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BSAM

Registered: Sep 1999
Posts: 8396

09-15-11 12:16 AM

Which is a greater threat to your general welfare?

1. Al-Qaeda

2. Barack Obama

3. Preinstalled internet security software

Last time you bought a computer, what did you do to get rid of the preinstalled security software? (Norton and McAfee aren't allowed in my house.)

Will Windows 7 do a sufficient job of removing this junk from Control Panel>Uninstall A Program?

If you have done this, please reply. Thanks.

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vikana
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Registered: Apr 2001
Posts: 1555

09-15-11 04:40 AM

Somewhat to my surprise McAfee and Norton have come off clean on two Windows 7 systems.

For my core trading systems, I now use Microsoft Security Essentials with weekly scans. It's fast and take nominal resources during the day. My core trading systems only have broker software and data feed on it.

I have Norton 2012 (was 2011 until a few days ago) for my main system. Also light with lots of good benefits, such as the file/download community validation. Combined with IE9 and the new aggressive privacy settings, that seems like a good combo (even though I like FF better).

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Bob111

Registered: May 2002
Posts: 6433

09-15-11 05:51 AM

fuck all of them..i prefer to build my own. and keep all trading Pc's on separate network..

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brownsfan019

Registered: Jun 2005
Posts: 2872

09-23-11 04:31 PM

http://www.revouninstaller.com/revo...e_download.html

Use that to remove any program, it will find just about any trace of it on your machine and remove it.

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silver914

Registered: Jan 2007
Posts: 370

09-30-11 11:12 PM

Quote from Bob111:

fuck all of them..i prefer to build my own. and keep all trading Pc's on separate network..

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