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Posted by bassbag on October 18, 2006, 12:22 pm
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> > vanguard@domain.invalid says...
> >> I installed the free (Classic) version of AntiVir on one of my
> >> hosts.
> >> Seemed okay but it seems plagued with ads trying to get the user to
> >> buy into their premium version. When I went to manually update,
> >> got
> >> an ad. Got back to the host this morning and saw another popup
> >> window
> >> with their ad (and I wasn't even in the program this time). Don't
> >> recall those that extol AntiVir as it being adware.
> >>
> >> Also, when checking its info, this installation expires in 1 year.
> >> So
> >> will I have to install yet another free version, if still
> >> available,
> >> in a year from now? Or will their registry pollution result in
> >> denying further installs of free versions and require upgrading
> >> (i.e.,
> >> paying) to their premium version? I don't recall reading anywhere
> >> on
> >> their web site that the Classic version was really a 1-year trial
> >> version with advertisements.
> >>
> >>
> > The "ad" is antivirs notifier screen that does indeed advertise the
> > premium version and also give virus news alerts etc.It activates on
> > updates.Some people dont mind it considering thier getting an
> > excellent
> > av in return.Some people choose to block it with hips
> > software.Persoanlly
> > i dont like it.
> > The yearly licence for the free classic version is updated through
> > antivirs updater automatically ,so that you dont have to reinstll
> > etc.
> > me
>
>
> At one time CuteFTP was adware so instead I got SmartFTP and then went
> to FileZilla. At one time back when I had dial-up, there was some
> program called Call<something> that used forward-on-busy service from
> your telco to redirect callers to this service to leave a 1-minute
> message and I'd get notice onscreen that a call was waiting (or one
> was coming it and I could put my Internet connect on hold to take the
> call), but it was adware. Adware rarely ever gets put on my computer
> and usually only because the author never announced it was adware.
> Advertising one's own products or services still makes it adware (I
> don't care about the number of advertisers or that they be different
> advertisers, only that there is advertising).
>
> Did AntiVir do advertising before Avira got their grubby
> marketing-smeared hands on it?
>
>
It could be worse...you could actually pay for an av and get an "ad" oops
security centre built in .
me
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