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Arenaria raged 1 month ago —— Really? Tell me something (and every mildly tech head) that we don't know already!!!

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/symantec-accused-of-using-scareware-tactics-to-sell-full-version-products/66812?tag=zd.fb.nl
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  •     Anonymous  1 month ago
    Arenaria!!!! You've returned to me my love! It is I the one who made you blow snot chunks out of your nose the other day with my witty awesomeness humor!

    So does this mean we can get married? lol

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  •     Arenaria  1 month ago
    Let me ask my hubby and I will get back to you, OK?.... Can you cook?

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  •     Anonymous  1 month ago
    ARENARIA!!! I will be a better lover in the sack! lol.... and yes I cook...I'm from Italy...I cook you amazing pasta every night...and massage you!!....Bazinga! :P

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  •     Anonymous  1 month ago
    Arenaria!! I love your witch photo...you are sooo sexy my love! I always wanted to date a female Shrek version! :D

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  •     Anonymous  1 month ago
    Arenaria!!! Here is a video of me!!! Just in case you change your mind and wanna marry me!! ;)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcK0MYgnHjo

    lol

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  •     Anonymous  1 month ago
    Arenaria I know what you mean. I used to have Norton Anti Virus, a Symantec product. I now use a different protection program.

    When it was time to renew it I decided to call them first, since I had been having a few problems with the program, just to see if they could resolve the issues. What happened during that phone call soured me on not just their software but the whole fucking company.

    The following is a sort of transcript of the phone call as I remember it . . .

    First, the call is forwarded to a prompt asking me to "Please press 1 for English or numero dos for espanol"

    After pressing - you guessed it - 1 for English, the phone starts to ring.

    On the second ring, the call is picked up by a fifteen minute advertisement for Symantec and it's "many wonderful home and office solutions".

    Fifteen minutes later, after not once being thanked for my patience or even told that my call would be taken by the next available operator, an Indian guy comes on who says . . .

    "Thanks you for calling Symantec. My name is Robert Burns. How is it I may help you?"

    After asking him if he was related to "the" Robert Burns, he said "Yes I am he." and asked what I wanted again.

    When I asked about the problems I had with their Anti-Spam program, old Bobbie Burns proceeded to try to sell me the top of the line model program. When I said I was only interested in getting the current program to do what it was supposed to do, he became even more determined to sell me something else.

    When I finally said he was not being very helpful and asked to speak to someone on a higher level, he told me all calls are answered at random and had the gall to tell me the whole company was on the first floor!

    Having had enough, I told him that I wanted a supervisor. "Bob" then went into a spiel about a their program that supervises all their other programs. I told him if he did not let me speak with his boss right away, I was going to write a letter of complaint, naming him - and the date and time of the call so they would know which non-Indian name he had assigned to him for that day - and could get the full blame for my anger at not getting the help I asked for.

    My pal "Robbie" then went into a near spasm attack and in less time than it takes to say "Mahatma Gandhi", I was on the line with Lorretta Young.

    I first complimented Ms. Young on sounding so great considering how long she had been dead, then went on to outline my problem.

    After repeating the same word play / sales pitch for better (aka more expensive) products, I demanded her supervisor.

    Once George Kennedy got on the line, I knew I was in for more bullshit. So I told him I did not want to renew the software because no one could give me a straight answer regarding my problems with the program.

    I was put on hold for ten minutes of more ad blab.

    Finally, Robert Goulet got on the phone. He said it was quite painful for him to contemplate what might befall my computer, my hardware, my software, my files, my security - indeed - my entire life and wellbeing - if I failed to renew. He then asked if I would give a favorable rating to everyone who had done their best to help me during my call of inquiry on the Customer Satisfaction Survey they would be sending me via email.

    I hung up. But not before making three promises to myself as follows:

    1. I would most definitely fill out that customer satisfaction survey.

    2. I would never buy another Symantec product.

    3. The next time some Indian cold calls my house and asks for me so they can sell me something, I plan on saying "Hello! Thanks you for reaching me here. My name is Ravi Shankar. Pleased to be pressing 1 now. Then pressed 2 after 1. Then place the telephone carefully so as to insert it into your anus. And having nice day." In my best Indian accent immitation of course.

    KPissed - Who now uses another less than perfect product and would call to complain but can't speak Chinese

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  •     Arenaria  1 month ago
    There is absolutely no reason to buy virus protection in this day, unless you run a large server stack for a big company. There are too many wonderful free programs out there, Avast to name one. I also run Microsoft's Security essentials on one machine. Plus if you use a router, you get some protection from the WEP2 on that.

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  •     TheQuotemaster  1 month ago
    "There is absolutely no reason to buy virus protection in this day"

    Try saying that to someone that works the streets of Harlem.

    ~THE QUOTEMASTER~

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  •     Anonymous  1 month ago
    I love these fucking know it all wanna be tech geeks. They sit around squashing there clitmeat without any idea that there's actually real world out there. No fucking shit you shitass fucktards! Get a fucking life and rage about something else...please. I hate my compuuuuuuter...wah wah wah ...I got a virus.ooohh my....I hope you all get AIDs so I can make fun of how your ass is bleeding all over the sidewalk on the way to the doctor....virus protection...really...fucking piles of worthless dung suckers

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  •     Arenaria  1 month ago
    To the most recent anony/ asshat:

    Go gcreime cúnna ifrinn do bhall fearga.

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  •     ScrewTheCensorship  1 month ago
    The only thing that we need to fucking pay for is the damn computer, not shit to protect it that can have viruses in it already! It should come with something in it already that can block everything already!

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  •     Arenaria  1 month ago
    There are too many good free virus protection programs out there, to ever pay for o ne. Try Avast, or Microsoft Security Essentials.

    Oh, and to "Asshat" a few replies up...bring it on moron, I can out "geek" you anyday.

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  •     Anonymous  4 weeks ago
    Everything is so hi-tech these days.

    Sigh. I miss the days when the only protection you needed was a fence, a barking dog, and a gun. Or a spear. Or a really ugly bitch of a mother-in-law who just lives to sit on the porch and watch everything that goes on in the neighborhood. Or a flu shot. Or a box of condoms.

    Now that's what I call protection!

    KPissed - Who knows the feeling of security

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