John, I agree with what has been said about AVG Free, McAfee and Symantec.
The latest version of AVG seemed to be progressing towards the "I can do
everything" model, so I have now switched to Avast!, having run it on one
machine for a couple of years. Other than having yet to find how to define
a particular daily email as "safe", I have no complaints. It costs the same
as AVG Free.
I did use Kaspersky a while back for one particular file received, which
seemed to be associated with suspicious activity. The file turned out to be
infected with a virus undetected by McAfee, Norton or Sophos.
Novody has responded to your secondary request regarding spyware, which to
my mind is the greater peril. Spybot Search&Destroy is my number one
recommendation, but you should also look at MS Defender. I run both, but
have to remember to update Spybot manually.
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Piers
-----Original Message-----
From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of John Hudson
Sent: 03 June 2008 23:52
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] OT - anti virus / spyware programs
Are there any recommendations on the best and most effective anti-virus and
anti-spyware programs available, either by downloading from the
manufacturer's / distributor's web site or by off-the shelf purchase?
John Hudson
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