Re: AVG Anyone?
From: Richard Urban (richardurbanREMOVETHIS_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 06/15/05
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Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 13:44:51 -0400
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-- Regards, Richard Urban If you knew as much as you think you know, You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew! "David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message news:OcNheKccFHA.3464@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... > From: "JCB_MCSE_wannabe" <JCBMCSEwannabe@discussions.microsoft.com> > > | An MCT friend of mine suggested that I try AVG antivirus for my laptop > in > | response to me vocalizing my dissatisfaction with the "other Big Two" > | anti-virus software producers. After downloading the FREE product from > | http://free.grisoft.com I continued to also run my existing McAfee > product. > | > | I get VERY frequent updates from AVG. This could be indicative of a > number > | of issues, the two most likely of which are: 1) they are playing > "catch-up" > | with industry leaders' virus definitions, or 2) They are themselves VERY > | proactive and send out very timely updates as they are developed, rather > than > | bundling them. Providing individual definition updates as they are > available > | should provide better real-time currency in the level of virus > protection > | from new threats, at least in theory. > | > | Anyway, within the last two months I received infected emails within > hours > | of the most recent AVG update. AVG stopped the offending virus but it > was > | undetected by McAfee - until DAYS later when I received the then-current > | update from them. This suggests that scenario 2) is why I receive such > | frequent updates from AVG. > | > | For a free product, it seems to be doing the job well. > | > | Does anyone else have any experience with AVG, either god or bad? > | > | Thanks! > | -- > | JCB\1059 > > AVG works. But it is highly contraindicated to have two anti virus > products installed at > the same time. This is especially true of both are performing "On Access" > scanning of data. > > If you like AVG v7.x, remove McAfee. > > -- > Dave > http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html > http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm > >
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