Avg has a free version. The saying: you get what you pay for. Norton antivirus is a lot better than the free version of avg. I would venture to say that Norton is probably better than the paid version of avg. A lot of people do not keep their norton antivirus updated. A lot of people just rely on the automatic updates. You can not do that. You have to use the live update. I used the free version of avg. After it let the same virus into my computer twice I switched to Norton Internet security. Yes I kept my avg updated. I checked for updates everyday, and it still let the klez virus in twice. When I installed the Norton Internet Security I never once got a virus. That is because I used the live update everyday. I can't tell you why there are updates that the automatic update doesn't get. Maybe someone else can, but that may be why some people hate the Norton antivirus. Actually this concept holds true with any antivirus program. You should always check for updates everyday. To me the key is do! not! rely! on automatic updates to keep your virus definitions updated. So, my advice would be to use the 2005 antivirus program or Norton. There was a survey don by pc magazine, and the Norton antivirus did a way better job than the avg. I don't remember the numbers, but for safety go with Norton! Hope this helps. ----- Original Message ----- From: "KANE BROLIN" <k.brolin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 8:04 PM Subject: AVG > Hi, and happy holidays to everyone! > While recently perusing some Windows-oriented newsgroups, I ran across > some users who have really negative things to say about Norton virus > protection and Internet security products. Sometime in 2005, I will be > replacing my outdated NSW 2003--no longer supported by Symantec--with some > newer form of virus protection. > > Some users who dislike Norton have awesome things to say about AVG, which > is up to Version 7 now. I've never heard of AVG, since I've worked mostly > in corporate environments that contract either with Symantec or Network > Associates. I'm totally blind and have used JFW exclusively for five > years; I'm now using 5.10, on machines that run either Windows ME or XP > Pro. > > Is AVG accessible? Does anyone on the group use it? What limitations in > either tech support or capability does this program have? Thanks in > advance for your advice. > > Sincerely, > > Kane Brolin > -- > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to > jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw > > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or > the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather > contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx