Re: [OT] No new virus definitions for weeks

From: JeffM (jeffm__at_email.com)
Date: 09/19/04 

Date: 18 Sep 2004 19:16:12 -0700

>>Grisoft's AVG (...excellent and free for home use).
>> Walter Harley
>
>I'm becoming increasingly disenchanted with Symantec so may switch.
>AVG sounds attractive,
>as one of problems with NAV is the pressure at subscription renewal
time.
> Terry Pinnell

I recently had a friend who faced Norton renewal.
I advised Grisoft. He thanked me later.

Uninstalling Symantec stuff has become a pain.
As I understand it, when it installs it doesn't put the Uninstall on
the HDD
so that rogue code can't execute it and delete the AV app.
You have to put in the CD to uninstall.
Folks who download the app (and others)
are having a hell of a time getting rid of all of it.

::CA's EZ antivirus
:: Pooh Bear
:
||AntiVir
|| Chaos Master
|
|another one for the list
| Terry Pinnell

It makes no sense to me to pay for antivirus software now.
http://www.google.com/search?&q=Kaspersky+GriSoft+AntiVir+OR+free-av+TrendMicro+OR+Housecall+Avast+Panda+-McAfee
Note: Kaspersky is having problems with XP SP2.

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