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Old June 7th, 2004, 02:53 PM
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I have never been the one to go out and purchase a license for an anti-virus program. So I have been using AVG which happens to be free. Been using it for a few years without getting/finding a virus. Do you think it's working? No computer problems as of yet! Does anyone else use this and more importantly know if it works,

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Old June 7th, 2004, 03:01 PM
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Old June 7th, 2004, 03:19 PM
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I use AVG on one computer, and while it's not my favourite, I have had it find viruses and other things in emails which it doesn't like.
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Ya pays ya money ya takes ya choice - try typing xyz product problems in a search engine - replacing xyz with your product and see what you get. Do you know how to setup a dummy virus and test it? this kinda thing is in the security websites on the net.
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Old June 7th, 2004, 03:56 PM
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Yeah, I update the software daily. I will look up on how to setup a test virus, or maybe can send me one?? Kiddin.

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Old June 7th, 2004, 08:40 PM
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I use it and so far it's been working fine. Unless there's some unknown hidden virus that's not doing anything on my computer.
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Old June 7th, 2004, 08:43 PM
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hmm try running avg.. then running norton.. you would get confused after that
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Yea, AVG is pretty awesome.
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I have used AVG for years now. It has been pretty good for me - found tonnes of virus (don't use IE any more) and has stopped e-mails frequently.
A good test for you http://www.eicar.org/anti_virus_test_file.htm , try saving the file -> your software shouldn't allow it and should give virus warnings.

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don't use that crap. it can't even detect that pesky vbs.redlof
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Which is why you should normally run it in conjuction w/ something like Norton, for instance. Redundacy of security is a good thing.
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I have never been the one to go out and purchase a license for an anti-virus program. So I have been using AVG which happens to be free. Been using it for a few years without getting/finding a virus. Do you think it's working? No computer problems as of yet! Does anyone else use this and more importantly know if it works,

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