I confirm that AVG does a great job. However, running Spybot from time to
time will handle the other items. Still you may get something only a
professional such as Geek Squad will remove and reorganize. The yearly fee
to protect and service all your devices for a year is well worth the price.
Of course, if your IT type son comes to visit 2 times each year, he can
clean up the PC's.
Bob Begani
BJ8 Punta Gorda Florida
-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of I Erbs
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 10:51 AM
To: David Porter
Cc: Healey List
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Antivirus
AVG free is ranked very highly and outperforms many fee based antivirus
programs.
No program is any good if you do not regularly update the files and scan
your machine.
As for your screed on Macs. They are best suited for graphic artists and
musicians. And yes Richard there are viruses and Trojans targeted to Macs
and LINUX systems.
The last two weeks have been very active for Bots and root kit infections.
Running Spybot S&D will surprise you. It detects things other than viruses,
such as browser searchers, key loggers, and tracking programs. These things
typically are not detected by antivirus programs.
I do not care if you use a Mac, PC or LINUX machine. I use them all, I do
care if you do not have at least some type of antivirus program. That means
your smart phone too.
Now back to our regularly scheduled LBC conversations Ira Erbs Portland, OR
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On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 7:11 AM, David Porter
<frogeye@porterscustom.com>wrote:
> The old clichi "you get what you pay for" is really true for those of
> you that insist that "free" software (esp. e-mail or antivirus) is OK.
> I've spent most of my life around bicycle owners/racers, who deserve
> a gold metal for being the biggest cheapskates in the world (arguable
> maybe), but the preponderance of them use free services and the lists
> they are on have the highest rates of hacking/scamming/virus attacks.
> Please, I lament, buy some of the great services. Get your own domain.
> Save
> yourself problems..
> PS I use Godaddy and AVG professional coverage..
> dave
>
> frogeye@porterscustom.com
>
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