Moose,
I subscribe to that magazine and that was one of the more useful comparisons
that they have made. I use Norton, and have really had no problems with it.
I will probably re-up to the new version when my current subscription
expires.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] OT - question re anti-virus program
>I arrived a few minutes early for my teeth cleaning this morning and
> browsed the Jan. ed. of a magazine called MaximumPC.
>
> It included test results for AV software. They said just what Mike and
> others have said about AVG free, bigger, slower, uses more resources.
>
> They also gave McAfee mediocre a rating, which is more than I would have
> given it when I threw it out with disgust a few years ago.
>
> The surprise for me was top rating for Norton Security. They say it was
> rewritten from the ground up for the new version and is both much better
> than before, but better than any others they tested in this round.
>
> Their new pick for free AV, replacing AVG, is something called AVIRA
> anti-vir
> <http://www.free-av.com/en/download/1/download_avira_antivir_personal__free_antivirus.html>
>
> The free one is anti virus and spyware, but includes no firewall.
>
> They also wrote about the 1.5TB Seagate Barracuda HD. I was ahead of
> them there; mine arrives Monday. The 500GB drives are full.
>
> Moose
>
> Mike wrote:
>>> Thanks for the advice but AVG isn't troublesome enough yet to bother
>>> changing. But I'll keep it in mind.
>>>
>> AVG was noticeably more sluggish after the last "upgrade" so I dumped it
>> and switched to Avast. Seems to work very well.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>
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