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TechBite: Oh, Bass, What Did You Do?

September 30, 2010 Steve Bass 2 Comments TechBite

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By Steve Bass

On March 21, 1991, I stopped using Norton’s security programs.

But I like to see what the dark side is up to, so I recently switched back to Norton. And I’m really happy I did.
Of course, knowing how you always like to hear the dirt, I’ll tell you the back story.

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BitDefender Quarantines Itself/Kills Windows

March 22, 2010 S.Hogan Leave a comment The Pit Blog

OOPPPs! After a flood of users clogged their forums, BitDefender issued a statement describing a recent update gone wrong.

It seems BitDefender was quarantining itself and killing Windows 64 bit systems at a record breaking pace.

Suicide is never the answer.

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TechBite: Pry Loose Stubborn Programs

June 9, 2009 Steve Bass 15 Comments TechBite

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By Steve Bass

You’ve probably noticed that some programs you install never make it to the Windows Add/Remove applet; other apps simply disappear from the list. This week I’ll show you a brute force way to dump those annoying apps into the bit bucket.

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