RE: Inaccessible AVG update message
- From: "Robert S. Batchelor" <leehigh73@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 15:25:11 -0500
There are AV or Anti Virus industry comparisons done each year and against
each other so they can compare their products against each other and the
type of protection/interface they selectively use. The apple versus apple
thing or apple versus orange, collectively speaking, comparison.
What is amusing in its comparison's is they don't include price, which may
be very well the most deciding factor for the user! I mean we all know
Porchse makes a better two seater automobile than Studebaker! But really
which one can you afford.
The other comparison that wasn't mentioned in most of the result articles
was the environment in which they would be run in. AVG free edition is great
for me who operates his computer by his lonesome and doesn't click every
link I hear or download every file or photo people send me!
The other thing to take into consideration is your "usage" of your computer
too.
So Bruce expressing his opinion of AV software is what suits him best as
well as Yardbirds usage as well. In this case what is good for the goose
might not be what is best for the gander or even the Yardbird!
Bob
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-----Original Message-----
From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Yardbird
Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 1:06 PM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Inaccessible AVG update message
Bruce,
On what basis do you say such a dismissive thing about AVG? For my part,
I've been using AVG Free Edition for years, and a few times It's caught a
stray virus, which I appreciated, and the rest of the time I've had no
problems at all, allowing it to scan each morning and do its automatic
online update. I don't think it's fair to just bum-rap the product like
that, without offering evidence that it's not worth anything to the user. If
you don't like it, take the time to explain how you know it's a hazard to
people who use it, or however you feel about it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Toews" <DogRiver@xxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 9:24 AM
Subject: RE: Inaccessible AVG update message
I believe AVG to be very untrustworthy under the best of circumstances, so
this becomes doubly important.
bruce
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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 up once 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
>>
>>
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