Re: free virus protection

After much thought,User66 came up with this jewel:

"David H. Lipman" <DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net> wrote in message
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From: "User66" <user66@xxxxxxxxxxx>

I have been using for couple of years now, the free version
of AVG. Seems like a good anti-virus program. The free
version updates daily. The e-mail setting is slightly clumsy,
but works OK.
http://free.grisoft.com/doc/Get+AVG+FREE/lng/us/tpl/v5

By using a decent email client you can safely turn off email scanning.



I am testing now another one. It is called BitDefender.
http://www.bitdefender.com/site/Downloads/
Fairly simple to set it up. Not sure how long the free
version will remain free.


The free BitDefender is good. However it is only an "On Demand"
scanner and does not support "On Access" scanning. Thus you can
use it with another fully installed anti virus product but not as
the primary anti virus application. The primary anti virus
application needs to perform both "On Demand" and "On Access"
scanning.

Therefore BitDefender can supplement AVG but not replace it.

-- Dave
http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html
http://www.ik-cs.com/got-a-virus.htm



I have used Norton for more than 10 years, but can't afford it
anymore. Is there any free version that has both "On Demand" and "On
Access" scanning?

AntiVir has both.
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