I have been using AVG for years on my own computers and put it on customer
computers when:
1. they do not have an anti-virus;
2. their commercial antivirus is about to expire;
3. when they have Norton and Norton is the probable cause of their
problems.
We do sell VET for those who need to purchase their software for accounting,
policy, or legal reasons, but otherwise recommend AVG.
The trouble with Norton and some of the others is that they are trying to
corner the WHOLE market: anti-virus; spyware; adware; malware; hacker
intrusions; data mining; and so on. The result is such a complex piece of
software that it ends up stopping you from doing what you want to do on and
with your computer. I prefer separate anti-virus, spyware, and firewall
software and also use a hardware firewall.
I recommend AVG with regard to anti-virus, and use Spybot and Ad-aware for
malware.
Kind regards, James
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From: "Floyd Humpherys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <users@openoffice.org>
Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 1:25 AM
Subject: RE: [users] internet security - anti-virus etc.
-----Original Message-----
From: David Potter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 5:28 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: users@openoffice.org
Subject: Re: [users] internet security - anti-virus etc.
Since a computer crash a couple of year ago (not necessarily virus
related)
I've been using a free version of AVG which seems very satisfactory. It
was
put on by the "expert" who cleaned my PC and upgraded it from Windows 98
to
XP. I had Norton Professional Security 2004 previously which I found
often
interfered with the installation of new software. I haven't had the same
problems with AVG.
An update to version 7.5 has just been issued.
Good Luck,
Dave Potter
Sittingbourne.
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From: "June-Anne Hare" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Open Office" <users@openoffice.org>
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 11:40 AM
Subject: [users] internet security - anti-virus etc.
I should like advice on this.
My Norton agreement has expired but before that it became "aggressive" so
I had to turn it off before receiving e-mails!!
Does Open Office offer this service, or can you recommend one?
June-Anne Hare
Norton anti-virus software IS a virus. It runs processes in the
background
without your permission. It misses a LARGE number of problems that AVG
gets
everytime. Norton frequently takes control of the computer without giving
a
reason.
Floyd Humpherys
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