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Posted by Debris on November 17, 2006, 8:10 am
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Hello,
To make a long, painful story short, I have come to the stunning realization
that:
(a) McAfee is a piece of @$!%! bloatware (direct experience -- holy cr*p,
there are twelve! programs running in the background!),
(b) per some quick Internet research, everyone else already knows this, and
(c) per that same research, Norton is just as bad.
So, looking for some alternatives. Free or pay is OK. BitDefender looks
good, what about AVG? Thanks.
Thanks, D
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Posted by (PeteCresswell) on November 17, 2006, 8:35 am
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Per Debris:
>So, looking for some alternatives. Free or pay is OK. BitDefender looks
>good, what about AVG? Thanks.
I've been through Symantec and PC-Cillen.
Dumped Symantec for reasons I don't recall.
Dumped PC-Cillen two years ago and went over to the freebie version of Avast.
No complaints - and the UI is much, much better.
Don't have the expertise to judge it technically, but would observe that I have
a 13-year-old pounding on this box a couple of hours every day and doesn't
appear to have picked up any malware in the process.
--
PeteCresswell
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Posted by Charlie on November 17, 2006, 9:16 am
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Kaspersky engine and gets it's automatic updates from the Kaspersky server.
I dumped Norton Internet Security 2007 and actually got my money back from
Symantec
Get the AOL /Kaspersky product here http://daol.aol.com/safetycenter/virus
--
Charlie
> Per Debris:
>>So, looking for some alternatives. Free or pay is OK. BitDefender looks
>>good, what about AVG? Thanks.
>
> I've been through Symantec and PC-Cillen.
>
> Dumped Symantec for reasons I don't recall.
>
> Dumped PC-Cillen two years ago and went over to the freebie version of
> Avast.
>
> No complaints - and the UI is much, much better.
>
> Don't have the expertise to judge it technically, but would observe that I
> have
> a 13-year-old pounding on this box a couple of hours every day and doesn't
> appear to have picked up any malware in the process.
> --
> PeteCresswell
>
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Posted by Frankster on November 17, 2006, 9:51 am
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http://www.trendmicro.com/en/products/desktop/pc-cillin/evaluate/overview.htm
-Frank
> Per Debris:
>>So, looking for some alternatives. Free or pay is OK. BitDefender looks
>>good, what about AVG? Thanks.
>
> I've been through Symantec and PC-Cillen.
>
> Dumped Symantec for reasons I don't recall.
>
> Dumped PC-Cillen two years ago and went over to the freebie version of
> Avast.
>
> No complaints - and the UI is much, much better.
>
> Don't have the expertise to judge it technically, but would observe that I
> have
> a 13-year-old pounding on this box a couple of hours every day and doesn't
> appear to have picked up any malware in the process.
> --
> PeteCresswell
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Posted by (PeteCresswell) on November 17, 2006, 11:23 am
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>The new Trend Micro Internet Security 2007 Suite is very good.
Something to look for when evaluating it: what does it do when the PC gets a
trojan that sends out invitations to outside computers to access it?
The version I had popped an interruptive warning every time one of those outside
computers tried to reach out and touch my PC.
Trend's product, of course, blocked the attempt but the interruptive warning
took focus on the screen. Try getting any work done - or doing *anything* for
that matter - when those notifications are popping two or three times per
second..... -)
If the notification didn't take focus (i.e. didn't interrupt whatever the user
was doing) it would be no problem. As it is, something that is basically a
"Warning" situation effectively makes the PC unusable until one unplugs the
internet connection.
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PeteCresswell
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