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Dan
I am using Windows XP Pro SP3 and use AVG 8.0 as my sole Antivirus and
Antispyware protection. I scan once a week and update everyday. I have been
using this product for a few years (since AVG 6) and not once (okay, maybe
once or twice in three years) has it found a virus or spyware, other than
tracking cookies. I don't use the internet very often except to visit
"mainly" the links in my Favorites list. I also do several Google searches,
but also use AVG's Link Checker to navigate to safe pages only.
Is it normal to be 100% virus and spyware free, or is AVG letting viruses
and spyware through without seeing it? Or maybe I am simply fortunate to not
have run into any malware as such? (I have visited some "questionable" sites
before and even then, had no threats found!)
I don't ever get pop ups or a slow computer environment (characteristic of
spyware) and my home page has never changed. I don't think any unauthorized
programs are doing something they shouldn't, based on normal computer
activity. Does it sound like my computer is clean? Is AVG a good product,
or am I unknowingly infected by threats? Or is it too hard to say? Or am I
asking too many questions!
Antispyware protection. I scan once a week and update everyday. I have been
using this product for a few years (since AVG 6) and not once (okay, maybe
once or twice in three years) has it found a virus or spyware, other than
tracking cookies. I don't use the internet very often except to visit
"mainly" the links in my Favorites list. I also do several Google searches,
but also use AVG's Link Checker to navigate to safe pages only.
Is it normal to be 100% virus and spyware free, or is AVG letting viruses
and spyware through without seeing it? Or maybe I am simply fortunate to not
have run into any malware as such? (I have visited some "questionable" sites
before and even then, had no threats found!)
I don't ever get pop ups or a slow computer environment (characteristic of
spyware) and my home page has never changed. I don't think any unauthorized
programs are doing something they shouldn't, based on normal computer
activity. Does it sound like my computer is clean? Is AVG a good product,
or am I unknowingly infected by threats? Or is it too hard to say? Or am I
asking too many questions!