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From: Martin, VK2UMJ (vk2umj_at_yahoo.invalid)
Date: 04/30/05

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    "OE(tm) OCAMPO ELECTRONICS" <postmaster@ocampoelectronics.8m.com> wrote in
    message news:11762k6sshvoi5f@corp.supernews.com...
    > Get AVG for your virus protection

    More SPAM crap..

    AVG is CRAP - pure and simple. Great for those that know no better and
    don't go looking to see what it has left on the system that almost any other
    AV product would remove...

    I changed from AVG after discovering 3 virus infections on a PC using
    another well known product that AVG had failed to act upon. Upon further
    investigation it was found AVG detected them, but didn't bother to do
    anything at all, including alert the user! Wow - great product!!!

    Just to me sure, I loaded AVG Free v7 back onto a PC connected to ADSL via a
    router, and removed the other AV products. After just a couple of days
    there was a very slight difference in operation (probably not enough for the
    average Joe Blow to notice) - a check of the AVG log, which almost everyone
    doesn't do, revealed that AVG had detected a Trojan but had not alerted the
    user or removed the Trojan in any way.

    A scan with Avast, AntiVir Personal and some others found even more than
    just that one Trojan that AVG had detected - they ALL found 4 more virus's
    that AVG hadn't even found! ALL of these other products also removed ALL of
    the problems, including the original Trojan that AVG detected but left
    sitting on the system only to be detected again next scan!

    And before any "pro-AVG" users start - yes AVG was up-to-date, updated
    immediately before each full scan...

    Although it is free, is this the kind of 'protection' you *really*
    want???????????????????????

    [snip remainder of crap]


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