Re: Not to mention AdAware, too

  • From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 12:24:56 -0700

Hi Rev,

Thanks, but I've seen all this on the AVG site, myself. It wasn't what I was 
asking about. Thank you very much, though.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Toews" <KetchupBoy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: Not to mention AdAware, too


Here are a list of some limitations of AVG free versus AVG pay.

There are some limitations with AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.0 compared
to the commercial versions of AVG products. These limitations include:

Less protection - AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.0 provides only base level
protection against viruses, spyware and safe searching. It does not
provide safe surfing (drive-by download protection) nor protection from
hackers, keyloggers, spam, phishing attacks and malicious file downloads
that can come through instant messaging and attachments from seemingly
friendly sources. This protection is only available in the commercial
versions of AVG products.
Slower updates - AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.0 receives updates via a
lower priority service. Priority updating via high-speed servers is only
available for the commercial versions of AVG products.
No telephone or e-mail technical support - There is no telephone or e-mail
technical support provided by AVG for users of AVG Free Edition products
anywhere in the world. AVG Free Edition users have access to support via
the self-help AVG Free Forum.
No customisation - Scheduling options in AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.0
are very limited (only one scheduled update per day, one scheduled scan
per day etc.). The AVG Resident Shield configuration is limited with no
exclusion settings. AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition does not offer advanced
testing options, password-protected archives reporting, adjustment of scan
process priority and many other features.
No server support - AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition 8.0 cannot be installed on
server operating systems (such as Windows Server 2003), nor can it be used
for the scanning of network drives.

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On Sun, 25 May 2008, Yardbird wrote:

> Chris,
>
> thanks. Everyone was talking this one up on the other lists a few weeks 
> ago,
> and it did strike me as interesting. By the way, has anybody tog a
> knowledgeable opinion about how effective the new AVG Version 8 is in its
> new anti spyware functionality? As I said, I'm already running Spyware
> Blaster (though it doesn't seem to be updating very often, lately) and
> Windows Defender. Is it possible that the AVG anti spyware factor may, 
> added
> to these other would , be good enough already? Thanks.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Hallsworth" <christopherhallsworth71@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 11:27 AM
> Subject: Re: Not to mention AdAware, too
>
>
> Hi Yardbird, why not give Super Antispyware a try. Fully accessible out of
> the box. Go to www.superantispyware.com and download the free edition, 
> which
> should be enough if all you want to do is manually scan for spyware and
> check for updates. The Professional (shareware) edition provides real-time
> protection, automatic updates, scheduled scanning, and more. Hope that
> helps.
>
>
> --
> Chris Hallsworth
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> MSN: ch9675@xxxxxxxxxxx
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 7:10 AM
> Subject: Re: Not to mention AdAware, too
>
>
>> yep. I was kind of coming to that conclusion. I thought I'd heard someone
>> saying that this 2008 version had just replaced the 2007 version that
>> seems
>> to have come out only in December or so and was not accessible. Somehow 
>> I
>> got the impression that 2008 had remedied the accessibility problem. 
>> guess
>> not.
>>
>> Any interesting jaws friendly options you know of? I'm already running
>> Spyware Blaster and Windows Defender, but AdAware still was catching some
>> items when I updated it manually and ran the scan, this morning (before
>> uninstalling it and installing the new one). I can always reinstall V.
>> 1.06
>> from the install file I have, and update it, but those updates have got 
>> to
>> stop being provided one of these days, I'm afraid.
>>
>> Thanks. Going to turn in, now. Thanks again.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Rick Harmon" <rharmon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2008 10:36 PM
>> Subject: Re: Not to mention AdAware, too
>>
>>
>> That program is not accessible and there are no scripts for it at this
>> time.
>>
>> Rick
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Yardbird" <yardbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "JFW List" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Sunday, May 25, 2008 1:21 AM
>> Subject: Not to mention AdAware, too
>>
>>
>> May as well say I also installed AdAware 2008 and I can't "see" a thing 
>> in
>> the interface with the tab key or arrow keys, not a thing. If I switch to
>> the Jaws cursor, it reads as many lines as fit in whatever space it's
>> restricted to at that point, but it's just words. I can't find any
>> controls
>> to use or anything like that. totally useless. Is anyone successfully
>> using
>> AdAware 2008 with Jaws 9?
>> MpoNot a very good day on the Jaws front, I have to say.
>>
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