"FromTheRafters" schreef in bericht
news:eno3RWlBJHA.3776@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
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> "Paul Montgomery" wrote in message
> news:m693b45tfhgcvvcc0qv91jc3eindb8o7l9@4ax.com...
>> On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 09:59:44 -0400, "FromTheRafters"
>> wrote:
>>
>>>http://www.sunbelt-software.com/ihs/alex/R...D2008m3b_US.htm
>>>
>>>Looks pretty safe to me.
>>>
>>>Nice to see the ones I had chosen at the top of the list.
>>>
>>>Just because it appears as second best, doesn't mean it is
>>>unsafe - and it is easy to infer 'unsafe' from "not so safe"
>>>even though that is actually what you wrote.
>>>
>>>I advise either one about equally - both are adequate for
>>>many users' needs and have proven to work with Vista.
>>
>> I just spent the past week looking at McAfee (it's free for Comcast
>> customers), AVG 8 (I've used AVG in the past), Avira and Avast (I've
>> been using Avast since AVG 7.5 passed on).
>>
>> I rejected McAfee because it produced false positives a couple times,
>> because it is something of a resource hog compared to the others, and
>> because it placed a warning icon in my tray to remind me that I'd shut
>> off email scanning (it uses a proxy for email).
>>
>> I rejected AVG because it constantly popped up false-positive messages
>> about a couple files on my system. Plus I've lost confidence in AVG
>> because of recent reports of problems with several Windows updates.
>>
>> I rejected Avira because of the very irritating nag screen trying to
>> get me to go with the pro version. Otherwise, it seemed OK.
>>
>> So I'm sticking with Avast. - even though it's impossible to stop all
>> of its operations (if needed) without uninstalling it.
>
> You sorta hit the nail on the head there - they all suck one way
> or another and you have to find which one sucks the least at
> what you want it to do.
>
> I understand there is a way to disable AntiVir's nag screen, but
> I haven't tried it because I haven't installed AntiVir yet. Both
> the program and the anti-nag wait in the wings.
>
"We" want everything for nothing and complain if someone tries to get
something back for all the work. Ever looked what it really costs? If
someone rejects a very good working program only because that "nag screen"
then go on, I won't help you any more.