Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Frank Miller Newsgroups: alt.comp.software.firefox Subject: Re: I Got Rid Of All Those Computer "Security" Woes Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2025 03:13:32 +0200 Organization: Tschorkauer Zwetschgen-Pressen-Museum Message-ID: <68AA673C.1090900@backwurst.de> References: <108cjec$278a8$3@toylet.eternal-september.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="562688"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: Pillepalle Cancel-Lock: sha1:4vueOwmSIxHspIusmARLQNYIbC0= In-Reply-To: <108cjec$278a8$3@toylet.eternal-september.org> X-User-ID: eJwFwYkBwCAIA8CVtCQRx+Ep+4/gHU1bdSAKHE6vyFl2iwSu9n88TN0subER7vg6FQWpPR8ZXxEO Xref: csiph.com alt.comp.software.firefox:14665 Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote: > On 23/8/2025 3:25 am, carson@invalid.com wrote: >> First of all, this isn't spam for some program or other. The program I'm >> mentioning has been "extinct" for some years, but it can still be >> downloaded and installed as a freebie. >> ..... >> This bit of extra work is worth it. No more AV nor "Security Programs" >> nonsense. As I previously said, I've been using this program for about >> five years without a single problem with XP and Windows 7. > > > I installed the OEM (evalution) version of Norton Internet Security > which came with a cheap motherboard I bought recently, just for fun. It > might suddenly prevent me clicking the address bar. I immediately > uninsatlled it! :) The last software with "Norton" in it's name worth buying and using it was "Norton Commander 5.5" and maybe "Norton Utilities 8.0". Everything after that branded with "Norton" was bullshit for Windows.