HK wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
HK wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:
Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
I've been looking around for a new anti-virus/spyware/firewall
provider as I'm highly dissatisfied with the Norton products - not so
much on the technical end, but their incessant begging for renewal
starting two months before the license is up.

I stumbled into AVG on the recommendation of a friend. She says it
works great and prefers it to Norton by a factor of 10.

Anybody else use it? I'm leaning towards AVG, but just want another
opinion.

I had it installed on my mothers computer, and she never got a
virus, but she is a low risk user. I changed from AVG to Avast when
she purchased a new computer due to a better review in one of the
magazines I read.

AVG and Avast are both considered light weight, small footprint AV
and do a fair job of catching virus, but might be slow to update
databases with new viruses.

Kaspersky Anti-Virus has been the highest rated, and is priced
similar to Norton.

I used McAfee because it is free from my ISP. It has a large
footprint, but does a great job.


Even AVG "light" updates its virii database every day on my laptop.

I am basing my evalution on it's ability to catch the most current
virus, based upon the reviews by experts. You can still update your
antivirus database daily, and still not catch the latest variation of
viruses. The reviews i have read concerning AVG and Avast, (and I
have installed both of them), is they are good free programs but
"scored poorly when compared to Kaspersky and NOD32".



*Every* anti-virus program or suite has its own set of problems,
including Kaspersky, which I also have used from time to time. And I
didn't read *that* on the internet or in a magazine article "based upon
the reviews by experts."


Well, you are probably correct on this and all subjects, and it was
really silly of me to use the advice of those who specialize in the field.

On Mar 10, 8:40*am, HK wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:





Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
I've been looking around for a new anti-virus/spyware/firewall
provider as I'm highly dissatisfied with the Norton products - not so
much on the technical end, but their incessant begging for renewal
starting two months before the license is up.

I stumbled into AVG on the recommendation of a friend. She says it
works great and prefers it to Norton by a factor of 10.

Anybody else use it? *I'm leaning towards AVG, but just want another
opinion.

I had it installed on my mothers computer, and she never got a virus,
but she is a low risk user. *I changed from AVG to Avast when she
purchased a new computer due to a better review in one of the magazines
I read.

AVG and Avast are both considered light weight, small footprint AV and
do a fair job of catching virus, but might be slow to update databases
with new viruses.

*Kaspersky Anti-Virus has been the highest rated, and is priced similar
to Norton.

I used McAfee because it is free from my ISP. *It has a large footprint,
but does a great job.

Even AVG "light" updates its virii database every day on my laptop.- Hide quoted text -

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That doesn't mean that AVG updates THEIR database as regularly and
thoroughly as some.

At home, mine usually updates itself some time in the middle of the
night or so. i think I ahve it set for something like 3AM, but what
they do on their side... I don't know..

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On Mar 10, 8:40?am, HK wrote:
Reginald P. Smithers III wrote:





Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
I've been looking around for a new anti-virus/spyware/firewall
provider as I'm highly dissatisfied with the Norton products - not so
much on the technical end, but their incessant begging for renewal
starting two months before the license is up.

I stumbled into AVG on the recommendation of a friend. She says it
works great and prefers it to Norton by a factor of 10.

Anybody else use it? ?I'm leaning towards AVG, but just want another
opinion.

I had it installed on my mothers computer, and she never got a virus,
but she is a low risk user. ?I changed from AVG to Avast when she
purchased a new computer due to a better review in one of the magazines
I read.

AVG and Avast are both considered light weight, small footprint AV and
do a fair job of catching virus, but might be slow to update databases
with new viruses.

?Kaspersky Anti-Virus has been the highest rated, and is priced similar
to Norton.

I used McAfee because it is free from my ISP. ?It has a large footprint,
but does a great job.

Even AVG "light" updates its virii database every day on my laptop.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

That doesn't mean that AVG updates THEIR database as regularly and
thoroughly as some.

"Reginald P. Smithers III" "Reggie is Here wrote in message
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Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
I've been looking around for a new anti-virus/spyware/firewall
provider as I'm highly dissatisfied with the Norton products - not so
much on the technical end, but their incessant begging for renewal
starting two months before the license is up.

I stumbled into AVG on the recommendation of a friend. She says it
works great and prefers it to Norton by a factor of 10.

Anybody else use it? I'm leaning towards AVG, but just want another
opinion.

I had it installed on my mothers computer, and she never got a virus, but
she is a low risk user. I changed from AVG to Avast when she purchased a
new computer due to a better review in one of the magazines I read.

AVG and Avast are both considered light weight, small footprint AV and do
a fair job of catching virus, but might be slow to update databases with
new viruses.

Kaspersky Anti-Virus has been the highest rated, and is priced similar to
Norton.

I used McAfee because it is free from my ISP. It has a large footprint,
but does a great job.

AVG updates it's data base just about every day automatically at a time the
user elects.

On Mar 10, 8:17*am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
I've been looking around for a new anti-virus/spyware/firewall
provider as I'm highly dissatisfied with the Norton products - not so
much on the technical end, but their incessant begging for renewal
starting two months before the license is up.

I stumbled into AVG on the recommendation of a friend. She says it
works great and prefers it to Norton by a factor of 10.

Anybody else use it? *I'm leaning towards AVG, but just want another
opinion.

We use Zone Alarm along with a router that is shut tighter than a..
Norton has never done any good by us, and McAffe takes more resources
than AOL!

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On Mar 10, 8:17 am, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:
I've been looking around for a new anti-virus/spyware/firewall
provider as I'm highly dissatisfied with the Norton products - not so
much on the technical end, but their incessant begging for renewal
starting two months before the license is up.

I stumbled into AVG on the recommendation of a friend. She says it
works great and prefers it to Norton by a factor of 10.

Anybody else use it? I'm leaning towards AVG, but just want another
opinion.

We use Zone Alarm along with a router that is shut tighter than a..
Norton has never done any good by us, and McAffe takes more resources
than AOL!

McAffe is definitely a resource hog.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
I've been looking around for a new anti-virus/spyware/firewall
provider as I'm highly dissatisfied with the Norton products - not so
much on the technical end, but their incessant begging for renewal
starting two months before the license is up.

I stumbled into AVG on the recommendation of a friend. She says it
works great and prefers it to Norton by a factor of 10.

Anybody else use it? I'm leaning towards AVG, but just want another
opinion.

I have used AVG in the past. I seem to recall it affecting my boot speed and
or program load/run time. Sorry that's all I remember and improvements may
have been made to the software since. I have been using Avast for the last
couple of years and have no complaints about it. It even found an attempted
invasion a few months ago.

wrote:

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
I've been looking around for a new anti-virus/spyware/firewall
provider as I'm highly dissatisfied with the Norton products - not so
much on the technical end, but their incessant begging for renewal
starting two months before the license is up.

I stumbled into AVG on the recommendation of a friend. She says it
works great and prefers it to Norton by a factor of 10.

Anybody else use it? I'm leaning towards AVG, but just want another
opinion.

I have used AVG in the past. I seem to recall it affecting my boot speed
and or program load/run time. Sorry that's all I remember and
improvements may have been made to the software since. I have been using
Avast for the last couple of years and have no complaints about it. It
even found an attempted invasion a few months ago.


Likely *all* anti-vi programs will impact boot speed a little and
program load time a little or a lot. On my notebook, AVG impacted both
less than other anti-vi programs I tried, but of course AVG did impact
them some.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
...
I've been looking around for a new anti-virus/spyware/firewall
provider as I'm highly dissatisfied with the Norton products - not so
much on the technical end, but their incessant begging for renewal
starting two months before the license is up.

I stumbled into AVG on the recommendation of a friend. She says it
works great and prefers it to Norton by a factor of 10.

Anybody else use it? I'm leaning towards AVG, but just want another
opinion.

I have used the free version for several years, and am completely
satisfied with it. As to a firewall, I have used Zone Alarm free version
also for several years. Both products serve my three networked home
computers well. Beats the devil out of the footprints of MacAfee,
Norton, et al, which I have also tried

And the price is right.

On Mon, 10 Mar 2008 10:25:22 -0400, Florida born wrote:


I have used the free version for several years, and am completely
satisfied with it. As to a firewall, I have used Zone Alarm free version
also for several years. Both products serve my three networked home
computers well. Beats the devil out of the footprints of MacAfee,
Norton, et al, which I have also tried

And the price is right.

For what it's worth, the free Zone Alarm doesn't stack up very well these
days. It leaks.

http://www.matousec.com/projects/win...ts-results.php