I have read comparisons. I didn't keep track of where they were, but AVG tends to rate poorly. Would you buy a car who's air bags deployed fifty percent of the time on the grounds that you've never had a serious accident yet so you're safe?
Bruce -- Bruce Toews Skype ID: o.canada E-mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: DogRiver@xxxxxxxx LiveJournal: http://brucetola.livejournal.com Radio Show and Podcast: http://www.totw.net Web Site (including info on my weekly commentaries): http://www.ogts.net Info on the Best TV Show of All Time: http://www.cornergas.com On Sun, 4 Feb 2007, Robert McCoy wrote:
Bruce: I have run AVG for 2 and a half years on my current computer. After hearing you and some others say it was not reliable I decided to make sure I was clean. I uninstalled AVG, installed Nod 32 and did a scan, the computer was clean. I also tried Trend Micro which I can get free from the university where I teach, it indicated my computer is clean. I went back to AVG. Can you substantiate the claims you have been making against AVG? Robert McCoy St. Thomas University - Sociology D104 James Dunn Hall Work: (506) 452-0423 Home: 506-459-6636 Do you volunteer? There are a lot of excellent not-for-profit organizations that can use a few hours of your time. -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bruce Toews Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 1:25 PM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: Inaccessible AVG update message I believe AVG to be very untrustworthy under the best of circumstances, so this becomes doubly important. bruce -- Bruce Toews Skype ID: o.canada E-mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: DogRiver@xxxxxxxx LiveJournal: http://brucetola.livejournal.com Radio Show and Podcast: http://www.totw.net Web Site (including info on my weekly commentaries): http://www.ogts.net Info on the Best TV Show of All Time: http://www.cornergas.com On Sat, 3 Feb 2007, Chris Skarstad wrote:I completely agree! It is not wise to keep your antivirus program out of date, with all the viruses around, you're liable to be caught if you're definitions aren't up to date. Besides, AVG 7.5 is completely screen-reader friendly, so you're actually doing yourself a disservice by not upgrading. At 09:55 AM 2/3/2007, you wrote:You may not be getting the updates. To be sure you are, you need to check to determine what the date of your last update is. It is not wise to refrain from updating your antivirus program, and perhaps even less wise when it is free. Robert McCoy St. Thomas University - Sociology D104 James Dunn Hall Work: (506) 452-0423 Home: 506-459-6636 Do you volunteer? There are a lot of excellent not-for-profit organizations that can use a few hours of your time. -----Original Message----- From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alan Clendinen Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 10:20 AM To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Inaccessible AVG update message Hello listers, Once a week, I am getting a message after I boot up that JAWS can't read. The only thing JAWS is able to read is the window header, which says something about a deadline approaching. A sighted person was able to read the message contents, and told me it was about support for AVG ending on a particular date, and that I needed to upgrade to AVG 7.5. I think the date was supposed to be January 15. That date has come and gone, yet I am still getting weekly virus definition updates, and that message about my older version of AVG expiring is still popping uponce each week.If I download the free version of AVG 7.5 and install it, will it use my earlier configuration settings for AVG? Alan -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: 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. 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