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Subject: Re: Windows bashing was: Re: Voxin was: Re: Switching to Linux In-Reply-To: <20130512192506.GA28732@gregn.net> Message-ID: References: <20130509193744.GJ2324@bmcginty.hopto.org> <518C29C9.90704@gmail.com> <518C2BCC.3010003@tysdomain.com> <518C342E.5020604@gmail.com> <518C4546.9040204@tysdomain.com> <518CF3D1.4030701@baechler.net> <518D0014.7010600@tysdomain.com> <518DFD9C.1010904@baechler.net> <20130512003512.GA21879@gregn.net> <518F53D3.5010100@baechler.net> <20130512192506.GA28732@gregn.net> User-Agent: Alpine 2.02 (LFD 1266 2009-07-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-BeenThere: speakup@linux-speakup.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 20:15:47 -0000 Hi, I wonder if y'all could find it in your collective hearts to find a more appropriate list for discussing your favorite virus scanners for an operating system which, apparently needs them, to another list. ${DEITY} knows that the world is infested with Windows users, so, surely such a list must exist. Thanks. -- Bill in Denver On Sun, 12 May 2013, Gregory Nowak wrote: > I'm just curious, where are you getting these various recommendations > from? Word of mouth, or one or more sites? If sites, which ones? > > I had a look at: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_antivirus_software > > and it seems that MSE doesn't provide boot time scanning, and web > protection. While AVG doesn't provide as much as other scanners, it > does provide those two. That, along with the fact that I haven't had > problems with AVG so far would still prompt me to choose it over MSE, > but that's just my personal choice of course. > > Yes, AVG is free for personal use, but not for business. It's been > this way since I started using it in the 6.x days: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVG_(software)#Versions_for_Windows_desktop_clients > > If there's a nominal fee, I'm not aware of it. I'm using it just fine, > and haven't been asked once by AVG for a credit card number. > >> From what I know, avast requires one to register, even though it's > free. Nothing wrong with that, but if I have to choose between free > alternatives which require me to register, and those that don't, I'll > naturally go with those that don't, as long as they work for me. > > Greg > > > On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 01:33:23AM -0700, Tony Baechler wrote: >> As I said, my experience with AVG was many years ago on Windows 98, so >> perhaps some of the issues are fixed nowadays. My machine didn't totally >> lock up, but it was so slow that it might as well have. I could just plan >> on not having my machine for about 15 minutes and there seemed to be no >> way to stop it. I looked into it last year for my brother's Windows 7 >> notebook and it wasn't recommended. Norton Internet Security and >> Microsoft Security Essentials seemed to be the recommended options, so we >> went with Norton because it's relatively cheap and the notebook is for >> business. AVG was not free for personal use as I recall, but after not >> only my problems with it but reading about several other people having >> problems and several months going by with no updates, I assumed it was >> dead. I thought I read that you had to pay some nominal fee even for >> personal use, but that could be wrong. I know that it isn't licensed for >> a business which was the main concern. I liked the looks of Nod32, but it >> was too expensive compared to Norton and the other options. As it turned >> out, his Norton expired and he's onto something else anyway. Avast now >> seems to be the recommended personal free virus scanner. > > > -- > web site: http://www.gregn.net > gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc > skype: gregn1 > (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) > > -- > Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-manager@EU.org > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@linux-speakup.org > http://linux-speakup.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/speakup >