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KenR:
Results and Conclusions

So between the last page and what's about to come, there has been hours of gruelling testing going on. Believe me when I say that 8 hours of watching a virtual machine restart is not my idea of fun, but I think the results justify the means.

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http://www.thepcspy.com/articles/other/what_slows_windows_down/3



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Carol Haynes:
LOL - another shot in the arm for Norton ;)

Quite surprised by VMWare though.

f0dder:
LOL - another shot in the arm for Norton ;)

Quite surprised by VMWare though.
-Carol Haynes (September 11, 2006, 05:48 PM)
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vmware runs a bunch of stuff on system startup, like the license service, NAT service, and some mount stuff...

mitzevo:
If you can avoid them, don't install an antivirus program (especially not Norton). That's not perfect advice for everyone, but if you've got an oodle of web-smarts, you should be able to spot what's bad and what's ok.
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better to be safe than sorry. this is a universal fact.. haha, even experts make mistakes.. so I take this as stupid advice.

f0dder:
If you can avoid them, don't install an antivirus program (especially not Norton). That's not perfect advice for everyone, but if you've got an oodle of web-smarts, you should be able to spot what's bad and what's ok.
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better to be safe than sorry. this is a universal fact.. haha, even experts make mistakes.. so I take this as stupid advice.
-mitzevo (September 12, 2006, 02:15 AM)
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Especially since a trojan dropper could hide in an ad banner - either because the ad service doesn't check, or because an affiliate was hacked. And those sneaky bastards constantly find new ways of fooling ad blockers...

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