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Monday, January 11, 2010

Anti-virus software is a leap of faith

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I tried some free anti-virus, anti-spyware software several years ago; my computer became loaded with viruses and spyware. I dumped that computer, bought a new one, and went back to paying annual fees for a major commercial brand anti-virus package. Recently that virus software began shutting itself off for no apparent reason. A web search showed that I was not the only person to experience this and the customer support offered that their engineers were working on it; the most likely cause was a conflict with a third-party screen-saver (which I don’t have on my computer). After checking and rechecking my computer, I decided to switch to a new brand, Microsoft’s free anti-virus package. I offloaded the old and switched to the new. Wish me luck.

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5 comments:

  1. Arthur B. BurnettJanuary 11, 2010 at 11:55 PM

    Greetings from Texas,
    I've been thinking about switching to a Mac. I don't believe they have no viruses, but probably not nearly as many. Let us know how your new tac works out, and best of luck.

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  2. Z@XJanuary 12, 2010 at 12:21 AM

    Thanks Art. I too have been thinking about getting a Mac. One of my brother has a low-end Mac and it works and looks nice. I keep trying to stretch this old relic out...

    Since going with the Microsoft anti-virus stuff on this old box, it sure runs much faster than it did (which probably means the anti-virus software isn't looking at everything the old software did).

    So far, so good ;)

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  3. CrustyrustyJanuary 12, 2010 at 5:15 AM

    Free antivirus:

    Dump Windows and install Linux.

    Eh, get a Mac if you have $$ to burn.

    Windows is a joke.

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  4. elmo iscariotJanuary 12, 2010 at 4:02 PM

    Crippling spyware was actually the main reason I switched to Ubuntu.

    The process was _mostly_ painless, but it's definitely not as easy as it is with the big commercial operating systems.

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  5. Glenn BJanuary 13, 2010 at 2:41 PM

    I use Norton 360. It works well as far as I can tell.

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