On Friday 18 March 2005 04:32 pm, Robert Citek wrote: > Anyone use FLOSS anti-virus or anti-spyware on their Windows machines? > > I've got WinXP running under virtual PC and XP keeps bugging my about > not having an anti-virus: > > <quote> > Your computer may be at risk > - Automatic Updates is turned off > - Antivirus software might not be installed > > Click this button to fix this problem > </quote> > > Via google, I've found ClamWin a "... Free Antivirus for Microsoft > Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003" which appears to be a nice FLOSS package: > > http://www.clamwin.com/ > > Anyone here us it, recommend it, recommend others?
i use it. works. haven't found anything, though! on windows, i always just use AVG, from http://www.grisoft.com. it's free, but not open. or, for $30, you get 2 yrs of protection AND auto-updates. > I'm aware of > Spybot-S&D and Ad-Aware, but both are non-FLOSS. those are anti-spyware, not anti-virus. scott -- R. Scott Granneman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ www.granneman.com Full list of publications: http://www.granneman.com/publications My new book on Firefox: Don't Click on the Blue E! Info at: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/bluee/ Read the Open Source Blog: http://opensource.weblogsinc.com Join GranneNotes! Information at www.granneman.com "But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown." ---Carl Sagan _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list http://www.cwelug.org/ CWE-LUG@lists.firepipe.net http://lists.firepipe.net/listinfo/cwe-lug
