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To: Lost1 who wrote (15061)1/19/2001 2:08:34 AM
From: tanstfl  Read Replies (1) of 110631
 
Hi Huck,
I have found it to be a very useful program. However, I have disabled the background operation of anti-virus, e-mail anti-virus (poproxy), and Nprotect, to avoid the performance penalty and save memory. I also moved Systemworks out of the startup folder as it somes to double the time it takes the system to start up. Instead, I have Norton scheduler run antivirus and defrag at night and I run the other utilities manually on occasion since after the first time or two not many new problems crop up.

However, I basically just use text email and I almost never introduce new disks or net software into the computer. I've had a couple virus's over the last four years (since they got popular) but they did no real damage and I got them from working on other people's computers (which I do frequently over my network).

So it's a cost-benefit analysis, and my choice was to choose the performance and freedom from the conflicts the anti-virus programs introduce over always-on protection.

Best,
Steve
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