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From: What's in a Name? (spamthis_at_nomail.afraid.org)
Date: 05/01/05
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Date: Sun, 01 May 2005 05:30:24 GMT
Martin, VK2UMJ wrote:
> "OE(tm) OCAMPO ELECTRONICS" <postmaster@ocampoelectronics.8m.com> wrote in
> message news:11762k6sshvoi5f@corp.supernews.com...
>
>>Get AVG for your virus protection- ya right!!
>>AVG will protect the virus from being removed!!!
>
>
> 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]
I agree,AVG is a waste of disk space. If one must use a free AV,Avast is
the way to go.
-max
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