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Posted by MitchellWmA on June 26, 2008, 4:08 am
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<tmDELccDEL72AThalDASHpcDOTorg> wrote:
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>Gaz wrote:
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>>> "MitchellWmA" says:
>>>> After using AVG for years, I'm ready to move on. The latest one is
>>>> just so much flash and dash and less substance than before in some
>>>> ways. I can't even tell at a glance when it's scanning anymore.
>>>> But even more importantly, despite carefully setting options, it
>>>> doesn't start scanning reliably, i.e., upon computer startup if
>>>> time missed.
>>>>
>>>> And I set up that scan to avoid a large drive and yet, it still goes
>>>> ahead and scans the drive yet, plain as day, that drive letter is
>>>> missing from the drives to scan.
>>>>
>>>> So looking for an alternative as it's time to move on. What other
>>>> freeware app have people use that they can recommend? thx ::g::
>>>
>>> Do you sleep under a bridge because it's free ?
>>>
>>> Do you put water in your gas tank because it's free ?
>>>
>>> Do you eat dog shit because it's free ?
>>>
>>> Do you drink your own piss because it's free ?
>>>
>>> What's the obsession with "free" when it comes to software ?
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>> Because AVG 7.5 was a perfectly good product, and it was free.
>>
>> Gaz
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>I agree with you totally. 7.5 is very trim, and does its job. The problem is
>the technological speed limit being exceeded. Go into the store now and you
>get 4gb ram, 200gb disk drives, dual cpus, etc, etc. All the software is now
>being written for what's now out there, even the free stuff. I have a mere
>768mb, 6gb dual PIIs, W2K Pro box, I'm thinking that Spyware Terminator
>[still a little bigger than AVG 7.5] gets most of the bad guys and is pretty
>trim. I didn't install the Crawler Toolbar, too cumbersome for me. I don't
>go to lousy websites so, I don't need the WebSheild, immense creature that
>scans everything coming from the net. See my other posts for other details.
Thanks for the info. Will do. :)
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