bother
FSX. I did use AVG for a few years and liked it too. Been using Avast for
a year or so now.

--
dave





"Iain Smith"

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"Marcel Kuijper" <zoepetier_nothing_here@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> However, I must say that Norton IS2007 does seem to be less of a resource
>> hog, which is what one or two PC mags said a few months ago.
>
> Less of a resource hog than McAfee you mean?

Sorry, I was unclear - less of a resource hog than previous Nortons.

Iain




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"Iain Smith" wrote:

>> "Marcel Kuijper" wrote:
>> Less of a resource hog than McAfee you mean?
>
> Sorry, I was unclear - less of a resource hog than previous Nortons.

No problem, Iain.
I never ran comparison tests between Norton versions, so I'll take you word
for it since you obviously did the tests.

Odd though, eh? Usually the newer a program is, the bigger it is and the
more of a hog it turns out to be.
So in that respect I guess we can come to the conclusion that NIS got
better over the years.

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Marcel (HC153VE)
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"John Ward" wrote:

> Just be happy with AVG Free, and ZoneAlarm, Free, mate.
>
> I paid for all the others, to try them, and they offer nothing extra,
> and they don't interfere with the Sim'....

Here in my country we're taught one thing at a very young age: always try
the cheap way first. Smile

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"Vernon Balbert" <vbalbert@gmail.nospam.com> skrev i en meddelelse
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>
> I use AVG-Free for my AV program. Not invasive and doesn't bog down the
> system. I don't use a firewall program on my system since I have a router
> that does the job. It saves resources on my machine. It's almost worth
> the price alone, even if I didn't have networked computers.
>
Exact same setup here :o)

I was on Norton until the 2002 eddition, but then someone pointed me to AVG,
so I tryed it out for one day, allongside Norton. After the install of AVG,
I ran the full system check, and it found 2! Trojans, that Norton could not
see, and I was convinced. After a fresh "Format C:", and reinstalling
everything but Norton AV, I saw that my system was running a bit faster,
using less CPU and RAM, so I've never looked back, and am now trying to
persuade everyone I know, to swich to this free AV, that scores as well as
the commercial ones, in most tests :o)

The hardware firewall (Router) allso helps freeing up system recources, so
my sim is running smoother :o)

As for the "ccSvcHst.exe error", I found this:

"This seems to be the solution over here : You may not have a floppydisk
station, where the option that Norton should scan this station at shutdown
is probably enabled. Disable this option, if you do not have a floppydisk
station, also disable this in your bios. I tried it, it seems to works so
far. "

The "CC" is Symantech Common Client, and the rest "SvcHst.exe" is a program
for running *.dll files, under Windows NT/2000/XP.

Tommy C







"Loek"

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Nov 15, 2007, 8:23 AM

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Hi Tommy,

I found that as wel.. Thought it refered to the "ccApp" during shutdown
though. But I could be wrong.

Also found SvcHst was for the dll files so my own investigation seems OK.
Wish Norton came up with something useful. I'm going to wipe it of my disk
now, so they did lose a costumer I guess...

Loek

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> "Vernon Balbert" <vbalbert@gmail.nospam.com> skrev i en meddelelse
> news:gf4_i.5233$852.3452@newssvr17.news.prodigy.net...
>>
> As for the "ccSvcHst.exe error", I found this:
>
> "This seems to be the solution over here : You may not have a floppydisk
> station, where the option that Norton should scan this station at shutdown
> is probably enabled. Disable this option, if you do not have a floppydisk
> station, also disable this in your bios. I tried it, it seems to works so
> far. "
>
> The "CC" is Symantech Common Client, and the rest "SvcHst.exe" is a
> program for running *.dll files, under Windows NT/2000/XP.
>
> Tommy C
>
>
>
>
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