[access-uk] Re: R: Re: Anti-virus

  • From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2014 17:37:38 -0000

Hi,

Agreed.  I don't think AVG is anything to do with Norton.

All the best

Steve

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-----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
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