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fpb ([personal profile] fpb) wrote2007-05-25 10:03 pm
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This will not surprise anyone who knows about computer

How in the name of Hell and of every variety of evil did Norton Antivirus ever become the best-selling commercial protection software? The damned thing is as damaging as the viruses it's supposed to fight. It has just caused me the most elaborate and unmanageable computer crash I have ever seen, which even led to me being physically injured (as I was removing the battery and the power cable, the only way I could see to shut the machine down, it fell over straight on my ankle, where it cut right into the flesh). To misquote the old song, Norton is a moron.

Re: Forcing power off

[identity profile] fpb.livejournal.com 2007-06-02 02:47 pm (UTC)(link)
All I can tell you is that I have been using computers for almost twenty years and I have never seen a crash like that. I almost wish I could recreate it, just for the astonishment value.