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| Thread ID: 33472 | 2003-05-17 04:34:00 | AVG Free version soon history? | Susan B (19) | Press F1 |
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| 145018 | 2003-05-17 09:36:00 | Baldy. Forget it, I will stay shaggy PJ | Poppa John (284) | ||
| 145019 | 2003-05-17 09:38:00 | PJ & Others, I have been running AVAST4.0 for past 6 months or thereabouts to see how it performs and have found it very stable. Awill apgraded it recently from v3.2 to 4.0! The free version does not have automatic updating but you are notified with a pop-up in system tray and is only 1 click! Downloads of definitions are quick as there are new ones every 2-3 days taking only seconds to load. The app picks up the eicar dummy virus with ease and quaranties it Cheers,Kiwitas,;-) |
Kiwitas (514) | ||
| 145020 | 2003-05-17 09:42:00 | W T F. Xtra overpriced? maybe so. Had Zfree Then Clear for a while. Fotunately I never gave up Xtra. Clear went the same way as Zfree, too busy to connect to. Have followed the ISP topics on F1 & consider I don't do so bad. Have seen some horror stories on here. As to Free stuff. Sometimes we have no choice but to bludge, but that doesn't mean I like it. PJ |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 145021 | 2003-05-17 12:06:00 | I have always had F-prot on my machines along with whatever other anti virus I'm using and it has always found anything that AVG finds. And it's free too, that is, the dos version. But here's a question. Since it runs in dos, how will it run in Win XP and later programs which are lacking in dos? I'm using Win 98. You can get F-prot here www.f-prot.com ...Ken |
paradox (1082) | ||
| 145022 | 2003-05-17 20:57:00 | Yes the dos F-Prot is pretty good, but it's only going to find nasties after the event, unlike Windows based AV that will give an alert straight away when it detects a virus signature. However it's good to run as backup insurance. I used to run the F-Prot Windows version until they split the free download and started to charge. The price of the Windows F-Prot is $29 about the same as the possible AVG charge. I dont think the dos version would work with an NTFS partition, but if FAT32 is used then it may? well work with XP if run from floppies after booting from a dos floppy. The signature file is now so big that at the last count it takes 2 floppies to run F-Prot. It used to all go onto one floppy once upon a time. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 145023 | 2003-05-17 21:55:00 | regarding F-Prot needintg two flopppies ........why not put them both on cdrom ? | drcspy (146) | ||
| 145024 | 2003-05-17 23:03:00 | Having only installed AVG in the last week (long story about Norton Anti-Virus 2000 involved), I just have to say this: Why the hell did everyone think it was so good? It's drop dead ugly, and the styling is what would feature in programs that were made in the late ninties. For me, programs aren't just about usability, they have to look nice too. Otherwise I won't like using them. Which is why I'm going to try Avast (www.avast.com) and AntiVir (http:). |
agent (30) | ||
| 145025 | 2003-05-17 23:16:00 | agent, being born in the very early nineties makes the late nineties seem very RECENT Poppa John:D | Poppa John (284) | ||
| 145026 | 2003-05-17 23:21:00 | Who was born in the early nineties? ;) | agent (30) | ||
| 145027 | 2003-05-17 23:30:00 | agent. Being born in the EARLY nineties makes the LATE nineties seem very RECENT. Don't knock it, age will cattch up with you quick enough. Poppa John :D :D | Poppa John (284) | ||
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