Is CA EZ Antivirus any good?

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Heather wrote:
> First off.....when I bought this over 4 years ago, I had a choice of 98SE or
> WinME.....and I did agonize over it a bit. But once I met up with my
> friendly MVP's on the WinME news groups, I learned a lot of stuff and I love
> this O/S.
[snip]
> Why is it that usually the only people who run it down have never used
> it????

It's an either-or type OS. Either it works and you're happy with it, or it's
an absolute horror from install to eventual format-by-frustration.

Based on personal experience, the latter is more common than the first. I've
not seen a single stable WinME box. That doesn't mean I believe every single
box is unstable, but it has by far the worst track record of any MS OS I've
worked with.


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"Frode" <news.RemoveThis@mascot.NOSPAM.dyndns.org> wrote in message
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> Heather wrote:
> > First off.....when I bought this over 4 years ago, I had a choice of
98SE or
> > WinME.....and I did agonize over it a bit. But once I met up with my
> > friendly MVP's on the WinME news groups, I learned a lot of stuff and I
love
> > this O/S.
> [snip]
> > Why is it that usually the only people who run it down have never used
> > it????
>
> It's an either-or type OS. Either it works and you're happy with it, or
it's
> an absolute horror from install to eventual format-by-frustration.
>
>>>> Based on personal experience, the latter is more common than the first.
I've not seen a single stable WinME box. That doesn't mean I believe every
single box is unstable, but it has by far the worst track record of any MS
OS I've worked with.<<<

Well....come on up here and check this one out. (G) It is pretty darn
stable. It also has its moments, but I have dealt with them and not much
fazes me after Win95!!

I have never had to reformat, btw.....that is strictly a last ditch
operation. And I had a real mess on here after trying to upgrade to
XP.....left a lot of XP folders on the HD after I uninstalled it. So I
carefully figured out what I could remove and did. And I am no tech, by any
stretch of the imagination!!

Cheers....Heather
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Bob wrote:
> On Tue, 31 May 2005 17:28:09 -0400, "Heather" <figgs.RemoveThis@invalid.invalid>
> wrote:
>
>
>>I have dealt with them and not much
>>fazes me after Win95!!
>
>
> Win9X was a virus. Anything would be better, even WinME.
>

After casually reading some of your observations, I'm quite convinced
now that you are just spewing gibberish.
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"optikl" <optikl DeleteThis @com_invalid_cast.net> wrote in message
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> Bob wrote:
> > On Tue, 31 May 2005 17:28:09 -0400, "Heather" <figgs DeleteThis @invalid.invalid>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >>I have dealt with them and not much
> >>fazes me after Win95!!
> >
> >
> > Win9X was a virus. Anything would be better, even WinME.
> >
>
> After casually reading some of your observations, I'm quite convinced
> now that you are just spewing gibberish.

Just read his gibberish now.....and yes, you are quite right. I get tired
of people running WinME down when they have never, ever used it.

Thanks......Heather
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Bob wrote:
> On Tue, 31 May 2005 12:12:35 -0400, "Heather" <figgs.TakeThisOut@invalid.invalid>
> wrote:
>
>
>>NAV is bloatware and is not recommended for anyone using WinME.
>
>
> WinME is not recommended for anyone using Windows.
>
>

I am always curious about reports of ME being so bad.

Whilst I don't use it these days, I did for about three years when with
a business that had it and always found it to be good and quite stable.

What is the main problem with it?

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Greetings from Melbourne, Australia
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"Echy" <acuhcewrongone.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
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> Bob wrote:
> > On Tue, 31 May 2005 12:12:35 -0400, "Heather" <figgs.TakeThisOut@invalid.invalid>
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> >>NAV is bloatware and is not recommended for anyone using WinME.
> >
> >
> > WinME is not recommended for anyone using Windows.
> >
> >
>
> I am always curious about reports of ME being so bad.
>
> Whilst I don't use it these days, I did for about three years when with
> a business that had it and always found it to be good and quite stable.
>
> What is the main problem with it?

Nothing!! Those that complain about WinME as a rule have never used it.
And I have for 4 years and know its quirks and good points.

I do have XP Home here ready to go, but the company who built this computer
(MDG in Canada) put in a really old motherboard and I have tried to dual
boot with XP, but get nothing but crashes. And this old motherboard
(American Megatrends, 1997) will not support a second hard drive either.
So my computer tech suggested I just go with WinME for another year and then
he will build me a new one, using NEW parts.

Btw......he also told me that he had never seen such a fast WinME O/S and he
couldn't believe how *clean* it was. That is because I learned a lot from
the MS MVP's and keep this machine *lean and mean*.

Cheers....Heather
>
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> Echy
>
> Greetings from Melbourne, Australia
> www.visitvictoria.com.au
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I have two computers, one running XP Home and the other Millennium.
The computer running ME crashes far more often, and error messages are more
numerous. IMO, it's outdated. Windows 2000 or XP is the way to go. Much
more stable.

Just so I stay barely on topic, EZ AntiVirus is a good program, but I
prefer the free ones, Avast or AVG. Of course, if you're a Road Runner
subscriber, EZ is free.
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Bob wrote:

>
> Chill out, you virus users - life is too short to get a heart attack
> over an operating system.
>
>

You're wasting finite space with observations one would accept coming
from an 8 year old. If you really have nothing to contribute, just say so.
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Heather wrote:
>>You are the only one in the past 5 years who has anything good to say
>>about WinME.
>>When did MS stop supporting it?
> That shows how much you don't know.......it is still supported.

Full support for ME ended December 31 2003. It's now covered by extended
support. That means only critical security fixes are taken care of.

As for people running down ME. No other Microsoft OS is so well known in
tech circles for having serious issues on a large amount of machines. I can
see how that would make someone a tad jaded with regards to it.

Like I said before, if you're happy with it, good for you. But the fact is
it is the worst of the lot in many a tech's eyes.


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Heather wrote:
> Just read his gibberish now.....and yes, you are quite right. I get tired
> of people running WinME down when they have never, ever used it.
>
> Thanks......Heather

Did they ever fix the memory leak in it? It used to annoy the hell out
of me having to restart after an hour because system resources would
drop from 94% to something in the 40s....

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"Frode" <news.RemoveThis@mascot.NOSPAM.dyndns.org> wrote in message
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> Heather wrote:
> >>You are the only one in the past 5 years who has anything good to say
> >>about WinME.
> >>When did MS stop supporting it?
> > That shows how much you don't know.......it is still supported.
>
> >Full support for ME ended December 31 2003. It's now covered by extended
support. That means only critical security fixes are taken care of.<<

Quite true......but OTOH, I have never used MS support. Don't need to when
I have the MS news groups to assist with a problem. And my biggest one so
far is the inability to put XP or a second drive on here, but that has
nothing to do with WinME......and everything to do with being sold a
computer with an inferior motherboard.

Forgot to mention that I use Firefox, not IE.....thanks to some of the
regulars on this group. Haven't seen a piece of spyware since I started
using it last December.

Heather
>
> Like I said before, if you're happy with it, good for you. But the fact is
> it is the worst of the lot in many a tech's eyes.


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"Bob" <spam RemoveThis @spamcop.com> wrote in message
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> The two who are spluttering about my poking fun at WinME are obviously
> not technically qualified. Lemme guess - they're also Mac users.
>
> Only someone dumb enough to use a Mac would be dumb enough to use
> WinME.

Wrong on both counts. So far you are batting a thousand. Amazing!!

HF
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"Wattsville Blues" <nothing DeleteThis @nothing.net> wrote in message
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> Heather wrote:
> > Just read his gibberish now.....and yes, you are quite right. I get
tired
> > of people running WinME down when they have never, ever used it.
> >
> > Thanks......Heather
>
> Did they ever fix the memory leak in it? It used to annoy the hell out
> of me having to restart after an hour because system resources would
> drop from 94% to something in the 40s....

Never experienced a memory leak......but there were numerous posts on that
and equally numerous rebuttals. I never paid much attention to those claims
because a) didn't have the problem, and b) the *memory loss* usually turned
out to be something else. Haven't seen one for a while on the MS groups.

Heather
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