Just rebuilt my machine, Mother board came with AVG anti-virus.
It is the free version.
Can I trust it?
I still have Norton AV 2003 from before my mother board went south.
I assume I could just re-install that, Right?

It doesn't suck !

Dave



"The Lorax" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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| Just rebuilt my machine, Mother board came with AVG anti-virus.
| It is the free version.
| Can I trust it?
| I still have Norton AV 2003 from before my mother board went south.
| I assume I could just re-install that, Right?
|
|
|

"The Lorax" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:SoAsb.25993$Vu6.1761
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> Just rebuilt my machine, Mother board came with AVG anti-virus.
> It is the free version.
> Can I trust it?

I've used it and do NOT trust it. Others may have different opinions, but
that's mine after 2 years of use, and several infestations (family
machine).

--
It's me, it's me, it's Ernest T !
http://www.ernestt.com/etb.html

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 00:39:14 GMT, "The Lorax" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Just rebuilt my machine, Mother board came with AVG anti-virus.
>It is the free version.
>Can I trust it?
>I still have Norton AV 2003 from before my mother board went south.
>I assume I could just re-install that, Right?
>
>
Personally I would say yes, re-install Norton since you have it
available. AVG seems to be allright but several friends have tried it
and found it to be lacking when it comes to viral detection. If you
truly want a free antivirus give avast! a go, haven't had a problem
with it yet :-)

Cheers

Troy

"The Lorax" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Just rebuilt my machine, Mother board came with AVG anti-virus.
> It is the free version.
> Can I trust it?
> I still have Norton AV 2003 from before my mother board went south.
> I assume I could just re-install that, Right?

I had McAfee, the 'OnLine Clinc' for two years or more. I now have AVG
6.0.....yeppa..the free version.. and I have NO crashes, NO problems, and NO
viruses....viri...virim...(virium..?)....yeah..none of that. It all boils
down to what each user expects from a program. We all expect different
things. I don't want a virus...and I don't get any now..and it provides for
heuristics detection (insectus infectus). So...you zap your warts, and grub
worms too.

But, then again, you can stick with Norton. You can really count on
it...'cause..sooner than later, you're sure to get what ya ask for. ;-))

Good luck!
Jan

"The Lorax" wrote...
> Just rebuilt my machine, Mother board came with AVG anti-virus.
> It is the free version.
> Can I trust it?
> I still have Norton AV 2003 from before my mother board went south.
> I assume I could just re-install that, Right?

I've never had a problem with AVG Free.
It has found things other AV products have missed.
In fact, I'm always surprised when I see a post
here about a technical glitch with AVG, or that
it's deficient in some regard. Command Antivirus,
based on F-Prot, won't find or clean things AVG
does. This is my opinion only. You can see by
the replies that some others disagree.

Have a look at http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archiv...ts.xml?avg.xml

and compare with other virus products.


"Sanjaya" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "The Lorax" wrote...
> > Just rebuilt my machine, Mother board came with AVG anti-virus.
> > It is the free version.
> > Can I trust it?
> > I still have Norton AV 2003 from before my mother board went south.
> > I assume I could just re-install that, Right?
>
> I've never had a problem with AVG Free.
> It has found things other AV products have missed.
> In fact, I'm always surprised when I see a post
> here about a technical glitch with AVG, or that
> it's deficient in some regard. Command Antivirus,
> based on F-Prot, won't find or clean things AVG
> does. This is my opinion only. You can see by
> the replies that some others disagree.
>
>

"butaglo" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:3fb3e9e1$0$1754$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Have a look at http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archiv...ts.xml?avg.xml
>
> and compare with other virus products.
>

Like I said... it was my experience only.
No problems with AVG, no virus infections either.

On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 04:30:25 +0800, "butaglo" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>Have a look at http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archiv...ts.xml?avg.xml

Doesn't say well of AVG does it? I purchased AVG Pro 7.0 because I
wanted to get away from NAV for two reasons... it is bloatware and I
refuse to support any software that incorporates this new activation
scam which is nothing more than telling me that I have to call in and
prove that I didn't steal their stupid software in order to get it
activated (Assumed Guilty before proving innocence).

Anyway, could not get AVG to scan email. Every time it was set up to
scan email, whatever it was changing in the email configuration was
not liked by Adelphia (my email service) and I was always denied
access to get my email (failed authorization each time). I had the
email scanning setup using the AVG wizard and I had two suggested
manual configurations with none working.

So, I reinstalled NAV 2003 bloatware which I really didn't want to use
but... it works. Will NOT goto NAV 2004 activation scamware though.
Will stick with 2003 until they stop supporting it with virus def
updates.

Regards,
ô¿ô
~


The purpose of government is to
rein in the rights of the people.
Bill Clinton

OK, fair enough.
I lean more toward Norton.
So now this question:

Should I just grab the 2004?
It's at Sam's club now, and cheep.

What do you guys think?




"T.R." <@> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 04:30:25 +0800, "butaglo" <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
> >Have a look at
http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archiv...ts.xml?avg.xml
>
> Doesn't say well of AVG does it? I purchased AVG Pro 7.0 because I
> wanted to get away from NAV for two reasons... it is bloatware and I
> refuse to support any software that incorporates this new activation
> scam which is nothing more than telling me that I have to call in and
> prove that I didn't steal their stupid software in order to get it
> activated (Assumed Guilty before proving innocence).
>
> Anyway, could not get AVG to scan email. Every time it was set up to
> scan email, whatever it was changing in the email configuration was
> not liked by Adelphia (my email service) and I was always denied
> access to get my email (failed authorization each time). I had the
> email scanning setup using the AVG wizard and I had two suggested
> manual configurations with none working.
>
> So, I reinstalled NAV 2003 bloatware which I really didn't want to use
> but... it works. Will NOT goto NAV 2004 activation scamware though.
> Will stick with 2003 until they stop supporting it with virus def
> updates.
>
> Regards,
> ô¿ô
> ~
>
>
> The purpose of government is to
> rein in the rights of the people.
> Bill Clinton