Hi, Agreed. I don't think AVG is anything to do with Norton. All the best Steve -- Computer Room Services 77 Exeter Close Stevenage Hertfordshire SG1 4PW Tel: +44(0)1438-742286 Mob: +44(0)7956-334938 Fax: +44(0)1438-759589 Email: steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web: http://www.comproom.co.uk -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of George Bell Sent: 15 February 2014 18:31 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: R: Re: Anti-virus Can you supply a URL for the "business website" please? I'd like to do some digging. AVG is a Publicly listed company in which you can buy shares. George. -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of andrew shipp Sent: 15 February 2014 18:15 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: R: Re: Anti-virus well it was true two years ago, it was said on the business website -----Original Message----- From: George Bell Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2014 2:51 PM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: R: Re: Anti-virus I see no mention of Norton in AVG's financials. George. -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of andrew shipp Sent: 15 February 2014 14:09 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: R: Re: Anti-virus I think it was about two or three years ago they took them over. -----Original Message----- From: Mobeen Iqbal Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 6:17 PM To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: R: Re: Anti-virus norton own AVG? i didn't know that! that explains why it brought my computer grinding to a halt slowing it down considerably when i tried it last year. nightmare that was on a very high end system. Mo. On 14/02/2014 18:15, andrew shipp wrote: > for me Eset will always be the one, Norton no bloody way the same > with avg as Norton own these also > > -----Original Message----- From: Mobeen Iqbal > Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 6:10 PM > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] Re: R: Re: Anti-virus > > another vote for eset. norton i hate with a passion and its the anti > virus i've most often had to remove from computers. accessibility > isn't that great from the little i've managed to actually do with it. > kaspersky would be a great solution if accessibility was improved. > sadly they don't seem to take it seriously. as for eset, they take an > active interest in accessibility and try and improve their products > based on feedback. > > Mo. > > On 14/02/2014 17:54, Vanja Sudar wrote: >> For me eset NOD32 does perform the best, is fairly accessible and I >> will certainly stick to it. >> >> -----Original Message----- From: RMPortal >> Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 3:59 PM >> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: [access-uk] R: Re: Anti-virus >> >> There was an article about anti-virus programmes in "Computer Active" >> recently in which the first three from their trials throughout the >> year were Kaspersky, Norton and Eset. They found the free security >> programmes to be less effective with Avast coming ahead of AVG. They >> were not impressed with Microsoft Security essentials and said they >> thought Microsoft were gradually letting it go. They of course, had >> nothing about accessibility. >> What they said about Norton was interesting in that it had had a few >> years of performing badly but had performed consistently well in >> tests for them since 2009. It's also one of the cheapest of those >> which charge - £24 for a licence for a single computer. What I >> remember about Norton (admittedly over ten years ago now) is that it >> slowed the computer down particularly with booting up. I didn't find >> it particularly easy to operate either. >> >> I found Eset's Nod 32 took a bit of time to get used to but once I >> had found out how it worked I could do most things I wanted to. >> Again, that was about >> 5 years ago and things have probably changed since then. >> I've no idea how accessible Kaspersky is. I would be very interested >> to know if anyone has tried it and how accessible it is. >> >> Of the freebies I tried Avast and gave it up almost immediately, it >> was almost impossible to do anything. >> >> I let AVTG check e-mails but have to use other programmes for malware. >> >> I think I'm going to have to change something before April when XP >> support stops, first and foremost a new OS and then decide on the >> security programme. >> >> Best wishes >> >> Robert >> >> ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- >> ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] >> ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: >> ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> ** and in the Subject line type >> ** unsubscribe >> ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the >> ** immediately-following link:- >> ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] >> ** or send a message, to >> ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the 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