Hi Harold, The Avg free is fine. I tried both Avg and Avast and liked the Avg better. The thing Clint and I and others have been talking about is the Avg anti-spyware not the A/V. I've discovered you can't write the word vi*us on this list or the mail doesn't ever go through.
Zone Alarm's principle function is as a firewall. I would not stop using it. I haven't tried Windows defender but that's a personal thing. I will not use any more Microsoft software than I have to. Ben Moore -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Harold B. Sent: Friday, May 04, 2007 1:20 PM To: PC Works_LIST Subject: PCWorks: Avg Free or Avast Free Hello again (using Win XP), Following your discussion, now is the moment of decision and I'm faced with Avg Free and Avast Free. I've been using Avg with no apparent harm to the computer nor am I sure it does any good. It's just there in my sys tray upgrading every once in a while and that's it. What's the consensus in the group? Is it Avg or Avast? Or should I do neither and remove ZoneAlarm and as Hugh once suggested, use Windows Defender to do the job of both? Right now I have Avg, ZoneAlarm, Windows Defender, Ad-aware, and Spybot. In matters of health, my computer is better protected than I am. --- Harold ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================