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From: Tony on 4 Apr 2010 13:52 I think if you can not provide a helpful answer then be quiet...this is what I call smart as... "Leonard Grey" wrote: > And you going to use an antivirus program just because we say so? > --- > Leonard Grey > Errare humanum est > > Surfer Joe wrote: > > Can anyone please suggest a good free antivirus? > > I'm tired of paying for norton. > . >
From: anon a mouse on 8 Apr 2010 21:15 On Feb 22, 3:17 pm, "Tim Meddick" <timmedd...(a)gawab.com> wrote: > Surfer, > I have used AVG [free] for the past eight years, and have found it to be > very reliable. > However, it is a product from a company with commercial interests and, as such, does > contain an element of advertising of it's paid-for sister software. > > These "reminders" are sometimes called "nag" screens, and can be an inconvenient > distraction. > > I have heard of the recent release of Microsoft's first venture into creating a > fully-functionalanti-virusprogram - Microsoft's Security Essentials (MSSE). > > I am tempted to try MSSE but would like to hear some feedback on it's use, if I can, > before I change from an AV that has protected my PC effectively and caught many > would-be attacks in the past... > > AVG 9.0 [free] :http://free.avg.com/download-file-ins-afg-free > > MSSE :http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/3/8/A38FFBF2-1122-48B4-AF60-... > > == > > Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) > > "Surfer Joe" <lort...(a)ntlworld.com> wrote in message > > news:t7zgn.18797$X_6.17684(a)newsfe22.ams2... > > > On 22/02/2010 15:02, Ken Blake, MVP wrote: > > >> On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:41:34 -0600, Roy Smith<rasmith1...(a)live.com> > >> wrote: > > >>> On 2/21/2010 6:09 PM, Surfer Joe wrote: > >>>> Can anyone please suggest a goodfreeantivirus? > >>>> I'm tired of paying for norton. > > >>> There are several to choose from. Best thing is to download them and > >>> try them out for yourself and decide which is right for you. > > >> << clipped > I have AVG (the "free" one) on mine, but every time I put my computer on, it tells me the anti-virus protection is "out of date", and the only way I can update it is to spend $30 or $40. Is there a way of getting the full protection of this stuff without paying for the "free" version? Or is there another one available that won't want to charge me in the future? Or am I just doing something wrong?
From: Tim Meddick on 9 Apr 2010 14:33 Not sure what's happening with your AVG here. The free version should not need ask for payment for updates. However, if, in the recent past, you accidentally pressed one of the many "upgrade" buttons by mistake, you will now *be* running the paid-for version, which WILL ask for payment. Check this by waving your mouse over the AVG taskbar icon (nr the clock) - it should offer a pop-up notice that says [AVG Anti-Virus Free] if you have the "right" one. Then, open the "user interface" and try clicking on the "Update now" bar on the left-hand-side. Again, when you open the "User interface" the words "AVG Anti-Virus Free" should be written all over it. If it does NOT have the word "Free" in the program title - then you have installed the wrong version of the program... In that case - uninstall and download and install the following : http://free.avg.com/download-file-ins-afg-free == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "anon a mouse" <pakossa(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:ea9aa0b3-38b5-4b79-b1c7-9449ca035636(a)c1g2000vbc.googlegroups.com... On Feb 22, 3:17 pm, "Tim Meddick" <timmedd...(a)gawab.com> wrote: > Surfer, > I have used AVG [free] for the past eight years, and have found it to be > very reliable. > However, it is a product from a company with commercial interests and, as such, > does > contain an element of advertising of it's paid-for sister software. > > These "reminders" are sometimes called "nag" screens, and can be an inconvenient > distraction. > > I have heard of the recent release of Microsoft's first venture into creating a > fully-functionalanti-virusprogram - Microsoft's Security Essentials (MSSE). > > I am tempted to try MSSE but would like to hear some feedback on it's use, if I > can, > before I change from an AV that has protected my PC effectively and caught many > would-be attacks in the past... > > AVG 9.0 [free] :http://free.avg.com/download-file-ins-afg-free > > MSSE :http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/3/8/A38FFBF2-1122-48B4-AF60-... > > == > > Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) > > "Surfer Joe" <lort...(a)ntlworld.com> wrote in message > > news:t7zgn.18797$X_6.17684(a)newsfe22.ams2... > > > On 22/02/2010 15:02, Ken Blake, MVP wrote: > > >> On Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:41:34 -0600, Roy Smith<rasmith1...(a)live.com> > >> wrote: > > >>> On 2/21/2010 6:09 PM, Surfer Joe wrote: > >>>> Can anyone please suggest a goodfreeantivirus? > >>>> I'm tired of paying for norton. > > >>> There are several to choose from. Best thing is to download them and > >>> try them out for yourself and decide which is right for you. > > >> << clipped > I have AVG (the "free" one) on mine, but every time I put my computer on, it tells me the anti-virus protection is "out of date", and the only way I can update it is to spend $30 or $40. Is there a way of getting the full protection of this stuff without paying for the "free" version? Or is there another one available that won't want to charge me in the future? Or am I just doing something wrong?
From: J. P. Gilliver (John) on 9 Apr 2010 19:07 In message <ea9aa0b3-38b5-4b79-b1c7-9449ca035636(a)c1g2000vbc.googlegroups.com>, anon a mouse <pakossa(a)gmail.com> writes: >On Feb 22, 3:17�pm, "Tim Meddick" <timmedd...(a)gawab.com> wrote: >> Surfer, >> � � � � � � I have used AVG [free] for the past eight years, and have >>found it to be >> very reliable. >> However, it is a product from a company with commercial interests >>and, as such, does >> contain an element of advertising of it's paid-for sister software. >> >> These "reminders" are sometimes called "nag" screens, and can be an >>inconvenient >> distraction. [] >I have AVG (the "free" one) on mine, but every time I put my computer >on, it tells me the anti-virus protection is "out of date", and the >only way I can update it is to spend $30 or $40. Is there a way of [] (I use Avira, which pops up a splash screen when it updates - usually about 8 in the morning. You just click OK, rather than anywhere in the advertisement, which is likely to try to start IE.) I imagine using ClickOff (from http://www.johanneshuebner.com/en/clickoff.shtml) would be against the terms of your agreement with AVG ... (-: -- J. P. Gilliver. 27 years experience in the electronics industry - seeking employment (also computer, tester, trainer ...); email for details: CV at http://www.soft255.demon.co.uk/CV2010-3.pdf ! What would be unusual would be if there weren't any coincidences at all for several days in a row. Andy Roberts (UMRAt), 23rd. October 1998.
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