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    Quote Originally Posted by Moses Yoder View Post
    I normally stay logged in to forums. Does this make it easier to get the password?
    In some cases, yes. Google Heartbleed... not a 100% direct relation, any time you have passwords stored somewhere more readily accessible (particularly RAM), the job of finding something useful increases for those with an interest.
    Quote Originally Posted by Moses Yoder View Post
    And the other question, does it really matter if someone hacks my Sawmill Creek password so long as I am not using the same word for everything?
    Not really... they could post as you, but so what.
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    I don't think you can do better than to get Norton security products.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pat Barry View Post
    I don't think you can do much worse than to get Norton security products.
    Fixed that for you, Pat
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    My password generator:


    1. Close eyes
    2. Start keying in random characters as you hands wander over the keyboard
    3. Occasionally depress the "shift" key while keying
    4. Cease keying
    5. Open eyes to see if you've keyed in the requisite variety of characters
    6. Safely record and store an acceptable password because it's unlikely you'll ever be able to recall that unique and random sequence of characters unless you have a photographic memory.


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    I don't think you can do much worse than to get Norton security products.



    +1 I don't trust anything Norton any more!

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    It's some of the most invasive inefficient bloated string scanning junkware I've ever come across.
    You did what !

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    Quote Originally Posted by Joshua Pierce View Post
    Some of the Ars Technica articles I've linked in the past threads (like this one ) discuss this a bit.
    Wow. Great article! thanks for the link!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Sheldrake View Post
    +2

    It's some of the most invasive inefficient bloated string scanning junkware I've ever come across.
    Norton Internet Security (2014) is PC magazine Editors Choice. I guess that is pretty bad. LOL. What do you recommend that's better than what PC magazine is saying?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pat Barry View Post
    Norton Internet Security (2014) is PC magazine Editors Choice. I guess that is pretty bad. LOL. What do you recommend that's better than what PC magazine is saying?

    Well, if your looking for an anti virus program, I would read one of the independent reviews:

    http://www.av-comparatives.org/

    https://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/index

    I think Norton has gotten a bad rap over the years - but rightfully so

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pat Barry View Post
    Norton Internet Security (2014) is PC magazine Editors Choice. I guess that is pretty bad. LOL. What do you recommend that's better than what PC magazine is saying?
    Pat, that's a review on it's effectiveness vs. a virus. Most people don't fault Norton or McAfee for their quality, they fault them for how they bloat the system down and embed themselves so deep into your system you can't hardly get rid of them without some special tools.

    ESET Nod 32 is one of the best out there, it rates higher than most others and it's not very intrusive into the system. It's highly recommended by geeks, who I trust more than magazine's taking advertising
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pat Barry View Post
    Norton Internet Security (2014) is PC magazine Editors Choice. I guess that is pretty bad. LOL. What do you recommend that's better than what PC magazine is saying?
    I would not consider PC Magazine to be an authoritative source for AV software efficacy (or much else, these days). Let me see if I can summarize the entire AV world in a few sentences...

    No AV software in existence recognizes all of the viruses (even ancient ones!). Each will recognize a subset, the size of which will vary dramatically between packages. Package 'A' will recognize virus #1 and not recognize #2 (both being a year old, so plenty of time to add a definition to their database)... package 'B' will do just the opposite. Package 'C' might recognize mutating viruses, whereas you have to go with package 'D' if you want to have any hope of recognizing rootkits and boot sector viruses. Take a standard package of viruses from across the decade and none of the packages will recognize all of the viruses.

    Note I said "recognize", not defend against... all packages, to varying degrees, may be able to recognize a specific virus but not be able to defend against it. Nature of the beast.

    Norton is...painful... in terms of what it does to your system usability. If you're content with continually losing 100% of your processor for periods of time, allowing your memory resources get hogged, etc., then install Norton tools.

    I use Avast! on my home machines, which offers a decent mix of low system resource capture and virus signatures, with algorithms more tailored to the type of web surfing I do. Although I block most ads from FaceBook, for example, its algorithms have captured a few over the last year or two from friends who have had their pages stolen and virus-laden articles inserted. There are other decent packages out there accessible to the home user.
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