Re: Inaccessible AVG update message
- From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2007 00:23:44 -0800
Bruce,
It's hard to believe you don't know that AVG Free Edition represents a
company, Grisofts, which offers a paid version of this product as well as
other products, the only difference with the free AVG being that it doesn't
entitle the user to communicate directly with Grisoft for tech support.
Financially, it's supported by their other, income-generating offerings, for
one thing, and if it was so catastrophically inept as your stats make it
seem, it would reflect very poorly on the company, to their ultimate
disadvantage. here, "free" doesn't necessarily, on the face of it, mean
"junk," whatever your impression. And your favorite product may well be more
thorough, just as you say, but I doubt that would be because Grisoft isn't
offering this product in good faith. Sometimes, what sounds like a
comforting, savvy cliché may have its limitations. Very often, in fact.
Oops, must spell check and get out of here. Just got a dialogue from AVG=GO
saying that hackers in Budapest, Detroit and Islamabad, working together,
have infected my computer with a virus that will wipe out my hard drive and
turn off my refrigerator within 20 seconds. Bye, all.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Toews" <DogRiver@xxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 11:06 PM
Subject: RE: Inaccessible AVG update message
The fact that it is free is antoher reason I wouldn't trust it.
Bruce
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On Sun, 4 Feb 2007, Robert McCoy wrote:
> Avg free updates frequently.
> AVG is user friendly for the blind.
> AVG runs in the background.
> Oh, and unlike Nod32, it is free.
>
>
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> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Chris Skarstad
> Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 2:13 PM
> To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: Inaccessible AVG update message
>
> Let me echo Bruce's sentiments on Nod 32. This software is absolutely the
> best thing there is, because of the following...
>
> *it updates itself several times a day. In 2007, you absolutely must have
> an
> antivirus solution that keeps itself up-to-date as often as possible, and
> Nod 32 does that without going overboard. You can turn this on in the
> preferences.
>
>
> *the program's interface is kind of confusing at first, because admittedly
> the key command for accessing the controls is a bit non-standard, control
> plus tab gets you into them, but once you get past that, it's fine. Plus
> when installing it, do a custom instalation, and make sure the graphical
> interface is disabled. You can turn this off in the options, but it's a
> little harder to get to it if you've never seen it before.
> Like I said though, once you get around that, it is completely
> screenreader
> friendly with both JAWS and Window-eyes.
>
> *the program just works. It runs in the background, it won't slow down
> your
> computer, it's lightweight and not all bulky like some of the other
> programs
> out there *cough* norton anyone?
> But to me, NOD 32 is the best one out there for an antivirus program.
> You'll pay a bit of money but it's worth every buck.
>
>
>
>
> At 11:59 AM 2/3/2007, you wrote:
>> It's certainly accessible, but far more important than accessibility is
>> virus detection ability. By many tests, AVG comes out near the bottom.
>> There are several good anti-virus packages out there, my personal
>> favorite is Nod32 from www.nod32.com. Extremely accessible and
>> highly-rated.
>>
>> Bruce
>>
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>> On Sat, 3 Feb 2007, Roger Bachelder wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Bruce,
>>>
>>> I'm thinking of switching from Mcafee Virus scan to something else.
>>> Can you tell me why you don't think AVG is trustworthy?
>>> Most people I talk to about it say it's good. And very accessible to
>>> Jaws.
>>>
>>>
>>> Your thoughts would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Roger Bachelder
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>>> Behalf Of Bruce Toews
>>> Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 12:25 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
>>>
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No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG Free Edition.
Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.22/666 - Release Date: 2/3/2007
3:31 PM
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