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I don't care whether a virus is good or bad, I simply don't want it.
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Posted: 2007-03-27 14:51:02
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Well on the forum on MPE hompage the site admin say it is not a virus.
Link http://www.fjsoft.at/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2097
http://www.fjsoft.at/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2101

[ This Message was edited by: Rocky1 on 2007-03-27 14:43 ]
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Posted: 2007-03-27 15:39:38
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Even though I'm not very good at german, I think I understood and feel happy with what's said. Even though false alarms should not occur, they do occasionally. (Or could it be that SAV is so much better than all the other AV progs What caused me trouble was that SAV removed the uninstaller, and thus, I could not uninstall the software the normal way.
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Posted: 2007-03-27 17:05:33
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Symantec is not as good as Norton's old day. I believe it generates lots of false alarm. I use AVG and it don't say there is virus in MPE.
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Posted: 2007-03-27 17:17:26
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Norton is still better than most, it may slow down your computer but it's worth losing a bit of speed for all round protection.
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Posted: 2007-03-27 17:34:41
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The problem lies with a code block that has the "virus" signature. Symantec have apparently fixed this issue and it was a false alert - better a false alert than no alert !

This message was posted from a K800i
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Posted: 2007-03-27 19:38:27
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if you don't like the program, then when uninstalling se is giving you a virus

if that anti virus detected a false alarm, you can only guess how many chances are to find true viruses
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Posted: 2007-03-27 20:17:44
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1. You should try and avoid uninstalling programs by simply deleting the program folder. In MPE case there will be no ill affect, but many programs will completely screw your system over if you don't uninstall them properly.

2. SAV is bloatware. It is unnecessarily complex and any good anti-virus such as eTrust, AVG (free even), PC-Cillan or similar have about 70% less overhead compared to Nortan's and still have excellent virus protection. AVG has at different times been ranked in the top three of available AV protection, so it is a complete phallacy to assume bigger is better.

If you have an old machine, or any machine infact, do yourself a favour and opt for an efficient AV like AVG, rather than SAV which turns most computers into lumbering elephants.

Regarding SAV not allowing you to uninstall, that's just bad management. First SAV has a bug that prevents you uninstalling some software, which means you have to force remove it leaving trash on the hard drive and in the registry. When in reality, you didn't need to remove the program at all! You should be able to un-quarantine the uninstall files, if you can't that just shows how poorly designed SAV is.

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[ This Message was edited by: max_wedge on 2007-03-28 11:06 ]
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Posted: 2007-03-28 12:02:56
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Why would one want to uninstall an awesome program like MPE anyway?

SAV is a pain in the butt. It was pre-loaded on my laptop and has a fault in it which causes it to pop-up an error message after every reboot.

Downloaded Windows Defender recently and I like it alot. Fast and stable. Should I uninstall SAV and just rely on WD?
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Posted: 2007-03-28 13:57:38
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Symantec SUX ... swallows ur resources [ram] do things when u dont want it to be, and worst thing is .. u cant turn it off even with the options ... i dont know how they r still in business ..

use E-TRUST .. much ezr to use, better virus defination file ... Captures MORE REAL viruses RATHER THAN pathetic attempts to declare harmful files as viruses ...
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Posted: 2007-03-28 19:49:44
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