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Posted by Cyberiade.it Anonymous Remaile on January 4, 2007, 8:18 pm
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On Thu, 4 Jan 2007, =?Utf-8?B?Tm9uU3VjaA==?= <NonSuch
@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>"Cyberiade.it Anonymous Remailer" wrote:
>
>>
>> On Tue, 2 Jan 2007, =?Utf-8?B?UGFuZGFfbWFu?=
>> >"Cyberiade.it Anonymous Remailer" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Free anti virus avast! (home edition version 4.6)
>> >> http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html
>> >>
>> >
>> >The latest Avast version is 4.7 ... Anyway, good links
>> >
>> >--
>> >Panda_man
>> >Silver level Contributor
>>
>> Thanks for the tip. You're right. Right now, their web site
>> shows "4.7.871." My little short list is updated accordingly :
>>
>> ---
>>
>> Free anti virus AVG (version 7.5):
>> http://free.grisoft.com/doc/5390/lng/us/tpl/v5
>>
>> Free anti virus avast! (home edition version 4.7)
>> http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html
>>
>> Free anti spyware, etc.:
>> http://www.ccleaner.com
>> http://www.spybot.info/en/download/
>> http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
>> http://www.winpatrol.com/download.html
>> http://www.superantispyware.com/downloadfile.html?productid=SUPERANTISPYWAR
>> EFREE
>> http://www.spywarewarrior.com/uiuc/res/ie-spyad.zip
>> http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.zip
>> http://www.funkytoad.com/hoster.htm
>> http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/
>> http://www.spywarewarrior.com/uiuc/resource.htm
>> http://www.siteadvisor.com/download/ie.html
>>
>> Free news readers:
>> http://www.40tude.com/dialog/
>> http://xnews.newsguy.com/
>>
>> Free news filters:
>> http://www.nfilter.org/
>> http://www.arcorhome.de/newshamster/tgl/misc/hamster_de.html
>>
>> Free public news servers:
>> http://www.newzbot.com/
>>
>> ---
>>
>> I really appreciate all the help I can get in keeping this list
>> up to date. If you, or anyone else reading, know of other good
>> free ware links that would be worth adding here, please advise.
>>
>>
>> Ckypp
>>
>
>A very nice collection of links. Good work!
Thanks. I'm beginning to realize that asking for additional
links might have been a mistake. I'm in over my head.
All I can do is list free ware, or at least the options for
that, and only those programs that I am actually using, since
I am only a novice, compared with the educated experts who post
here. I got all the links that I've listed from them, after
all. I just looked for free and easy solutions that I can use,
assuming my friends could use these free programs, too.
I'm finding out that there are many other good free ware
programs available, but I don't have the resources or the
time to experiment with them. It would be unfair for me to
list them separately, like an "alternative" list, since that
would wrongly imply that these other programs may not be as
good, or better, than the ones I presently use. How would I
know that? I've never used them. I sure don't want to
spread any false information, or list "questionable" links.
I do recommend to those on my emailing list that they
subscribe to alt.privacy.spyware, and microsoft.public.security.virus,
since these are the two most active groups that I have found
the most helpful information in, with the latest discussions
and links about anti spy and anti virus programs. If there
is any bad information going around, they'll be the first to
spot it.
I initially advised my friends to subscribe to these groups,
in order to help validate the links that I listed. But now,
I see that this subject is a lot more sophisticated than I had
previously realized. I can only hope that the experts will
eventually agree on a really simple list of user friendly free
ware, for novices like me. Ideally, it would consist of the
minimum number of free programs, that use minimal resources,
that provide the maximum level of protection for the average
home PC user running Windows XP, or I guess "Vista" before
long.
In addition to a free ware list, I would be interested in
a minimal package of the ideal share ware, or commercial ware
list, like two to three programs that completely does it all,
which together costs under $100, or something like that. But
there's the rub, since those out to make a buck are apt to
play "favorites" with such a list. Maybe I'm wrong, but to
quote Randy Newman, "I don't think so."
And maybe this argument is academic, since "Vista" might
end up costing the average user so friggin much, since nothing
else will work with it "ka ching ka ching," as to force the
average user to switch to another, less expensive OS.
As greedy as Bill Gates and company has gotten in recent
years, I wouldn't put it past him. And I've never been a
"Microsoft basher" before, but I'm fast getting that way.
Maybe the idea of putting the OS and programs completely
on the net, and using a generic, disposable or upgradable
hardware box, a cell phone, blackberry, or a "Dick Tracy"
wristwatch kind of thing? Maybe a portable headset, with
brain biofeedback and all that? And a super fast wireless
Internet connection, is the most viable and timely solution
to all that ails the Internet community?
And where is nanotechnology in all this? I'm dreaming.
Ckypp
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