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#1 OFFLINE   JDPower

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Posted 14 June 2008 - 08:53 PM

Never used it but thought I'd post the link in case it's of interest to anyone:

http://home3.ca.com/SubscriptCenter/MSTria...on.aspx?cid=573

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Posted 14 June 2008 - 08:56 PM

I wonder if it's still like when they changed it from being a simple and nice AV to the bloated mess.
Complexity of incoherent design.

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Posted 14 June 2008 - 09:01 PM

Still a mess with horrible detection rates. But to say something positive... ...it does better than Norton!

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Posted 14 June 2008 - 09:29 PM

Better than Norton? Hahaha. Norton has a superior detection rate to CA.

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Posted 14 June 2008 - 10:53 PM

View PostAndavari, on Jun 14 2008, 08:56 PM, said:

I wonder if it's still like when they changed it from being a simple and nice AV to the bloated mess.
Well I knew it used to be reasonable a while back so thought I'd post it, I'm not trying it though ;)

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Posted 14 June 2008 - 11:10 PM

View Postanonymous_user, on Jun 14 2008, 04:29 PM, said:

Better than Norton? Hahaha. Norton has a superior detection rate to CA.
Norton and superior in the same sentence is more of an oxymoron. The two cannot coexist.