A few years back I got a nasty virus on my computer using AVG, in the old days, Microsoft did not step up to the plate for protecting its system. But since then, I am confident that Microsoft Defender is as good as any, and is less invasive. I haven't had a computer virus in more than five years just using Defender. Glenn ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: "'Discussion of CHIRP'" <[email protected]>; "'Kerry Whittle'" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2021 9:20 AM Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Virus warning
> Yes, but it is VERY basic. AVG and Avast are free and both ranked in the > top 10 last time I checked. I recommend AVG to all my customers. > > > Troy > Buckeye Computer Services > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Nigel A. Gunn > G8IFF/W8IFF > Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2021 9:59 AM > To: Discussion of CHIRP <[email protected]>; Kerry > Whittle <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [chirp_users] Virus warning > > Doesn't Windows come with an inbuilt virus protection program? > > >> On 21/09/2021 09:47 Kerry Whittle <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Thanks Nick, will do! I'm considering getting a better virus detection >> program sooner rather than later though. >> >> >> On Tue, Sep 21, 2021, 08:42 Nick <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Take the warning with a grain of salt Kerry. >> > >> > ---------- Original Message ---------- >> > From: Kerry Whittle <[email protected]> >> > To: Discussion of CHIRP <[email protected]> >> > Subject: [chirp_users] Virus warning >> > Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2021 13:45:02 -0500 >> > >> > For the second time I’ve gotten a warning from McAfee that there was a >> > virus in the daily download, this time in >> > chirp-daily-20210919-installer.exe. The first time I saw this behavior >> > was with the 20210826 daily, before I was on the list to report it. >> > >> > The reported virus is Real Protect-EC!16F97D3AFE24 >> > >> > Not sure if it’s real or a false positive but I figured I should let >> > you know. The file has been quarantined on my system. >> > >> > Kerry de kk4jo >> > _______________________________________________ >> > chirp_users mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users >> > This message was sent to Nick at [email protected] To >> > unsubscribe, send an email to >> > [email protected] >> > >> > ____________________________________________________________ >> > Choose to be safer online. >> > Opt-in to Cyber Safety with NortonLifeLock. >> > Get Norton 360 with LifeLock starting at $9.95/month.* >> > >> > https://store.netzero.net/account/showService.do?serviceId=nz-nLifeL >> > ock&utm_source=mktg&utm_medium=taglines&utm_campaign=nzlifelk_launch >> > &utm_content=tag995&promoCode=A23457 >> > _______________________________________________ >> > chirp_users mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users >> > This message was sent to Kerry at [email protected] To >> > unsubscribe, send an email to >> > [email protected] >> > >> _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing >> list [email protected] >> http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users This >> message was sent to Nigel Gunn, W8IFF at [email protected] To >> unsubscribe, send an email to >> [email protected] > > Nigel A. Gunn, ///shoulders.outwards.resolutions tel +1-937-971-0366 > Amateur Radio G8IFF W8IFF and GMRS WRBV701, e-mail [email protected] www > http://www.ngunn.net _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > [email protected] > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to Troy at [email protected] To unsubscribe, send > an email to [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > chirp_users mailing list > [email protected] > http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users > This message was sent to K0LNY at [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to > [email protected] _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list [email protected] http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users This message was sent to [email protected] at [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected]
