C0deZer0
Oc'D To Rhythm And Police
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join:2001-10-03
Davenport, FL | But...
AOL traffic is malicious.   |
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fegul
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join:2004-08-23
united state | I agree, for once Symantec did something right! |
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jamez818
please hold during the silence
join:2000-09-18
Sunland, CA | reply to C0deZer0
I knew I should never trust those AOL users. Always up to no good
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lonnyb
lurking no longer
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join:2004-01-25
Elizabethtown, KY
clubs: | AOL
It is malicious and insidious. It is kind of like crabgrass. |
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lonnyb
lurking no longer
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join:2004-01-25
Elizabethtown, KY
clubs: | When I ask for a person's email and they recite an AOL address, I ask them for an email address that really works. |
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Chiyo
Save Me Konata-Chan
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join:2003-02-20
Minneapolis, MN
clubs: | oh no a new flood of CDs in my mailbox!
LOL good job Symantec, now they'll have to send out thousands of CDs to AOL users!!! |
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furlonium
Computer Over? Virus equals Very Yes?
join:2002-05-08
Bethlehem, PA
1 edit | said by Chiyo  :LOL good job Symantec, now they'll have to send out thousands of CDs to AOL users!!! That's adding salt to the wound...
edit: the above reply makes no sense and I wish to apologize to everyone having read my bad joke, as it is somewhat backwards. Please forgive me. The robots have taken me. Please send help. |
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lonnyb
lurking no longer
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join:2004-01-25
Elizabethtown, KY
clubs: | Now that you're a robot, a good book to read is "I Robot" by Isaac Asimov. The movie was pretty good but it only covered one short story. |
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kdandaoc
join:2003-10-13
608052427 | reply to jamez818
Re: But...
I tend to think of the AOL user as naive or less then technically savvy, where as I consider the AOL programming the Black Plague!
Good Job Symantec! |
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD | Symantec = Fools
You would think these idiots would bother to test out patches with numerous system configurations to see if they actually worked first!
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Prius
@199.72.x.x | Way to go symantec
I tend to dislike Synamtec for making overly bloated software nowadays, but I have to give them kudos for this one! |
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pokesph
It Is Almost Fast
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join:2001-06-25
Sacramento, CA
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bleh to all you anti-Norton people out there..
at least for a while, Norton Security Suite actually worked.. (til they found out, anyway)
Kudo's to Symantec for the attempt.
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CrazyFingers
join:2003-10-01
Columbia, MO
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Re: Symantec = Fools
said by pnh102 :You would think these idiots would bother to test out patches with numerous system configurations to see if they actually worked first! So what you're saying is, they should have verified that the real conditions and the actual situation was analyzed using real information by people who actually knew what they were doing, and who's primary interest was making sure the end result was true and accurate and did not reflect any personal bias?
I agree wholeheartedly!
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bradleym
join:2002-08-05
Dunfermline, IL | reply to pnh102
Exactly. This type of blunder is unacceptable. I didn't cut McAfee any slack after their f'd up patch last week, so I certainly won't cut Symantec any slack either. |
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CrazyFingers
join:2003-10-01
Columbia, MO
| said by bradleym :Exactly. This type of blunder is unacceptable. I didn't cut McAfee any slack after their f'd up patch last week, so I certainly won't cut Symantec any slack either. When you're right, you're right. In fact, this type of gross negligence should never be tolerated from anyone, ever. Further, the people responsible for foolish mistakes like this who are charged with the duty of making sure they DON'T happen should be held personally responsible when their incompetence affects so many people.
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averagedude
join:2002-01-30
Mesa, AZ | reply to C0deZer0
Re: But...
I was wondering why my 200+ pieces of junk mail has slowed to 30 or so. Maybe not related....maybe so? |
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Gwellin
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join:2004-05-31
Regina, SK
·Access Communicati..
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Re: Symantec = Fools
I stopped using Nortons Internet Security because of their blunder two years ago (less two months) when a botched update resulted in 50%-100% CPU usage when using any browser. Thanks to the great people here at BBR we found a solution in a couple weeks, took Symantec a month. This was one of the times that the people I know who never update their programs were lucky. |
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covaro
join:2003-07-31
Abingdon, MD | reply to C0deZer0
AH!
I've had to fix this 5 times already, and am staring at a box with Dial-up doing the update as we speak. It's so painful... damn you Symantec... Damn You! |
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estebanj
join:2003-02-20
Fort Lauderdale, FL | reply to C0deZer0
Re: But...
Could this have also affected Netscape and Firefox? Starting on Saturday I was not able to connect using those two browsers. IE was working fine.
Esteban |
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anonymity
@verizon.com | reply to pokesph
Re: Norton 1 - AOL 0
I switched from Norton to AVG 2 months ago. My PC is noticeably faster! As a matter of fact, I moved 3 PCs over to AVG. I haven't caught a single virus and my PC is much quicker. I'll never go back to that bloatware. |
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