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badgolferman

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(Msg. 1) Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 8:27 pm
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David H. Lipman

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(Msg. 2) Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 8:27 pm
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Leonard Agoado

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 8:27 pm
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"badgolferman" wrote

> would you get it if it were free?


Not even at half that price...

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Beauregard T. Shagnasty

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(Msg. 4) Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 8:36 pm
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David H. Lipman wrote:

> From: "badgolferman"
>
>| http://hamptonroads.cox.net/cci/promotions/coxmain/support/security/index.html
>
> Retail version of McAfee -- NO !

Do you think the three million Cox customers who belong to bot-nets will
even be able to install it?

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Dustin Cook

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(Msg. 5) Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 10:27 pm
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"Beauregard T. Shagnasty" wrote in


> David H. Lipman wrote:
>
>> From: "badgolferman"
>>
>>| http://hamptonroads.cox.net/cci/promotions/coxmain/support/security/i
>>| ndex.html
>>
>> Retail version of McAfee -- NO !
>
> Do you think the three million Cox customers who belong to bot-nets
> will even be able to install it?
>

You assume they even know they are part of one. Smile


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Beauregard T. Shagnasty

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(Msg. 6) Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 10:47 pm
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Dustin Cook wrote:

> "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" wrote:
>> David H. Lipman wrote:
>>> From: "badgolferman"
>>>| http://hamptonroads.cox.net/cci/promotions/coxmain/support/security/i
>>>| ndex.html
>>>
>>> Retail version of McAfee -- NO !
>>
>> Do you think the three million Cox customers who belong to bot-nets
>> will even be able to install it?
>
> You assume they even know they are part of one. Smile

I assume they do *not* know. Smile What do you think about the bot
preventing the installation of the proffered software?

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FredW

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(Msg. 7) Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 6:26 am
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On Tue, 2 Dec 2008 01:15:34 +0000 (UTC), "badgolferman"
wrote:

>http://hamptonroads.cox.net/cci/promotions/coxmain/support/security/index.html


I can download McAfee (the latest version) free from my ISP.
But I prefer to keep my PC safe and sound.

Thanks, but no thanks.

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Dustin Cook

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(Msg. 8) Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:27 am
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"Beauregard T. Shagnasty" wrote in


> Dustin Cook wrote:
>
>> "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" wrote:
>>> David H. Lipman wrote:
>>>> From: "badgolferman"
>>>>|
http://hamptonroads.cox.net/cci/promotions/coxmain/support/security/i
>>>>| ndex.html
>>>>
>>>> Retail version of McAfee -- NO !
>>>
>>> Do you think the three million Cox customers who belong to bot-nets
>>> will even be able to install it?
>>
>> You assume they even know they are part of one. Smile
>
> I assume they do *not* know. Smile What do you think about the bot
> preventing the installation of the proffered software?

It's an annoyance.. Not entirely unexpected, but an annoyance non the
less. It has caused me several lost hours of perfectly good sleep time...
Smile




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Dustin Cook

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(Msg. 9) Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 10:27 am
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FredW wrote in


> I can download McAfee (the latest version) free from my ISP.
> But I prefer to keep my PC safe and sound.

That would make for a killer tagline. Smile


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Dustin Cook

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(Msg. 10) Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2009 3:25 pm
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FredW wrote in


> On Tue, 2 Dec 2008 01:15:34 +0000 (UTC), "badgolferman"
> wrote:
>
>>http://hamptonroads.cox.net/cci/promotions/coxmain/support/security/ind
>>ex.html
>
>
> I can download McAfee (the latest version) free from my ISP.
> But I prefer to keep my PC safe and sound.

may I steal this for a tagline? Smile


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jjclark10




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(Msg. 11) Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 8:22 am
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Legal is still okay. No hang ups etc. The cost might be more expensive but it's worth the security.
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