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AOL Safety & Security Center
Name: WarrenTSI Date: December 23, 2005 at 12:32:43 Pacific OS: win2000pro CPU/Ram: 1.4 athlon/512
Comment:
Any AOLers have the new Safety & Security Center? Just wondering as I was going to download it but I see that they want you to uninstall Norton and the XP Firewall.
Name: XpUser Date: December 23, 2005 at 12:49:28 Pacific
Reply:
If you're not with AOL, if AOL isn't your ISP provider, forget it. Read the interesting comments following this news article about AOL releasing this Standalone Security Application (FYI...McAfee provides the virus signatures)
i_XpUser
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Response Number 2
Name: Ray Peate Date: December 23, 2005 at 13:46:09 Pacific
Reply:
And appears to be available only to those users in US!!
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Response Number 3
Name: XpUser Date: December 23, 2005 at 13:51:13 Pacific
Reply:
Also only to AOL members for now...
i_XpUser
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Response Number 4
Name: jam Date: December 23, 2005 at 22:24:35 Pacific
Reply:
With so many better alternatives available, I'm surprised anyone even uses AOL anymore...lol.
If the "Safety & Security Center" is anything like their other Spyware Protection, you're in trouble.
http://daol.aol.com/safetycenter/spyware
This space for rent
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Response Number 5
Name: Sarah_C Date: December 24, 2005 at 03:10:43 Pacific
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AOL's "Safety & Security" is a sick joke. It literally does NOTHING to help keep your computer safe. XP firewall, AVG Anti-Virus and Ad-Aware do a better job than anything AOL has to offer.
All it does, if anything, is load more garbage into your system in which you'll have a total NIGHTMARE in trying to uninstall should you ever quit AOL someday. A friend of mine found it easier to reformat/reinstall his entire OS than deal with all of AOL's hidden garbage.
~~ Sarah
~~~~~~~ eMachines H2602 1.9ghz Athlon XP 2600+ 80gb HDD Primary 40gb HDD Secondary Windows XP Pro w/ SP2 256mb DDR PC2700
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Response Number 6
Name: WarrenTSI Date: December 24, 2005 at 08:05:44 Pacific
Reply:
OK, thanks for the input. I will stay away from it. Just wanted to hear some comments from people that are familiar with it. And I like AOL for the stock market bulletin boards which are very important to me.
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Response Number 7
Name: vclarke Date: January 10, 2006 at 12:44:01 Pacific
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I am an aol user, who just upgraded to their "secuirty edition" (DON'T DO THIS)It eliminates all previous versions of AOL, including the free McAfee that came with them. This new one doesn't give you any protection as far as I can see.
I just tried to install the stand alone, because the McAfee I have ran out. It got through the download and wouldn't do set up. Talked with an AOL "tech" who (in my opinion)had no buisness dealing with the issue, who told me to order it on CD! When I asked what I should do about virus protection in the meantime, I was told "not to make any changes!"
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Response Number 8
Name: matrix6 Date: January 16, 2006 at 21:36:59 Pacific
Reply:
first u need to learn how to use interner before downloading any software!
niju
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Response Number 9
Name: newkiddoug Date: January 22, 2006 at 10:44:25 Pacific
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Dont do it. Worse thing I ever did. What a mess!!!!!!
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