On Tue, 8 May 2001, Carol Fiebing wrote: > Hi all, > > Thought I would add my two cents. Norton is an excellent program but > will slow your system down tremendously. Two other alternatives, for > email, are Hotmail and Yahoo mail. Just go to either site and sign > up for free. > > I got the Anna Korkinova virus from my husband's office. It appeared > that it was just an email from him, which I trusted, but it did come > with an attachment. The attachment is KEY. > > Good Luck, > Carol The reason for the slow-down is that with Norton working, it is busy doing more work, checking every change to your system, especially the file writes to your data files. If you have a newer Pentium III, the problem won't be as bad, but if you can figure out a way to reduce the exposure, you can settle for a once a week check-up. The question is, "How great is your exposure?" Plan for that. John You wanna discuss it? Try: INDIAN-HERITAGE discussion List *===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===* # John Wm Sloniker <[email protected]> Seattle, WA # # (206) 789-6663 7323 - 19th Ave NW 98117-5612 # *===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*===*