[AT] O/T anti virus software question

Rob Gray Robgray at epix.net
Fri May 27 07:37:02 PDT 2005


I also use AVG at home and it works fine......


David Bruce wrote:

> Not to pile on here but I've used AVG myself for several years and 
> I've been pleased with it.  It doesn't have as much of a requirement 
> for resources as Norton does and it is much easier to uninstall.  In 
> the past, I've had problems with Norton causing problems because it 
> requires so much in the way of resources.  AVG has a free version for 
> home use and a paid version for business use - I think you can also 
> get discounts on the business version for multiple computers. Also 
> I've used (and currently use) AVAST! because it also does scanning for 
> websites, p2p files (I occasionally download Linux distributions using 
> a P2P application - I don't do the mp3 downloading, I'm kind of funny 
> about paying people for their work - even had a "legal" C-band 
> satellite years ago).  AVAST! does require more in the way of 
> resources than does AVG but I like it on my XP system (www.avast.com 
> for those who are interested).
> Again, ymmv but I've had good success with both of these.  I kind of 
> gave up on Norton and McAfee years ago.
>
> David
>



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