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Offline Nemesis

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Norton vs Firefox
« on: September 08, 2008, 07:38:15 am »
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According to Mike Beltzner, Mozilla's director for Firefox, old and outdated Norton software was responsible for preventing the browser from properly terminating


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Indeed, irate users have reported the abrupt disappearance of Norton's Identity Safe password manager after upgrading to Firefox 3.0.1. Symantec responded to the malfunctioning password program by releasing a Firefox 3.0 compatibility update.

It should be noted that Symantec has a history of distributing software that conflicts with other applications.


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Re: Norton vs Firefox
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2008, 11:30:49 am »
I always run Norton, and have never had a problem running any version of Firefox.
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Re: Norton vs Firefox
« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2008, 09:55:39 pm »
Centrus.. I bet you that you will almost double your computer speed by removing Norton..

PC Magazine has them listed almost as bad as a virus with the way it invades your computer in 4 different locations..

Most AV only installs about 64 Mb.. Why does Norton have to install over 400 MB?

Computer performance hit with Norton is 28% off the top and gets worse over the course of time.

The biggest problem Norton has is with software or patches installing to a computer.. corrupting software.

I can see how Norton can effect browsers because of this.
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