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Post by sandsman1 on Jan 21, 2005 21:33:29 GMT -5
hi all i dont remember how i found this but i been buying anti virus for the last 2 years and this is free if it's for a home computer ,, it's not to shabby eather it auto updates and all take a look free.grisoft.com/doc/2/lng/us/tpl/v5 |
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Post by Original Admin on Jan 21, 2005 22:58:54 GMT -5
Sands,
It's a superb package, i've got it installed, and I install it on the PCs of "friends and family" aswell when they ask me what antivirus software they should buy. I just say "why buy when this is available at the moment."
I use Norton aswell, but have had problems updating when the year runs out due to bugs. So I wont be updating anymore - just sticking with AVG.
It also integrates with Outlook perfectly.
Yup - good package in my experience with it.
Andy
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Post by sandsman1 on Jan 21, 2005 23:21:49 GMT -5
andy i couldent believe it was free,, i have it running on mine right now its been runnin about two weeks or more i wanted to see if i had any probs befor i told everyone didnt wanna promote something with probs --hahaha but i cant find anything wrong with it since i loaded it hell im not buying norton or mac if i can have this for free ---i just fig id put it up for anyone thats tired of paying 30.00 a year for anti virus
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Post by Original Admin on Jan 21, 2005 23:51:36 GMT -5
Sands, I can't see how they can produce such a high quality product for nothing either.
I've had it for over 9 months under XP Home and it runs like a dream. In particular I'm totally impressed with its integration with Outlook - scanning both inbound and outbound emails and marking them as scanned.
It was originally recommended to me by a friend who has a computer business of his own, Ive known the guy (Neal) for about 18 years so I didnt question him - I just installed it.
It doesnt interfere with anthing youve got running on your PC already, no conflicts nothing.
Good product, and I dont even mention norton or mac anymore to anyone with a home based PC. (Mcafee I always associate with server side protection anyway as it stands).
Yup - everyone should get AVG for sure.
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llanago
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Post by llanago on Jan 22, 2005 0:08:40 GMT -5
I used AGV on my other computer and had no problems with it ever. It is a good program. I use Norton now because I wanted the security system Norton offers. Hate paying $45/yr for it, but it's worth it to be able to run in the "stealth" mode and be invisible to any hacker that is probing around with nefarious intentions.
llana
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Post by Original Admin on Jan 22, 2005 0:26:16 GMT -5
Llanago - Agree - the separated functions of nortons software (in this case Internet Security) arent (so far as Im aware) available on AVG (soz to nitpick but its AVG not AGV just incase anyone does a search engine query).
I'm not totally sure what the "attacks" I get reported on nortons Internet Security are in detail, it comes up with messages like "IP address has attempted to back door trojen me" etc etc.
I guess I'll be wanting to retain that part of Norton.
hmmm - good thread on PC security - what do other people use?
To be honest my biggest problem is spam email still. I get about 4000 spams per month at the moment.
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Post by stefan on Mar 1, 2005 12:54:57 GMT -5
Yea at work we avarage 300 SPAMS a day- We own our own domain and the spam will come in in huge groups- We tried a blocker but to much of our online confirmation was blocked- so it's a spamming we go!
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Post by mrbrett on Mar 2, 2005 8:55:06 GMT -5
I have aol security with the norton can this be downloaded to run with norton as well? Like double protection?
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MichiganRocks
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Post by MichiganRocks on Mar 2, 2005 8:55:32 GMT -5
Is it just me, or does this software update an awful lot? Just installed it yesterday and now it's updating for the third time. Udates now total twice the original size of the program file.
Ron
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Post by sandsman1 on Mar 2, 2005 9:10:14 GMT -5
ron i didnt take notice to the size of the file but it does update every couple days on mine,, i got like 3/4 of my memory free so i dont care how big it gets ,, i love that its free hahaha
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earthdog
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Post by earthdog on Mar 3, 2005 17:02:38 GMT -5
Ok how much resources does it eat up while it's running in the back ground? does it contain any spyware?
I found a sweet program called, EMCO Malware Bouncer. You can set it to run everyday or when ever you want to start it. It runs very fast, I have 2 hard drives and it will scan both in about 3 min. It doen't run in the back ground and eat up resources either...
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Post by sandsman1 on Mar 3, 2005 17:13:31 GMT -5
i have something called (mem turbo) and that runs all the time but its freeing up memory so every few mins it does a cleaning and sends back more usable mem. so i dont know if avg eats alot of mem or not i havent seen any more spywear then normal since i loaded it but im not real good with computers so you realy cant go by me it could be right under my nose and i wouldent know it hahaha
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Post by Cher on Mar 3, 2005 18:28:44 GMT -5
I've been using AVG for at least 2 years, maybe longer and I love it. I've used Norton and McAffee and believe AVG beats them hands down ... not just because it's free either. I run ZoneAlarm firewall with it and am totally stealth.
I get the calls from family and friends ... Something's wrong with my computer, can you fix it. Upon checking I generally find their anti-virus programs is no longer updating so I delete it and install AVG.
AVG works just as well with both the Netscape and Thunderbird email programs.
Ron, I have mine set to check for updates everyday but you can set it to however often you want it to check and also the time you want it to check.
earthdog, NO! There is no spyware. Grisoft is a legitimate anti-virus program and if you're worried cause it's free, you can buy it. It's free for personal use only, businesses need to buy it. As far as using up resources, I'd have to say no to that also. I have an old computer, it doesn't slow it down a bit.
If you run Ad-Aware and and Spybot Search & Destroy, yo shouldn't need to worry about spyware and malware. At least as long as you keep it updated and run it weekly.
Cher
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earthdog
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Post by earthdog on Mar 3, 2005 20:43:51 GMT -5
I got rid of spybot, and just run EMCO and ad-ware.
Zone alarm is bad. Have you ever tried to get it off your computer? I did 4 years ago, and it embeds it self deep and keeps comming back, you must do a rebuild of your hard drive or go through a bunch of bs from the company for them to show you how to get rid of it. Then when people want to send you a file through a IM. it will block it, so you can't get it.
All programs eat up resources when running, so I doubt it doesn't eat any at all. I was wondering how much, like 1% or 6/8% like some programs do.
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Post by Cher on Mar 3, 2005 23:30:18 GMT -5
I didn't mean that it doesn't use any, sorry I worded that wrong. I just meant it doesn't use a lot as it didn't slow my old puter down. I've never had any problems with ZoneAlarm and have been using that for years now. It's like all programs though, some you like, some you don't.
Cher
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earthdog
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Post by earthdog on Mar 3, 2005 23:41:51 GMT -5
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MichiganRocks
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Post by MichiganRocks on Mar 4, 2005 7:52:59 GMT -5
AVG uses uses approximately 7 mb of ram.
Ron
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stubby
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Post by stubby on Mar 10, 2005 14:29:56 GMT -5
Ditto to a lot of what Cher said. The guy that built my computer says he runs AVG on everything that comes into his shop and it always finds things missed by Norton and McAffee.
stub
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