Re: Norton, McAfee or AVG?

In article <H_b5f.4721$Zv5.1504@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
annevasquez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
> Even AVG's update process slows my computer down enough that I just let
> it update before doing anything else. I probably don't have enough RAM
> (160 MB). Either way, it updates when I first start the computer for
> the day, which I've learned to expect, and just plan to give it a few
> minutes to update before I do anything else. Heck, it's free and does a
> good job (I haven't gotten a single virus on this computer since I began
> using AVG, something I can't say for Norton) - can't ask for more than
> that!!
>
> Anne
>
>

Anne,

It depends upon what version of Windows you are running, but 160MB is
probably too little on anything except Windows 3.1 :-)

Bob/Texas
.

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