[AT] O/T anti virus software question

[charlie hill]

Yeah we know about opinions but you and I agree on that.  No Norton for me 
either.

On a similar off topic theme, I heard something very interesting on the 
radio this week.  It seems that in India someone is marketing a notebook 
computer with the Linux OS.  It comes complete with word processor, spread 
sheet, etc.  All the stuff you would expect for the  equivalent of $200.00 
US.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Bruce" <davidbruce at yadtel.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 8:40 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] O/T anti virus software question


>I like the Trend Micro online scanner - used it a few times to clean up a 
>system for a friend who insists on looking at "those" sites :)
> I also have used the Panda online scanner - I like it also.
> Charlie it will be a cold day before I buy another Norton product - just 
> my opinion and we know what opinions are like :)
>
> David
>
> charlie hill wrote:
>
>> I just flat don't like Norton Antivirus.  It slows my e-mail down 
>> terribly. I used to use PCcillian on my old machine and I never knew it 
>> was there until it stopped a virus and it never failed at that.
>> My Norton subscription is expired but Cox Communications (same thing 
>> basically as Road Runner) is catching the viruses before they get to me 
>> so I'm not too worried about it.  Every now and then I run a sweep from 
>> PCcillians web site (TrendMicro.com).  One of these days I'll buy their 
>> product again I guess.
>>
>> Charlie
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cecil Monson" <cmonson at hvc.rr.com>
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 2:04 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] O/T anti virus software question
>>
>>
>>> > Have you tried the free AVG anti-virus from Grisoft. I have used it
>>> for > a
>>>
>>>>> while on one of my computers and a friend has been using it for years.
>>>>> Neither of us has had any virus's get through using it. Your mileage 
>>>>> may
>>>>> vary.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://free.grisoft.com/freeweb.php
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> With all my friends recommending this I guess I am going to have
>>> to give it a try. Believe me, Norton has done nothing to gain my loyalty
>>> so far unless you call charging the limit and restricting the use of
>>> their program "doing something". Now that I think about it, Norton has
>>> not caught any viruses that I can think of in the past 3 or 4 years. All
>>> the virus laden stuff has been weeded out by RoadRunner as every week or
>>> so I get an email stripped of it's contents with the note it contained
>>> a virus. So, maybe I'm just throwing my money away - hard earned money
>>> too - or I should say "hardly earned" now as I am retired but still hard
>>> to come by.
>>>
>>> Thanks again to all and I guess I will give this a try on my
>>> notebook - being as it doesn't take up a lot of space and all.
>>>
>>> Cecil
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