RE: AVG

  • From: Ann Byrne <annakb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 21:34:31 -0600

I have read, somewhere, that AVG sometimes shows false positives.
At 07:56 PM 12/19/2004, you wrote:
>Norton 2005 seems to work very, very well.
>You are correct about the updates. My old Norton was only out of date
>for about four days and a Trojan hors galloped right on in. AVG did not
>catch it or detect it either.
>I will say that AVG has picked up some things which Norton has missed in
>the past.
>Cy, the Ancient Okie...
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>Behalf Of chevelle
>Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 7:27 PM
>To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: AVG
>
>
>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
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