I have used AVG PRO for over 10 years and have never had a virus get through it.
Phil Philip LaMarche LaMarche Enterprises, Inc p...@lamarcheenterprises.com www.LaMarcheEnterprises.com 727-944-3226 727-937-8834 Fax 727-510-5038 Cell www.w9dvm.com K3 #1605 CCA 98-00827 CRA 1701 W9DVM -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Erik Basilier Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 4:50 PM To: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: [Elecraft] Legitimate software vs. antivirus (was: Spectrogram) I recently changed from Norton to AVG on two computers. The laptop with 1.4 GHz Pentium M and running XP had N1MM installed on it in the spring of 09; no update since. AVG said that N1MM was malware; I let it move the file (I think it was the main executable) to some quarantine location. It occurred to me that AVG might be overzealous, and from the comments about Spectrogram I am reminded about it. Another observation is that that computer has become very prone to slowness for several minutes after startup. The workaround seems to be to leave it on. I guess AVG updates itself more than Norton. I also had to configure it not to do scans all the time. Another computer, a new and fast one running Win 7, recently came up with a message from AVG saying that the registry was messed up. I was offered to get it fixed one time free, and to pay for it in the future. I declined, deciding to use other methods to clean up the registry. I am used to getting registry cleanup offers from highly suspect sources, and I always decline. Now it seems like the nice price of AVG is only bait so they can hook you. Hmmm. maybe even Norton included free registry fixes; I don't remember. 73, Erik K7TV ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
