John, Windows Defender has been rated very good by an Australian PC magazine (one with a good reputation!), and I use it and Trend Micro's AV software as well. TM allows me to protect up to 5 PC's for one licence, which covers my needs. Norton I found a resource hog, and as you say, AVG is heading the same way. I can't say I would trust Kapersky now, given their location!
John in Brisbane -----Original Message----- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Sent: Thursday, 1 March 2018 8:40 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: New laptop On 2/28/2018 00:37, mike wilson wrote: >> On 28 February 2018 at 04:34 John <sesso...@earthlink.net> wrote: >> >> >> On 2/27/2018 14:28, John Francis wrote: >>> On Tue, Feb 27, 2018 at 02:04:12PM -0500, John wrote: >>>> My new laptop just arrived. I finally broke down and ordered a >>>> refurbished HP Elitebook from Newegg. Intel i5, 16GB RAM, 512GB >>>> SSD, DVD??RW, Windoze7 PRO 64-bit. >>>> >>>> Replaces my 11 year old Toshiba. I expect I'll finally be able to >>>> run Photoshop CS6 Extended on a laptop. >>> >>> This might be a good time to reconsider your position on Windows 10. >>> You've got two years left before Microsoft drop all support for W7. >>> That means there won't even be any security updates after Jan 2020. >>> >>> >> >> F*** 'em. I'll figure out how to install Linux ... or maybe turn it >> into a Hackintosh. > > UBUNTU is an easy install. Download the file and write it to a DVD - > maybe a memory stick by now, shove it in the machine and follow > instructions. Automatically installs Firefox and Thunderbird. > (Windows) problems fixed, permanently. > For now I'm sticking with Windoze7, at least until Micro$oft murders it. But, yes, most likely Ubuntu when my paranoia level at the lack of security updates after Jan 2020. I am pretty much removing ALL of the pre-installed "software" to make room for the programs *I* use. The trial versions of Word Perfect and Quatro Pro are going bye-bye; so is "BullGuard". Open Office, here I come. Antivirus software? How does Windoze Defender compare to aftermarket products? None of the reviews (PC Magazine, PC World, TopTen) even list it. But I'm not sure how much faith I can put in them, because some of them rate Norton highest (and the others recommend it highly). My previous experience with Norton is why I'm using AVG currently. Recently AVG has begun exhibiting the same behavior that pissed me off against Norton. Definitely not going with Kaspersky. Maybe Bitdefender or Avast? Or is Windoze Defender good enough? -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
